re: Let's talk about the future of humanity and AI's

The perception that consciousness is something that can exist separate from the brain is so ubiquitous that it actually hampers brain research. The impulse to treat behavior problems with therapy, for example, is so prevalent that looking for a physical cause is frequently ignored.

Thank goodness there's a movement afoot to look for physical anomalies in the brain first. This should definitely have an effect on the number of mentally ill people who might take a gun into a school, church or place of business with the intent of expressing their sickness.