Why is dualism popular?
1. Mind body dualism is false. It is a fact that the mind is a emergent property of the brain. This alone move conversations about mind body dualism out of philosophy 2. Since mind body dualism is false, the important question then is “why do people believe in mind body dualism.” The question has already been tackled by cognitive psychologist with some success. This moves the conversation into the realm of empirical sciences. 3. So it really isn’t about me intruding into philosophy. I am trying to rescue a science topic from being horribly muddled by uniformed philosophical speculation.