Yes I pick on all religions.

[Mudhammam]

I'd still like to know what the hell Brian is talking about when he says "what you just said right here" and quotes me as saying something I didn't actually just say, or anything even remotely close to (where did he get the topic of "universal consciousness" from all this?). Looks to me like he either made an honest mistake and misquoted me, or else he's extremely disingenuous and proving his inability to have a "big boy" discussion.

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You don't think the psychologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists and philosophers at the elite schools accept and understand (at least to some degree) mental compartmentalization?

There certainly no lack of experiments that demonstrate it.

That's really a non-sequitur. Of course, we as human beings do that. However, much of the divide among laypeople and academics stems from differences in worldview, which involve philosophical disagreements, and I think those can be both thoughtful and thoughtless on either side.