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It is time to give up the dualism introduced by the debate on consciousness

Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli rejects the dualism embedded in the debate on consciousness, notably philosopher David Chalmers' framing of a 'hard problem' that claims an irreducible gap between brain processes and subjective experience. He argues that consciousness and the human soul are natural phenomena consistent with fundamental physics, asserting the perceived explanatory gap arises from viewing science as an objective, external account of reality rather than an embodied, perspectival tool rooted in human experience.