Hello Thinking Deeply, I greatly enjoyed this article and see that we are on the same quest to get to a better understanding about consciousness. I also see that I am coming at it from a different direction in my "top-down" series. Your statement that "nothing has come out at this point to make us think (physicalism) that's not the case." This is the focus of my inquiry and lots of study along this line suggests that very much has come out that makes us think that. This includes both contemporary physics, philosophy and psychology. In fact, the more I look at this the more it appears that the mainstream's dogmatic commitment to physicalism (see my review of Brian Greene's latest book) is hindering the progress toward understanding this age-old mind-brain question. Looking forward to more on this from you.