But when we discovered that they don't, that was celebrated.
It was not celebrated, and is still highly contested or outright ignored.
Take it this way, if we believed in the double slit experiment, we would not believe in Einstein's theories. One disproves the other.
I get into a group of shaman or into a group of out of body experiencers, they all agree that the mind is not in the brain. It is self evident. And everyone who does what it takes to join one of these groups see much the same thing. Inside these groups, there is no doubt. But, to most scientists, it is literally arguing that there is an invisible dragon in your garage.
Of course, there is no proof that the invisible dragon exists. But once you learn to see it, you will never be the same again.
RE: A.I. Is Scary Because It Implies We Might Afterall Have No Soul