What is "this" you speak of that is not worthy of research? Consciousness, feelings, qualia? It sure does not feel like a solved problem. You do not consider

What is "this" you speak of that is not worthy of research? Consciousness, feelings, qualia? It sure does not feel like a solved problem. You do not consider there is such a thing as "hard problem"? Sure, one can subscribe to the view that qualia is just this accident of evolution in a purely physical world, an emergent behavior of a bunch of neurons firing in unison if you will. Even then it seems there is a lot of room for debate. I(ha!) thought(double ha!) the article was quite good at showing the various viewpoints and progress through time(triple ha!).