The article says materialism is the dominant view when it comes to the mind body problem. It could be inevitable that once modern science is discovered, that '

The article says materialism is the dominant view when it comes to the mind body problem. It could be inevitable that once modern science is discovered, that 'free will' is a useful fiction that is disposed of for a more scientifically rigorous determinism. E.g. if we can identify that certain types of brains are most productive (high IQ), and other types of brains most inclined to criminal behavior, then we can modify human genes to produce the former kind of brains and not the latter. In other words, if materialism is true, then the path forward is to figure out how to reduce the socially useful faculties to their material components, and recreate society through genetic engineering to have just the useful material components. Additionally, we would eliminate notions of property and responsibility as outdated, prescientific ideas.