I agree that it is amazing that people keep believing in obsolete theories, but it may not be all bad. In some areas of life, and to some people, very old theo

I agree that it is amazing that people keep believing in obsolete theories, but it may not be all bad. In some areas of life, and to some people, very old theories have more explaining power than modern day science has. And they are often more comforting. If neural networks explain consciousness (which they may or may not do), then there are still some remaining issues to explain. For example, how can it be that our universe exists, and why are the laws of physics in place? And why are they so consistent? The consciousness problem may be unrelated to these problems about the fundamentals of science. It may well be that we can understand consciousness as a thing that exists entirely inside the laws of physics, but some people are not yet convinced. It may even be the case that the consciousness problem and the fundamental science problems are intrinsically related. Hence the interest in the combination of quantum mechanics and consciousness. One hint that points in this direction is that neural networks are a great basis for abstraction and logic. And by some coincidence this is exactly what can be used to form theories that explain everything we observe.