I'm pretty sure I've written this exact comment before. I'd have so much more respect for philosophers who simply admit that nobody has made any progress on the

I'm pretty sure I've written this exact comment before. I'd have so much more respect for philosophers who simply admit that nobody has made any progress on the hard problem (other than increased clarity on what it is) than those who dismiss, minimize, or otherwise pooh-pooh the hard problem. The fact that the problem is "unproductive" is not a problem with the hard problem, it's only a problem for philosophers' career advancement.