>It's important to realize that this is vastly different from what scientists/philosophers throughout history have generally believed - even upto fairly recentl

>It's important to realize that this is vastly different from what scientists/philosophers throughout history have generally believed - even upto fairly recently, some form of Descartes-like dualism, This spirit-physical duality is mainstream in the West, however you are reaching when you say that every culture and their thinkers held the same beliefs.