Yeah. One could equally imagine that dualism is the null hypothesis since human cultures around the world have seemingly universally believed in a ‘soul’ and th

Yeah. One could equally imagine that dualism is the null hypothesis since human cultures around the world have seemingly universally believed in a ‘soul’ and that materialism is only a very recent phenomenon. Of course, (widespread adoption of) science is also a fairly recent phenomenon, so perhaps we do know more now than we did back then.