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>The mind-body problem ... unresolved
No, it is resolved. If I take away part of your brain, you will become a completely different person with an alien mind. If I sting you with electricity somewhere, I can make you laugh and change your mood. If I focus a magnetic inside your brain, I can shut down your perception of colors. If I give you rotten psychedelic bread, you will have a religious experience. etc... There are infinite ways we can demonstrate that fucking with your body, fucks with your mind (and vice versa). I don't know how you can exclude these interactions without relying on schizo solipsism

>the knowledge argument remain largely unresolved
Yes, again, this shit takes time. We already solved perception with retarded AI. Yes, it gives the right answers, but it doesn't "know" anything. Until we achieve the perception action loop at the level of animals / humans (especially the action part), then we can try to solve this problem... But now it's too early, and we're not even close in terms of theory nor hardware.

>patronizingly tautological rebuttals
I'm curious as to what you're referring to?

>anecdotal evidence
This is why people believe the earth is flat.
The trickiest thing about this whole thing is that we are the consciousness trying to study itself, it's very hard to separate the self with its experience, from the object of study.