Science is the religion of the 21st century.<p>I think it&#x27;s quite funny that the so-called hard problem of
consciousness has been with us for millennia, yet so few of us tackle it in the right way, instead choosing to wait for others to give us all the answers
or (at worst) endlessly chewing and regurgitating the same useless conjectures and pontifications.<p>Geeks and math nerds (and anyone who is seriously interested in tackling consciousness) need to be doing more psychedelic drugs, I feel, and looking <i>INWARDS</i>, but how often does that happen?<p>Drugs are the <i>easy</i> way there. There are other ways, but require <i>dedication</i> and <i>commitment</i> and possibly utter disregard for material concerns and &quot;consensus reality&quot;. As the ancient wise ones said regarding mysticism (direct experiential knowledge), one needs to <i></i>know, will, dare and keep silent.<i></i><p>The answers are here, the consciousness problem has been solved more than 2000 
years ago, across cultures and civilizations. As Aleister Crowley once said,
&quot;By doing certain things certain results will follow.&quot;<p>Yet very few feel the need to do anything these days.