Earnest question, would like to follow along:

Are there any serious people working directly on the hard problem of consciousness with scientific methods and tools?

Also Amishi Jha. 

Bottom line is that consciousness research is no longer seen as woo woo like it was 20 yrs ago. 

In fact many are seeing it as fundamental to all science understanding, as EO Wilson in “Consilience” and modern takes like “The Blind Spot” attest. How can we make sense of the world without knowing our sense- and world-making “viewer?”

Also Amishi Jha. 

Bottom line is that consciousness research is no longer seen as woo woo like it was 20 yrs ago. 

In fact many are seeing it as fundamental to all science understanding, as EO Wilson in “Consilience” and modern takes like “The Blind Spot” attest. How can we make sense of the world without knowing our sense- and world-making “viewer?”

https://youtu.be/lzucPv76v7E?si=TEZlbAhE2OmNgk_-