I would say it like this, that the materialistic scientist are to close minded to make progress with conciousness, and to say that the brain is conciousness and so forth is kinda ignorant.
How come that the most profound experiences People have is when the brain has stop "functioning " like near death experiences, some psychadelics and so forth is actually decreasing the activity of the brain and then people have the most real experience ever,
I think it is because conciousness is taking a location in the brain and when damage or order stuff happens to the brain the conciousness gets a bit distorted or more released from the brain.
Problem with science is that they Will reduce it down to hallucination or that it doesen't exist. Talk about close mindedness.
It needs more openminded philosophers to see the bigger picture.
Materialist have gotten to much power where they now thinks they can solve all and they are the elite and everybody who opposes is a charlatan. Wtf .