Yes quite, to pick that last sentence, what our respective interests are, also plays a part in what we're interested, what out goal/s ie/are,not to mention the ways we might "prefer2 to think of things, the role that scientific proof has to play for each of us - don't want to hurt anyone's head!!!!
Sorry (in a way) for setting off so many hares at once earlier.
in my neck of the woods, where healing and becoming human are central, I don't place such emphasis on how the brain works, what cosciousness might be etc.
I'm interested in the concern for getting to self-awareness; it's hard enough becoming aware.
So being aware of the other, and, dimly, of the sheer reality of the other is also a fascinating, enlightening move to make.
And about knowledge,fwiw, when a client says (or I say)," I'm feeling.......", I don't then ask for prof or a scientific demonstration.