You always have a way of "summing it up" so everyone can see the issue:
We stand at the threshold of a revolution in thinking that transcends anything that has happened in a thousand years. Now the observer, consciousness, something self-like or mind-like, becomes a provable part of a richer reality than physics or any science has ever dared to envision.
Materialism is prejudicial and thus obstructs scientific progress because it presumes to know what lies behind the door. Physicalism makes no such presumption and suggests a new kind of science is needed to open it.
I couldn't agree more -- always an "A" for eloquence.
AMEN to that, Alamo-Girl! Fact is, materialism may "presume," but has no way to test the presumption. But it jealously guards it anyway. Thank you so much!