Princeton's 25 year long P.E.A.R. project attempted to test ideas about what consciousness is and how it functions in defining reality.
Most hard science guys class PEAR’s work as pseudoscience. non the less much of the work they did points to why there are problems getting classic science to align with new discoveries and philosophy
IMHO
Consciousness does not just perceive reality, it changes reality as ALL is consciousness. Religion is closer to fact on this issue than science.
The variability of consciousness and its many levels with changing attributes at each level is the factor missed by scientists.
For example, time is not a function of the speed of light. It’s a function of the frequency of consciousness divided by the speed of light. As consciousness frequency increases, time collapses. For a soul that is cleansed of all of the wounds that act as anchors or ballast, consciousness can surpass the speed of light and provide one with the gift of prophesy.