Much going in circles there. One good line, though:

"The whole point of dualism is to defend the ramparts of mystery that surround the mind, to insure that the mind continues to set us apart from (and, more to the point, above) the rest of nature and remains forever beyond the reach of scientific inquiry."

That's a good remark. Much of dualism is about insisting that us humans are at the top of the food chain. Humans must be special, right? Right? Made in the image of God. Entitled to dominion over the lesser species. Dualism is part theology, part entitlement, and part racism/speciesism.

This becomes a sharper issue as AIs start to pass humans in more areas. Until recently, this line of argument didn't matter. Now it sort of does.