re: Science and the soul
The article I mentioned above is a genuine science article.
The arguments are based on observations, reproducible experiments.
What we feel about ourselves was not part of that argument. It's something else.
What I do feel, though, is that we understand neuroscience enough for any explanation based on a soul not to have to be part of it (unless a reproducible proof exists, of course). If a soul matters, it must be prooved and that is a reasonable argument.
And as humans, having been part of the universe for such a small time and confined to a single planet, when we realize how huge the universe is, it is only natural we understand our insignificance.