As other commenters pointed out, I'm not getting into the mind/body problem. But that's what people normally do: you challenge the assumptions, and all of a sudden they assume you are already coming to a conclusion. And no, just because I challenge the assumptions, I don't need to provide a counter conclusion.

I don’t think the OP is discussing mind-body dualism. There are many materialists who believe that consciousness maybe a non-computational process.

But it is worth pointing out that something like 80% of the world (it fluctuates depending on the survey but its around that) believes in some non-physical spirit, life force, or soul.

It’s a very HN bubble thing to start a discussion with the assumption that everyone must be a materialist.