u/jsuth

You sent an insulting image, shithead. And that is not the position you expressed. You seem to not understand the difference.

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A big problem for theories stipulating that consciousness evolved is that there is no evidence that consciousness has any causal power.

Sam didn't say that Nisbett et al aren't mainstream scientists. He said that their view is not mainstream in the field. Stuart Ritchie's book is a widely recommended primer on the subject and makes it pretty clear that Nisbett's view is not well supported.