I am providing a reason why "the public" might be uncomfortable around these ideas. You accuse me of misrepresenting the public's beliefs as ignorant and outdated when really the public has a nuanced view on this subject. I am merely taking the majority of people at their word when they are polled on the subject.

Most people believe in souls. Most people do not believe in minds as emergent out of interactions of neurons. I am not sure how to cultivate a more nuanced view on this when flat majorities of people say when asked that they hold the belief I am imputing on them.

Am I saying that this is where all skepticism comes from? No. Is it a considerable portion? Yes.