This compelling book marshals the clear evidence and makes the case that consciousness is the force that precedes mattermdashand upends all of the scientific and popular thinking that the brain matter creates consciousness. Science dismisses any evidence to its contrary positionmdasha position it canrsquot prove--relegating the ldquomatter-produces-consciousnessrdquo argument to nothing more than unfounded belief and faithmdashjust another a form of rdquoreligion,rdquo Gober holds.