A person who believes in or advocates for epiphenomenalism; someone who holds that mental events don't causally affect physical events.
From epiphenomenalism + -ist (person who practices/believes in). Describes philosophers and scientists who accept the doctrine that consciousness is an effect without causes.
An epiphenomenalist believes your thoughts are like a shadow cast by your brain—very real to see, but the shadow can't move the object creating it!
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