Is qualia (it’s existence or not, how and why it happens) not the exact thing the hard problem is about? If you’re ignoring the hard problem or dismiss it you also doubt the existence of qualia.
I guess I should have said ‘without getting caught in the nearby attractors associated with most conversations about the hard problem of consciousness’. There’s obviously a lot there, and my guess is >95 percent of it wouldn’t feel to me like it has little meaningful surface area with what I’m curious about.
Is qualia (it’s existence or not, how and why it happens) not the exact thing the hard problem is about? If you’re ignoring the hard problem or dismiss it you also doubt the existence of qualia.
I guess I should have said ‘without getting caught in the nearby attractors associated with most conversations about the hard problem of consciousness’. There’s obviously a lot there, and my guess is >95 percent of it wouldn’t feel to me like it has little meaningful surface area with what I’m curious about.