The Hard Problem of Consciousness

There is nothing about material or physical parameters in terms of which we could deduce any of the qualities of experience. We know that there are empirical correlations and we can catalog the correlations but there is nothing in principle about physicality in terms ofwhich you can deduce mentality so you are left with an impassable gap. But because we are culturally so committed to it instead of acknowledging the absurd implication we label it a problem and we say one day we might solve it. Well, good luck with that. Fool a chair while you are waiting.

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