Most people who do not experience qualia never realize that they're missing something that others experience. They often conclude that consciousness is an illusion that they have seen through.
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Oh, after I scrolled through your timeline, I realized it was probably somewhat in jest, but I was actually curious & wanted to inquire about it anyway. You seemed smart enough to have some ideas about it, & I was hoping maybe you knew a couple p-zombies...
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There actually was a serious thought that inspired my tweet: perhaps different people's internal experiences can differ in ways that can make them easier or harder to dismiss as illusions, and this could correlate with opinions on phil of mind. This seems unlikely but possible.
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Intriguing; this to me seems prima facie true, unless I misunderstand you. We see it with privilege, when e.g. rich people dismiss the claims & experiences of the poor. Why wouldn't we see the same phenomenon arise from any difference in experience & perception? 1/2
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We know genetics can alter qualia, beyond obvious disorders. The perceived taste of cilantro, for example, is a notable example. If you don't know that, you might think your cilantro-hating friend is being ridiculous, because to you it tastes nothing like soap. 2/2
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Critics of qualia typically claim to understand and be able to account for the intuitions that motivate the concept. So if there are such correlates, philosophers of mind don't seem to be aware of them. Perhaps this is not as strong evidence as I'd initially taken it for.
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If we had a qualia-dime for every bit of life & science that philosophers weren't aware of, we'd subjectively experience like kings
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