"Qualia" is one of what I think of as "back door" words or phrases (like "red light," "visible light," etc.) - ways of trying to sneak experience into the back door of physical science. Qualia has no defined meaning in physical terms. It can't be detected. It can't be physically defined. It has no physical parameters. It can't be located in a material world. It was never discovered to exist. Being derived from Latin, it does sound scientific, so it tends to carry a certain amount of argumentative weight, even if it has no scientific meaning.
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