What's the point of philosophy any more?

[bennyboy]

And how is a quale NOT a form of information processing? How is it any different than any other sensory input?

So, does a thermometer 'experience' the temperature? Why or why not?

I don't believe a thermometer is likely to have an experience, but your question is a good one. How, other than by assumption, do I determine whether even other people have qualia?

There is no methodology by which I can establish objective truth through subjective experience, and subjective experience is the only mode in which I exist as a sentient being. At best, I can say that I'm a person, other people look and act a lot like me, and make the pragmatic assumption that they are similar to me in that important regard.