(December 14, 2018 at 12:25 pm)Dmitry1983 Wrote:(December 14, 2018 at 12:21 pm)Mathilda Wrote: What about asking people who take hallucinogenic drugs? That can cause brains to generate new qualia. I've generated new qualia myself by taking lots of cannabis.
Can you describe your experience?
Not easily no. I haven't experienced anything like it when not taking drugs. Words wouldn't do it justice, in the same way you couldn't describe seeing red to a blind person. I've never personally experienced an orgasm and no one can easily describe what that feels like to me. The best anyone's described to me how an orgasm is like, is when you need a really big shit and the relief you get when you can finally stop holding it in.
I have to admit, it doesn't really sell the idea to me.
There are plenty of other forms of qualia that I can describe though that I have only ever managed on cannabis. Music has so much more clarity for me, it's the equivalent of listening to music in stereo when you've only ever heard it in mono, but more so and there right inside my head where I almost feel like I could mentally reach out and touch the notes and experience their shape.
