why do we enjoy poetry From the perspective of neuroscience?

[bennyboy]

In my estimation, the problem of qualia is really the evolutionary problem of how selves emerged.

The problem of qualia is that in the mechanistic world view described by physics, there's no need for it-- either as an evolved property, or even as a potential property to be allowed for by the Universe at all. There's no "qualia coefficient" in any physical description, including that of brain function. Saying the word "evolution" doesn't solve this dilemma: if experience adds something that cannot be solved by pure mechanistic calculation, then reality is dualistic, and a physical monist model is incomplete. If it does not add anything, it's not necessary and therefore cannot be an evolved property.

It's a little suspicious that the most important aspect of existence, the ability to experience and enjoy it as a sentient agent, is so absolutely unrepresented in a physical view of reality.