Vision and Evolution (A Critique of Dawkins)

[I_am_not_mafia]

I must admit to not quite grokking the term 'Qualia'.

No one does really. It's a bullshit term without a clear definition. A bit like the word 'God' but for scientists.

All it really means is the recognition that we humans experience things. It's a label used by people who try to explain it using a top-down approach when it can only be understood using a bottom-up approach because it is an emergent phenomena. But if you use a bottom-up approach then you don't need the word.

I've always switched off whenever it gets used in a conference or workshop because I know that absolutely nothing of interest will come of the talk. Just a load of questions with no answers.