I’m rejecting the idea of ‘qualia’ for the same reason I wouldn’t reject the idea of magnetism – they both seem (or would seem, for magnetism, in your hypothetical)
Seem what?
I’m rejecting ‘mysterious answers’, e
The lack of explanation for qualia is not intended as an answer.
I suspect that ‘qualia’ is basically equivalent to something far more general, e.g. ‘information processing’,
If you could show that , that would be an explanation. Staring that an A is, for no particular reason, a B is not explanation.
What I’m (kinda) ‘treating as poison’ is the seemingly common view that ‘qualia’ cannot be explained at all
You say it is common , but no one in this discussion has made it , and you haven’t named anyone who has made it. And inexplicability is not part of the definition of “qualia”.
Winding back:-
I’m not convinced that statements like “qualia clearly exist” are informative. It feels like a ‘poisoned idea’, e.g. because of the connection with ‘p-zombies’.
Theres nothing about inexplicability there , either. But there is something about wrongthought ,.ie.zombies.
Seem what?
The lack of explanation for qualia is not intended as an answer.
If you could show that , that would be an explanation. Staring that an A is, for no particular reason, a B is not explanation.
You say it is common , but no one in this discussion has made it , and you haven’t named anyone who has made it. And inexplicability is not part of the definition of “qualia”.
Winding back:-
Theres nothing about inexplicability there , either. But there is something about wrongthought ,.ie.zombies.