Sorry, I think I was unclear. When I was wondering about the causal history of human qualia, I didn’t mean the causal history of a particular quale in a human, but rather the causal history of why humans have qualia.
I don’t think anthropics are a sufficient answer to that question; if there exist no plausible causal histories of humans with qualia, then either the humans or the qualia have to go.
Sorry, I think I was unclear. When I was wondering about the causal history of human qualia, I didn’t mean the causal history of a particular quale in a human, but rather the causal history of why humans have qualia.
I don’t think anthropics are a sufficient answer to that question; if there exist no plausible causal histories of humans with qualia, then either the humans or the qualia have to go.