Hadn't even heard the word before this video. Guess I'm not much of a philosopher.
For decades, researchers have assumed that qualia – each person’s subjective experiences – can’t be measured. Indeed, the idea of qualia has long been thought to be outside of science. But a few weeks ago, a group of researchers went and measured qualia for the first time. Let’s take a look at what this means for consciousness research.
Paper: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)00289-5
Hadn't even heard the word before this video. Guess I'm not much of a philosopher.
>For decades, researchers have assumed that qualia – each person’s subjective experiences – can’t be measured. Indeed, the idea of qualia has long been thought to be outside of science. But a few weeks ago, a group of researchers went and measured qualia for the first time. Let’s take a look at what this means for consciousness research.
Paper: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)00289-5
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