I hope this is a consensus view- if it is anything otherwise, if there is an organized monetized pattern of rejecting such a paradigm- then we must call science into question as a biassed form of intelligence
and that is exactly why it is so profound for all to understand that in the case of qualia- if it is to be define- even in the most finite of ways it opens a pandora box on the "hard' determinations of science driven by materialism
perhaps in consecutive ages the inquiry of science has been one of limitation- and motivated bythe possibility of monetizing any findings- to the general malaise of questions to which qualia pertains
subjectivity of Conscious experience should be science enough that the constructs within which we experience 'reality" arepliable residual of our own naive imagination
I am glad you said educated people- you meant people educated by these scientist
and of course anything that challenges science willbe looked at as horse pucky - because after all - the billions of dollars invested in these experiments must count for something
Well let's say I am not one for probability and tentativeness. I prefer Old-fashion absolute truth-
If science is saying absolute truth may be in most instances too high a bar to set - then science is a frivolous sport in the pursuit of inconclusive assumptions.
It is unclear to me , how...