Ah, the slippery slopes of neuroscience! The gravity of the study of mind inexorably pulls us from the realm of medical science on one hand and from the realm of philosophy on the other hand into the icy pit in between.
Thus we come upon qualia, ("Qualia are the subjective sensory qualities like "the redness of red" that accompany our perception." according to Qualia fan Ken Moji) a term caught in a tug-of-war  between philosophers and neuroscientists . . . with art and music thrown in as the "evidence" . . . to complicate things further.
Fascinating . . . but yeesh! There comes a point where I get the headache! If Green and Red were reversed, would we even notice? If a lone penguin slips on the ice does it make a sound?
Let's all just relax and have an ice cold beer! Tastes like artichokes, doesn't it? Or does yours taste like persimmon? We'll never know. |