Why is there experience at all? Qualia, the hard problem, and what neuroscience (the brain, perception, sleep and illusions) can and can't explain about the inner world.
A scientist who has studied every wavelength and cone cell steps out of a black-and-white room and sees a rose. Philosophers have fought over this for decades. I think they've been fighting about the wrong thing.
Invented reasons. Edited timelines. A color that isn't in the light at all. Neuroscience keeps catching the brain in the act, and every con needs an audience.
Every neuron in your head runs on chemistry that doesn't feel a thing. Put roughly 86 billion of them together and you get the sting of cold wind on your face. Nobody can say where the feeling comes in.
