>>12400136What you describe as "experiencing the color green" must come from something early in our evolution as well as learnt from experience.
If we simulate the brain in a more sophisticated way than the current neural networks we would gain a much better understanding of what it is to be alive.
What is the least conscious life that can be said to have "phenomenal experience"?
All nursing life is quite easy to connect to as a human. Than there are bugs that appears to have strong feelings (instincts) for their offspring as well, I remember a gif of a centipede forming a circle to protect it's offspring for example.
Slime moulds are able to learn and adapt to conquer harsh environmen, and even pass that knowledge on to offspring.
Qualia is such a fuzzy concept that it's hard to use it in science.
