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Re:Making the hard problem of consciousness easier by antonvs on Saturday May 29, 2021 @06:23AM (#27324249)
There's an obvious explanation for the differences in perspective, which is covered by the title of this paper:

https://philarchive.org/archive/KEACDD

Re:Making the hard problem of consciousness easier by andybak on Saturday May 29, 2021 @07:10AM (#27324471)
That's wonderful. I'm going to read it full later but I've been looking for some writing on this topic.
Re:Making the hard problem of consciousness easier by antonvs on Monday May 31, 2021 @12:42PM (#27345879)
The paper isn't quite as directly about what the title says as I might have liked, but since it's a mostly serious academic paper it probably can't be.

It does contain some gems though, like:

> In spite of his claim to have "long claimed" that the conceivability of zombies is only apparent, one suspects that it is non-zombic humans that Dennett finds if not inconceivable, then unendurable. [...] Zombies are perfect for Dennett! If the human world turned out to be populated only by them, his troubles would be over. Non-zombic humans, by contrast, are a nightmare for Dennett.

It's also a serious but short look at the topic, which I found useful.