Qualia is discountable because it can't really be proved that you have it (from my perspective) or that I have it (from your perspective). The short counter-ar

Qualia is discountable because it can't really be proved that you have it (from my perspective) or that I have it (from your perspective). The short counter-argument to whether the man/rule system understands Chinese is "I'm not a man/rulebook, so I have no idea if that's conscious or not."