> It just means our scientific description of the world lacks the subjective. Unless we have an independent reason to think that this thought experiment applie

> It just means our scientific description of the world lacks the subjective. Unless we have an independent reason to think that this thought experiment applies only to scientific knowledge, then it applies equally to all fields of propositional knowledge. We can - and do - speak about subjective experiences by assuming that other people have them, and they are somewhat like ours (while recognizing that there are differences: some people are blind, or color-blind, or have synesthesic responses to color), but we cannot communicate what it is like to have those experiences to other people. That this is so is readily reconciled with materialism: firstly, because we cannot experience what it is like for other people to experience color, we cannot develop a common vocabulary for communicating it; secondly, even if we had the vocabulary, our conscious mind does not have the ability to bring about the necessary changes in our brain through willpower alone.