Inasmuch as thoughts have a one-to-one coupling with the physical processes in the brain, then we are saying the same thing. But qualia (the more accurate/desc

Inasmuch as thoughts have a one-to-one coupling with the physical processes in the brain, then we are saying the same thing. But qualia (the more accurate/descriptive term for what we are discussing) are inherently subjective and non-physical by definition. Both of us can observe an ocean wave using many different methods (direct observation with light, their effect on a buoy, their impact with the shore, etc). However we can never both observe your qualia. I have no way to determine that your perception of "red" and mine are equivalent. There is no way you can explain vision to a blind person; yet a blind person can have their own understanding of an ocean wave.