If qualia itself is the actual waves themselves, then that [arguably] disproves the "Substrate Independence" view, which is that consciousness is a set of compu

If qualia itself is the actual waves themselves, then that [arguably] disproves the "Substrate Independence" view, which is that consciousness is a set of computations. You can build logic gates out of dominoes or even physical abacuses, but if qualia is made of waves no amount of "simulating it" via calculations is going to truly conjure it into existence.