Word of the Day: QUALIA
What it feels like inside your mind
qualia (noun) - instances of subjective, qualitative experience; irreducibly felt aspects of perception [kwah-lee-uh]
BREAKDOWN: QUA[L]- (who or what) + -IA (state of)
quale is the singular form of qualia
“Who can say if the thoughts you have in your mind as you read these words are the same thoughts I had in my mind as I typed them? We are different, you and I, and the qualia of our consciousnesses are as divergent as two stars at the ends of the universe.” —Ken Liu
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