Why should physical processing give rise to a rich inner life at all? It seems objectively unreasonable that it should, and yet it does.

Sense data are much more controversial than qualia, because they are associated with a controversial theory of perception - that one perceives the world by perceiving one's sense-data, or something like that.

Because the idea of zombies seems to make sense, and seems to, in a certain sense, be possible, I think one can use that to argue against the thesis that everything is purely physical. Now many people, I think, agree that the idea of zombies are conceivable, including people who want to be physicalists.

Although I'm Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version!

People have managed to avert their eyes and hope for the best.

Studying consciousness tells us more about how the world is fundamentally strange. I think we have a few revolutions to go yet before we get to the bottom of it.

Actually, I think most people accept the existence of qualia.