The hard problem
Definition
The hard problem is the question of why and how physical processes give rise to experience at all. David Chalmers coined the name, to set it apart from the “easy” problems of explaining behaviour and function.
On this site
The Mind model dial measures the easy problems. The hard problem isn’t in the total, because nobody knows what it would take.
Role in the model
The Mind total covers the easy problems: perception, memory and behaviour. All of those can be computed in principle. The hard problem isn’t in the total, because nobody knows what it would take, if it takes anything. When the sandbox says a scenario “thinks”, it isn’t claiming the scenario feels.
Related
14 short pages, one per thinker, each with its matching dial. See also the reading list.