Peterdjones comments on The raw-experience dogma: Dissolving the “qualia” problem - Less Wrong
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I meant
"It just establishes that if they exist, they covary with physical states in the way that would be expected from identity theory."
But thats not the whole problem. It establishes they covary with physical states in the way that would be expected from identity theory, and Chalmerserian dualism, and a bunch of other theories (but maybe not Cartesian dualism).
Tests need to distinguish between theories, and yours doesn't.
Hmm. I thought it did. I guess I need to review a few things.