[easyThrowaway]

I hope before I die we finally prove that the human brain has no peculiar qualia but it is an entirely deterministic, albeit extremely sophisticated, machine. And by touching the right triggers, even the worst human being can become a saint.

That would finally force us to rethink how we see the morality of "virtuosity", punishment and our justice system.

[sethammons]

Our thoughts are an electric cloud and I believe randomness is involved, and like a bolt of lightning, the path taken is unpredictable.

And make it a tempestuous lightning storm where the state of all lightning bolts represents a moment of consciousness. That will take a lot to model accurately.

[RALaBarge]

An electric cloud with quantum effects that we also don’t fully understand. There will always be a layer deeper that we just do not know the effects of or what actually exists there or “under there”.

[criddell]

You may have set up a false dichotomy. Qualia and determinism aren't necessarily at odds with each other.