Colin McGinn argues consciousness is a mystery that human intelligence will never unravel, as the hard problem of qualia cannot be resolved by humans.

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New mysterianism (Wikipedia)

XREF: connects to: Life is full of unfathomable mysteries that elude understanding. — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 374; Consciousness presents a ‘hard problem’ to scholars — how the physical body gives rise to subjective experience. — The ‘Hard Problem of Consciousness’ Arises from Human …; As McGinn argued, introspection cannot tell us how physical processes give rise to consciousness. — The Impossible Problem of Consciousness: An Argument for …

New mysterianism proposes that the hard problem of consciousness cannot be resolved by humans. (similarity 0.90)
Reductionists accept only ‘temporary mysterianism’—current ignorance about consciousness that future science may resolve—versus ‘permanent mysterianism,’ which claims the mystery is unsolvable. (similarity 0.89)
Consciousness presents a ‘hard problem’ to scholars — how the physical body gives rise to subjective experience. (similarity 0.79)
As McGinn argued, introspection cannot tell us how physical processes give rise to consciousness. (similarity 0.78)
Claiming we may never fully understand phenomena differs from claiming they can never be explained physically, and the explanatory gap is narrowing daily. (similarity 0.78)