So just ignore first hand experience as a phenomenon at all? That seems like a huge thing to pull the wool over.
It absolutely belongs in philosophy, and is one of the core topics in any philosophy program, and I'm not talking about "real science", which is precisely why I said that physics doesn't explain it.
There's nothing to ignore. Some evolved monkeys have vivid imagination, which they mistake for reality. Phenomenon noted, time to move on to important things.
Are you speaking as the representative of "reality"? Are you somehow the embodiment of "science"? Is it possible to experience and reason about reality without going through the eyes of an "evolved monkey"? You are speaking as if you are disembodied and floating around in the ether experiencing reality directly. It's so close to you that you don't even notice that you exist, and you are the only window you have to reality. There isn't any reality that you can be aware of outside of your own subjective perception, despite you "vivid imagination". You are confused if you think "reality" and "your model of reality" are two different things.
It absolutely belongs in philosophy, and is one of the core topics in any philosophy program, and I'm not talking about "real science", which is precisely why I said that physics doesn't explain it.