Microbiomes and Microdopamines
If we think of Little Dopamine, it’s kind of like all the little tiny creatures on the planet. I’m not talking about meek mice and anxious sparrows so much as the bacteria and microbes in the soil. Real tiny. We ignore them at our own peril – they play suchContinue Reading
Animal Morality and Earthly Ecotopias
One might suppose, that since virtually all creatures have their consciousness imposed upon them from outside, that they are inferior to man, who is the only creature to develop a highly qualiadelic, inner landscape. Homo sapiens, after all, has a mind, ideas, language, and morality. But that is not atContinue Reading
The Currency of Exchange
An individual may be simple or complex, plain or baroque, traditional or modern, serious or playful, provincial or worldly, black and white or colorful etc. but must always be open and appreciative of other individuals’ inner landscapes – the landmarks and pathways of their thought – willing, if only briefly,Continue Reading
Cell
I happened to read another stunning article in Aeon on the same day I re-read this tidbit from Lewis Thomas: Item. I have been trying to think of the earth as a kind of organism, but it is no go. I cannot think of it this way. It is tooContinue Reading
Qualia Unbound
Qualia is not bound by the laws of physics for the simple reason that the laws of physics ARE qualia.