Planet Qualia

A quite remarkable way to differentiate ecosystems from the human landscape is that ecosystems do not facilitate addictions. Certainly, in ecosystems, there are seasons of plenty when Big Dopamine runs high, but they do not last long, and the creatures of the forests and the seas and even the desertsContinue Reading

Scientists have isolated parts of the brain and hormones that make us participate in hardcore realities, like sex, violence, dominance, and even war. But why have they been unable to find a love drive, or a justice instinct, or a peace hormone?  They may have found some relative correlative inContinue Reading

Atavism: yet another gift from ecosystems to which we pay no attention.  Atavistic traits are always waiting in our genes to reappear when we need them. Contrary to the saying that youth is wasted on the young, atavism is the wisdom of the ancients bestowed on the latest generation inContinue Reading