When we start out we are taught a few things about drugs and addictions in general: they’re dangerous, sinful, yada yada yada. If we listen, like responsible children, these cautions become landmarks that steer us away from such behaviors. But for most of us other things sneak in and theContinue Reading
No matter how complex or deep qualia is, eventually it morphs from landmark to wallpaper…sort of the way one prophet’s epiphany can become an entire culture’s dogma.
Combine qualia with ritual to make it less abstract – to add practice to theory. I learned this from watching animals. Crisis forces them out of their routines and their ritualing begins. They notice and play with new Qualia – and it changes their routines. It changes their senses. TheirContinue Reading
No one is really sure where the original matter of the universe comes from, but we do know that the very smallest particles which have been measured seem to pop in – and then back out of – existence in infinitely small amounts of time. However, as we all know,Continue Reading
Writing about qualia has taken me in many directions, and it has made reading so many speculative essays in science and philosophy relevant to my fanciful peregrinations…well, let’s just say that in perusing online magazines such as Aeon, I am like a kid in a candy shop. Fortunately, the exquisiteContinue Reading