Questions are a symptom of wonder. Especially why and how questions, for they are frontal cortex questions. I like to think of them as evolutionary gifts for us humans. Why and how questions arise from our aesthetic appreciation of qualia. Their answers actually beg questions of a more profound sort:Continue Reading
From the introduction to my book, Welcome to the Qualiasphere. Our goal is to move from landscapes to ecosystems. All animals have evolved in landscapes to chase matter, to desire it, and often, to possess it. Landscapes are competitive, full of struggle and desire. But ecosystems consist of many landscapes together,Continue Reading
Evolution has made things stand still. When the first life forms appeared on the Planet, all the landscape was all in flux. There were few landmarks and pathways to follow – perhaps only the qualia of heat, light, vibration, and some chemical acids and bases. Qualiadelic relationships, over time, clarifiedContinue Reading