Ritual to Routine
2024-01-30
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.
Adding Practice to Theory
2024-01-28
By: qualiens
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
Why Qualia Matters
2024-01-24
By: qualiens
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
The Animal In Us
2024-01-20
By: qualiens
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
Expression
2024-01-14
By: qualiens
To express ourselves well, we must notice what it is we are sensing carefully. We express what catches our attention – but we express that all too carelessly. It is qualia that catches our attention but we often describe mere matter. As Samuel Johnson said, “It is more from carelessnessContinue Reading