Qualiens is my pen name. If we were all more qualiadelic we could be a new species: Homo qualiens. Not that I consider myself to be so evolved; I'm just happy to have received so many qualiadelic ideas. I think we will be seeing some really qualiadelic people come along. Soon.
My real name is Tony Brussat. I have an app called "BeQualiadelic"
Throughout the history of life, as landscapes changed, so did the qualia that was noticed. But, as new landmarks and pathways impressed themselves upon our ancestors, the old ones didn’t go away, they moved into the background. The qualia of the past may no longer hold our interest, but itContinue Reading
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