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"
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
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
The brain, just like the body and the rest of the outer landscape, evolved to perceive, just like the rest of the senses, the qualia that clothes the world. The brain’s world, however, is not the same world as the world of the five, outward-facing senses. The brain, like anyContinue Reading