When two strangers meet, their consciousness connects through qualia. They see each other. Sounds pass back and forth. Certainly, they judge each other, but good people (and all people have goodness in them), are searching for something they hold in common, some shared qualia. (Even a name – “that wasContinue Reading

At its root, all consciousness is the sense of endurance – or perhaps the failure of the sense of endurance. Another way of putting it is that all consciousness is a sense of belonging, or its loss. To endure is to belong. Subatomic particles, which flash in and out ofContinue Reading

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