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When an animal (or a plant) senses qualia – color, sound, smell, etc – it reacts. Qualia is either good or bad, attractive or aversive. It might spark curiousity about an unknown, but unknowns in the animal world are mostly ignored. People are not much different than animals (obvious, IContinue Reading
Gifts from the Ecosystem
Qualia holds matter together. All of the gifts of the ecosystem are qualiadelic. When things fall apart we look for gifts — for qualia — and the ecosystem provides them. The broken mirror of our senses is new again.
Toward Matter or Qualia?
Determining whether the landmarks we notice are leading us toward matter or qualia is an important consideration. For instance, hunger and coldness are landmarks in the body, and they lead us down pathways, to food and shelter. Both food and shelter are basic, material needs, but how much is enough?Continue Reading