Planet Qualia

The ability to see color conferred a selective advantage in evolution, allowing animals to see possible food from further away.  A byproduct of that is our ability to see sunsets. But does the ability to see a sunset convey a selective advantage?  Well, yes. It allows us to realize thatContinue Reading

A curious question which bears asking is what happens to the complex of qualia we call self after we die?  If qualia is another life form, not a carbon-based life form, but a different sort, then it’s to its advantage to keep this complex that we call the self aliveContinue Reading