Who Are You?
Scientists have revealed that quarks and bosons and subatomic stuff are matter, popping in and out of existence. Sometimes they endure: as evidenced by some pattern that helps them exist for a bit. That pattern is qualia. Matter is manifested in patterns, patterns around which the matter forms; the patternsContinue Reading
From Where Do Landmarks Come?
Through ritual. A ritual is a framework we use instinctively. We ritual all the time. We notice new qualia when it appears, and we play with it. If it is good, we get the dopamine squirts we like, and we keep on ritualing with it. After a while new qualiaContinue Reading
Fragile Webs of Neurons
Although brains and nervous systems may be genetically hardwired to perceive particular types of patterns, such as edges, light versus dark, hot versus cold, and even time, most patterns in the human landscape are learned from experience. Actually, since there is no memory storehouse in the brain, we actually recreateContinue Reading