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First of all, ideas are qualia. Ideas, just like colors or smells, are not really part of the things that have them, though they are very much a part of us. A rose wouldn’t be red if we (or some other organism) had not evolved the ability to sense rosesContinue Reading

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I allow the objects I desire to comprehend, to act tranquilly upon me; I then observe the impression I have received from them — Goethe (1749-1832) Goethe shows us the way which science has missed. He noticed details, just as a scientist — or a natural philosopher — must; yet,Continue Reading

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Never play anything the same way twice — Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) When we repeat our rituals over and over, they become routine. When we become conscious of our rituals, they come back to life. That is the simple source of all that is magical.