«How can the flux of ions and electrical currents in little specks of jelly the neurons in my brain generate the whole subjective world of sensations like red, warmth, cold or pain? By what magic is matter transmuted into the invisible fabric of feelings and sensations?»
– Ramachandran, Blakeslee & Sacks: «Phantoms in the Brain»
“Qualia” is about
immersion.
(Thanks to Ole Peder Giæver for inspiration!)
That’s funny I took a class from ramachandran when I went to ucsd…
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