On the Nature of Things

"How strange it is to be anything at all."
- Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Airplane Over the Sea

This collection is about the nature of being anything at all, and the reality that surrounds it.

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The trap of scientific evidence

The Value of the Sacred

Project Petrichor

The true meaning of family ties

On Emotion

Honey-bees are smarter than they should be

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The trap of scientific evidence

Meaning and its patterns in the brain

The Value of the Sacred

Project Petrichor

Autopoiesis: the origin of complex thought

Genetics is nurture

Consciousness vs Conscious Access

Your personality doesn't belong to you

Elemental Personalities

The flaws of the human perspective

Advice on brain science from a farming manual

The true meaning of family ties

The trouble with repressed memories

On Emotion

Honey-bees are smarter than they should be

Alert - IQ scores are meaningless

Why the best part of your brain is hiding under the stairs

Four models of psychopathology (all of which are problematic)

The three aspects of the unique human experience

Why do we speak in tongues