Cognitive Semantics
We function not in the real world, but in a virtual reality even when nowhere near our computers. We need our perceptions to be real enough to be functional, but we cannot make them perfectly accurate. You are what you are because you have agreed according to protocol to not be otherwise, and you continue to observe the same communications protocol while you change.
What we learn in acquiring language are social habits, rules or tack on subroutines to the core system of human interaction. The language attempts to direct intention.
Without Words
Can you think without words? Maybe that would depend on the sort of thinking it is. I often think in… Read More
Special Effects
The order is illusory, but when I speak of things being illusory, that’s not a criticism. Illusion is pragmatic. We… Read More
Coherent Structure
Is the medium the same thing as the information? Is the map the territory or information about the territory? The… Read More
An End to a Means
At the early stage of consciousness, you experience time and space as complex event matrices, and by referring to it… Read More
Intentional Channel
Everything on our planet has a language, either passive or dynamic. From whale song to human speech, every living thing… Read More
Personal Narrative
Shall we get into personal narrative? Your autobiographical memory is not autobiographical. Professionals say mine is poor because it doesn’t… Read More
Our Other Mind
There is a whole domain of consciousness that has been evolving alongside this that has come to dominate out current… Read More
Assert the Other Mind
I have a strange question for you. Are you all somewhat agitated right now? Hmmm, yes and no. A part… Read More