Conscious Experience: What is Conscious Experience? (Part 1 of 2)

I've been meaning to write on this topic for the longest time now but just kept procrastinating. A big reason I delayed talking on this particular topic was that I didn't want it to be just brushed over; I wanted it to be something that, after reading it, a whole new way of seeing the world would "awaken", something "spiritual" in a sense. Whether or not I achieved this is completely up to you to decide.

Another reason—or excuse if you'd prefer—, for my procrastinating was the sense of "Can I really talk on this topic effectively?", in more personal terms, a sense of inadequate knowledge on the topic or, at least, not to the extent that I deemed reasonable for the endeavour.

So what makes me feel "capable" now?

I don't know... Should we spend the whole day discussing why my mind chooses to do what it does when it does? A discussion of free will and the likes? Is that what we're about to do right now?

Nah. 

On Cartoons and Why All Other Shows Are Substandard (Higher-Enlightenment)

So... On cartoons and proving I'm not an overgrown child. 

This is a more personal write up, hope you enjoy it.

From a young age I've always favoured cartoons over any other form of media. I never understood the appeal of real-life media other than documentaries. I could never stand Power Rangers as a child, and would never watch shows like Drake and Josh unless forced to endure it due to the presence of an oppressive "teen" at the time. 

How to be The Smartest Person In The Room 101.1

"This is still a thing?"

Yes, it indeed is. Part of the reason it still is "a thing" I'll be sort of touching on in this post. As a fun side quest, see if you can spot the single word reason in the post.

As usual, I'll just be jumping right in.

Go ahead, try and guess the actual topic of today's post. See if you get it right.

The Ball

Anything that can read/sense information has the ball. It may not have the ball for long but as it picks up information, it has the ball. Dynamically storing information (dynamic in the sense that the information that was once sensed/read is read again at a later data or semi-continuously e.g. memory) allows for persisting of the ball being held.

For example, in the brief moment a single-celled organism with the ability to detect light perceives a photon of light, it holds the ball, as soon as that information/stimuli is gone, it loses the ball; if it has a way of recalling the information, it continues to hold the ball as long as the information is recalled (e.g. The brain converts direct stimuli/information to electrical signals, this way it can continue to recall information to near the exact same way as it was first received; near same information, near same ball)

Another quick thought.

The Bottle of Marbles Analogy

The Bottle of Marbles Analogy:

Assume you have a bottle containing four marbles, marbles A, B, C, and D, which move with Brownian motion (random motion) within the bottle. When marbles A, B and D collide at the same time a glow occurs and the marbles stick together for 24hrs before the glow ends and the marbles separate. Note that the collision of any marble to another leads to the marbles being stuck together for 24hrs.