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hedonium alchemist. extremely fond of the double pendulum map my other account: lightningcolors.bsky.social

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qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 12d

toynbee-style tiles saying "nirvana shockwave vacuum phase transition, 500 million days of heaven every year. tile the universe with qualia icecream sundaes"

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qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 6h

i'll be back after i write this and possibly the soursop flavor reconstruction article. eta 1 week

qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 7h

can you picture this clearly in your mind?

qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 7h

8 lotus petals extending from an ehrenstein illusion seedpod, with interstitial leaves foliated into a butterfly gestalt, bilateral symmetry superimposed on radial symmetry

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qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 7h

never give a stranger your age, name, location-in-the-impossible, phrase of synesthesia unlocking your mouth, or bird of vowels

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qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 13h

consciousness is perhaps implemented by the thalamus. you can think "consciousness is stored in the thalamus" if that phrasing helps

The thalamic dynamic core theory of conscious experience

I propose that primary conscious awareness arises from synchronized activity in dendrites of neurons in dorsal thalamic nuclei, mediated particularly …

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qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 16h

one infinity down, ∞ to go. two infinities down, ∞ to go. three infinities down, is this infinity for here or to-go or delivery to hilbert's grand hotel?

qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 1d

i'm having olfactophanies from thinking about this

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qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 1d

consciousness mixologists link thalami to merge subjective experiences, occasionally using wada tests for single-hemisphere blending. most cocktails blend 10+ minds

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qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 2d

something i learned recently is that from a cladistics perspective, a bird is a type of reptile

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qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 3d

international lesbian day marks the formation of the International Lesbian- a lesbian superorganism with "wait was she flirting?" rippling through hive-intelligence

qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 3d

all classical knots (trefoil, figure-eight, etc.) unknot in 4d. so to fix yourself, simply embed a superyou in 4d and untangle the higher-dimensional analogue

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qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 3d

oh damn, a new eldritch horror just dropped

qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 3d

one day you're a somber, taciturn child with creepy eyes and the next day you're a somber, taciturn adult with creepy eyes

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qualiaflow @qualiaflow.bsky.social · 3d

if i met the high wizard king of the horsehead nebula, i'd ask him how come the horsehead nebula doesn't hold free elections

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