Philosophical Stream

Meta Reflection of Qualia

Explore the Philosophical Mind Through My Mind — Stream of Consciousness XLVIII

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Qualia makes us unique it’s a fascinating word that is used by philosophers I never heard the word before today I’m embarrassed to say no one else can feel what I feel but we have always understood that as unique as we are we are all alike so is it possible you can feel what I literally feel when you touch me when you hear what I hear more often than not people misunderstand each other so that proves qualia does it not this is how you pronounce it kwal‑ee‑uh sounds African all those wild beautiful animals giraffes elephants lions tigers monkeys but I don’t think monkeys are beautiful they’re funny looking I think I’d like one as a pet though I’m not sure why are they fun perhaps I could see the expression on my cat’s face I’ve trained my cat unexpectedly and unknowingly she says hi to me I say hi to her and we go back and forth for a full 2–3 minutes it’s hilarious it seems like she could go on forever but then when she stops I say to her your turn and then she continues for another few minutes cats have qualia each one of them is different and yet the same just like humans I just researched the word qualia and my guess was correct it is derived from latin but because of its rhythm it sounds african the word makes me want to dance philosophy I wonder what that might look like to dance a philosophical jig I would imagine a bit disjointed I just remembered I have little statues of The Thinker in my studio he is powerful to observe our minds are philosophical without us realizing that did you ever think about this our philosophical thoughts are there but we chose or at least try to choose coherent ones ideas that make sense but if we let loose we’d all be a bit meshuggenah ah I bet you don’t know what that word means or do you it is Americanized I haven’t used it too much in my lifetime but it just came to me it’s a Yiddish/german word that means crazy or nuts but usually in a humorous or affectionate way so if we all spoke to each other like this stream is presented we’d appear to be nuts well that’s just great! people who read my piece and don’t know me either think I’m uneducated or crazy just wonderful lol nevertheless I must continue streaming or I will go nuts so let’s imagine a world where we all talk like this without pausing at the end of our sentences and without realizing that some of our sentences are questions therefore we would sound monotone but that doesn’t make sense because streaming is captivating at times don’t you agree then to conclude one must read properly and apply qualia.

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