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The Brain as a Non-Linear Optical Computer: Reflections on a 2-Week Jhānas Meditation Retreat

Building a Science of Consciousness

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The Binding Problem and Zero Ontology

Co-dependent arising is totally compatible with zero ontology and i i think the ninth jana or the unfabricated state um essentially is kind of like the collapsing of information content where you get like zero information content slash the superposition of all possibilities. Any non-zero configuration involves the breaking of symmetry so that anything that you experience always requires a background for you to experience it. Even though in the universe there's more matter than anti-matter that's still kind of a mystery but presumably definitely in the quantum vacuum.

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