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What Is the Nature of Consciousness?

The Joy of Why

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The Perception Census

The perception census is a large sort of citizen science project to try and understand the whole range of how we experience things differently. Some people might see colors differently, other people might have more vivid mental imagery,. We might experience the flow of time to be different from one person to another. Our expectations are tendency to see faces in clouds. And very little is known about this hidden inner diversity. It's mind boggling. Hard to think about. But I appreciate hearing which direction the research is going.

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