Tag: consciousness

The self is imagined to be a fluid, like a puddle of water, and external circumstances are thought of as something like a sponge, sucking the self into its matrix so that the two become as one.

Magic is something that, by definition, cannot exist. Yet, people yearn for it. Why? Magic is supposed to be a power that exists outside of the structure of ordinary reality, but which can… more emotion Magic

Your eye is caught by the flashing fireflies floating at the edge of a forest, and you stand there, gazing at the sight with no thought of anything else. You have no idea… more emotion Dazzled

A trippy feeling is the awareness that one’s perception of reality has come untethered from its ordinary foundations. It’s an altered state of consciousness which is commonly associated with the use of psychoactive… more emotion Trippy

Being irritated isn’t the same thing as feeling angry. There’s less of an edge to this feeling, less intense, yet highly provocative nonetheless. The problem with an irritation is that it hangs right… more emotion Irritated

In the mid-20th century, a school of psychologists attempted to establish a system for objectively identifying basic universal emotions, agreed upon by all people regardless of of cultural differences and individual experiences. Their… more emotion Contempt

Xibipiio expresses the sensation of something flickering in and out of existence, like a shaft of light piercing a thick but wavering canopy, a wave rising and falling on a river, or a visitor arriving and then leaving again.

In 1970, the robotics professor Masahiro Mori articulated the feeling of the uncanny valley, an emotional reaction against unsentient objects that have been designed to mimic human beings. While people can feel quite… more emotion The Uncanny Valley