Ideas that begin with a question and develop through evidence, reasoning, and careful speculation. Essays on the origins of life, the structure of reality, and the behavior of complex systems.
Why do coincidences feel like signs, and why can déjà vu make reality seem prearranged? An exploration of probability, selective memory, and the brain’s imperfect sense of familiarity. From The Universe Wearing a Human Face.
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Could planets separated by thousands of light-years have inherited the same prebiotic chemistry? An exploration of stellar ancestry, interstellar material, and the hypothetical spread of life across moving planetary systems.
Read the articleWhat if thought is not something represented by neural activity, but the activity itself? An essay on attention, the physical nature of thought, and why the hard problem of consciousness may be misframed.
Read the articleA bird passes through a closed window in a dream. Moments later, the sleeping mind invents an explanation. An essay on prediction, coherence, and how dreams assemble reality as they unfold.
Read the articleA broken car socket, a dream about fuses, and an observation from the game Mafia reveal how fear narrows the mind’s search for solutions—and how the same pattern can operate across society.
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