I. Introduction: The Riddle of Experience We can measure the brain in extraordinary detail. We can trace electrical rhythms as a person looks at a red apple, hears a cello, or feels a pinprick. We can predict when a stimulus will be reported and when it will slip by unnoticed. Yet one thing never appears […]
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Overlap, Coupling, and the Public World I. The Consensus Riddle The previous article asked why reality feels solid. If experience is primary, why can’t we change the world at will? Why do walls resist us? Why do stones hurt our feet? The answer was constraint. Reality feels solid when experience resolves under a tightly aligned
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Constraint, Resolution, and the Stubbornness of Experience I. The Solidity Riddle Any experience-first view of reality faces an immediate objection. If reality is constituted in experience, why can’t I change it at will? Why does a table resist my hand? Why does a wall stop my body? Why does it hurt when I kick a
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