The mark of thoughtfulness

An inability to answer the simplest questions can be a demonstration of the highest intelligence.

A definition of creativity

Imitation with variation

World embeddedness

Just as we are embedded in the world, so the world is embedded in us.

Uncognized speech

Hearing someone say something but not paying attention, then 'replaying' it in the mind to recognise what was said. This demonstrates the dissociation between 'pure' aural perception and cognition.

To be and not to be

Self-drawing man, ink on paper, 2008

If two things are connected then they are both one thing and two things.

If mind and reality are connected then they are both one thing and two things. If they are one thing then they are the same, if two things then they are different. Mind and reality are both identical with one another and distinct from each other.

In order for something to be it must both be and not be.