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“why do we suffer?” - Pain as the Canonical Source of Conscious Feelings
Pain demands "Attention", maybe is "All you Need" for "Action/Agency". Pain has a unique motivational quality that commands attention and drives behavior. This capacity to reorient an organism's priorities may have provided a foundation for how emotions and consciousness evolved.
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Bright and dark states of light: The quantum origin of classical interference
Paper Review - this interpretation aligns with a fully quantum description (detector included).The apparent randomness and duality in quantum optics can be understood as emerging from entanglement and basis choices, rather than from mysterious instantaneous collapse or classical waves.

Do we need a "New" Universal Language? AI - Humans
An Exploration of Communication, Evolution, and Design.

Unilingua - a simple language designed for human-AI interactions
A new universal language, optimize communication between humans and AI, balancing simplicity and precision

SYNTHROPIA: A Language for Human-AI Communication
A Theoretical Framework for Optimized Interspecies Communication

“why do we suffer?” - Pain as the Canonical Source of Conscious Feelings
Pain demands "Attention", maybe is "All you Need" for "Action/Agency". Pain has a unique motivational quality that commands attention and drives behavior. This capacity to reorient an organism's priorities may have provided a foundation for how emotions and consciousness evolved.

Pain is the archetypal feeling from which all emotional experiences have evolved.
Pain's origin as a vital, survival-oriented mechanism has been elaborated upon by evolution into a rich tapestry of affective states that not only protect the body but also shape the inner experience of the mind, from fear, to love.

The Evolution of Truth: Evidence-Based Medicine's Path from Heresy to Artificial Inteligence
How do we determine which interventions truly benefit patients? This seemingly simple inquiry has profound implications for patient outcomes, healthcare resources, and the very nature of medical practice.

Who is the "Observer" that feels the pain? Origins, evolution, and emotional dimensions of pain
What if "Consciousness" evolved because it was needed to handle pain and then developing fear, and anxiety as a side effect. If an organism could unconsciously withdraw from damage, why did it need to feel it?

Origins, evolution, and emotional dimensions of pain
Pain stands as the most elemental of all sensory experiences. It is universal across animals with nervous systems, immediate in its demand for attention, and profound in its capacity to alter behavior. Yet, it remains one of the most enigmatic phenomena in biology and neuroscience.

Do we have a "Moral Compass" that points to God or Evil?
What is the source of our sense of right and wrong—our moral compass? Adam and Eve as a foundational myth. From theology, philosophy, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence. Imagine a 'Platonic reward function' - for human consciousness and AI minds.

For dust you are, and to dust you will return - Mortality, Emergence, and the Self
This thesis explores Genesis 3:19 as a framework for understanding mortality, consciousness, and identity, incorporating insights from philosophical and religious perspectives. Also, analogies with AI systems implications for identity collapse after information erasement.

Is life worth living? Only if you are "Allowed" to be Your "True" Self
In many societies, telling the truth can invite punishment, censorship, violence, or social exile. Can we tell the truth? Explore ideas from existentialist (Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre), political theory (Arendt, Foucault, Orwell), and ethics (Levinas, Kant, Butler).