> That's exactly what I was referring to above about 'superposition of
> emotional states' - neither positive nor negative; but SPECIFIC in
> some wordless way nonetheless
>
> Once again, I would be more inclined to call this a 'feeling state' as
> opposed to an 'emotional state'. There's a much higher intellectual
> component
Well, I see the brain as an highly complex, emotion-based learning
machine. Maybe "highly" is an understatement. As per usual in complex
systems, unpredictable behaviors emerge at higher level layers. I have
no problem in believing that our brains has the ability to create very
strange states that have no survival/replication value. However, I
tend to believe that self-organization based on emotions with
survival/replication value are all that is needed to explain their
existence. I'm not sure I'm making myself clear...
> Music to Math:
>
> Whenever I watch Garrett Lisi rotate his mathematical object E8
> through all those dimensions and the architecture of the thing changes
> right before my eyes I feel like weeping and laughing at the same
> time. Does E8 affect anyone else like this?
I recently watched Lisi's presentation at TED and I agree it is really
exciting. I'm no expert in theoretical physics, far from it, but from
what I can grasp, it's much more elegant and beautiful than
superstring theory. I don't have such a strong emotional response as
you but I don't find it strange.
Cheers!
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