Dear Brent and TOK, in putting together a brief talk on Consciousness, I
had to reduce my cell biologic approach to the problem due to time
constraints. So I decided to start with E=mc2 as the mathematical
expression of the Singularity of the Cosmos (I assume we're all good on
Einstein). Based on that 'logic', development of the embryo as cell-cell
signaling is the conversion of 'mass' (growth factors) into 'energy' (the
downstream interaction of the growth factor with its receptor (think 'lock
and key'), triggering an intracellular cascade of high energy phosphates
that ultimately affect growth and differentiation of the embryo,
culminating in homeostatic physiology at birth. The aggregate of those
cell-cell interactions is Consciousness, bearing in mind that the origin of
the brain is the skin as a graphic. That would explain Qualia as the way in
which experiences trigger consciousness, i.e. why seeing 'red' free
associates with the physiology of the individual, bearing in mind that
those homeostatic signaling cascades reference not only the physiology of
the current individual, but their past experiences as a species as
evolution too, so the Qualia go way back in the history of the organism. I
hope that was helpful.

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