Sitting with the uncomfortable feeling of actually changing scientific
paradigms, periodically, there are waves of impressions, or insights
which pass through me, most of which seem too large (or too compressed)
to put into words. The basic feeling then is something like, "Oh, the
people who later do make the transition, or a similar one, they will
understand, they will appreciate, they have this, and more, ahead of
them...".
But some impressions persist or grow such that they hopefully are thoughts worthy of speech.
The
current impressions are cryptic ones, like "mathematics IS structure",
or "~consciousness IS chemical stoichiometry", which seem some trite and
obvious as to be nonsensical. And, of course, these statements ARE
trite and obvious, and bordering on nonsensical, particularly if viewed
from one paradigm or another. But when considered as transitional
expressions forming the paradigm shield wall... perhaps there is more to
see.
