The Squiggle Sense is a blog magazine and online study resource dedicated to the awakening of a human sixth sense of the complementary nature, and what it indicates about the human being ~ being human.
Despite all the successes of contemporary neuroscience in alleviating the many neuropsychiatric and neurological diseases that affl ict us, human beings have not changed in any fundamental sense. Wars, poverty, violence, fear, greed, and struggles for power permeate modern life just as they have for centuries. What can we do to change that, to change ourselves? What if you could tell or show a person something really important about how the brain works that would change the way they look at things? Research and modelling of brain coordination dynamics has revealed a new metastable mode of brain functioning in which the well-known tendencies of specialized brain regions to express their autonomy (segregation) coexist with tendencies for individual regions to work together as an integrated system. This view of the brain shows us how contraries can be reconciled, promotes the logic of ‘both/and’ and may help erase the artificial boundaries we have erected in all walks of life.
The squiggle sense is a sixth sense of the complementary nature. Everyone has this sixth sense, but there are still very few who are aware of it. This blog is dedicated to helping you become aware of your squiggle sense. Our goal is to provide an evolving online resource for the study and appreciation of the squiggle sense, a sixth sense of the complementary nature, and its philosophical~scientific grounding in coordination dynamics, the science of coordination.’ To inform and hopefully inspire the widest possible audience to learn about and employ the squiggle sense within them. We do this in part because we believe that the squiggle sense is a gateway to enlightenment, one that can be used to gain a novel and beneficial world-view. This in turn can be used to generate novel and beneficial insights, innovations and policies.
The challenge we have made for ourselves is to not only to define and characterize the squiggle sense of the complementary nature, but ultimately to illustrate the power of the squiggle sense with real illustrations/applications that touch people, that connect to a truly diverse audience. That is to say, The Squiggle Sense blog magazine isn’t just philosophy~science for philosophers and scientists, but real modern day applications of the squiggle sense, the sixth sense of the complementary nature.
We invite you to join The Quest of The Squiggle Sense, to let new knowledge of the human being ~ being human give you new perspectives, concepts, tools and directions.
Let the ideas and discoveries help you temper hubris, to counteract the despressing and debilitating effects of either/or thinking, dwelling, intolerance and intransigence.It’s time to transcend “My way or the highway, either/or” thinking! Let us individually~collectively steer our world on a new course, and make the 21st century a better one than the last. Here are three easy steps to begin the quest to awaken your squiggle sense. We invite you to learn about these many new, exciting and relevant discoveries, insights and inventions.
Why? Because they give us new information about Homo Sapiens as sentient, social beings. It’s about We the People. Use your squiggle sense today!
