On the origins of consciousness and knowledge- a new paradigm

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It’s 0230 am. I used to be a great sleeper. I’ve slept through fire alarms, shipboard action alarms, I’ve even slept standing up in a corner. But nowadays I wake up once or twice a night, and then wonder what I’m supposed to do with myself. Getting up at this unseemly hour does have some significant benefits. It’s quiet, and there are no probing questions to be answered or chores to urgently attend to, and my time is…