the qualia journal

There is something definitely breathtaking about the occasional playfulness of google. This morning, many users of google would have waken u...

I got on the train in the opposite direction. AGAIN. I was reading Richard Dawkins on the Amazon Kindle, and got on the train that came to t...

It was with deep sadness to hear the news that Mr. Shusaku Arakawa passed away. Shusaku's great achievements and warm personality would ...

Whenever I discover the hidden agendas and threads behind a famous person's life, I exclaim, and shudder at yet another manifestation of...

When I was in London two weeks ago, I saw a lot of "Yo! Sushi" adverts. One of them asked "are you a Sushi virgin?", fea...

In Tokyo, there are quite a few soba noodle restaurants. In particular, the Kanda Yabu and the Matsuya in Kanda district are my long time ...

I attended the TEDx Tokyo held in Miraikan. I gave a talk titled "The Blessings of Science". I hugely enjoyed the whole thing. ...

When we are talking about contingencies, we should always remember that it is ultimately the nature of cognition of each subject that determ...

Contingencies, the mixture of predictability and unpredictability in the occurrence of events, has an important significance in nurturing ou...

Reflecting on my own life, I find that people are often mirrors on which I see my own reflection. This particular viewpoint, obviously, is r...

In my opinion, the "healthiness test" for your brain is simple. "Are you enjoying the uncertainties that you encounter in lif...

It is with a deep sadness to acknowledge that the "operating system" of Japan is most probably out of date. The nation is lagging ...

I appear on the radio program "All Night Nippon Sunday" from time to time. Yesterday evening, I went to the radio station in centr...

After the Keio University lecture yesterday, several students came up to me and chatted. One of them was a graduate student studying compute...

I gave two 90 minutes lectures at Keio University Hiyoshi campus. The audience was the graduate students and general public, about 200 in al...

On the way back to Tokyo airborne, and onto central Tokyo by car, I was continuously writing a series of essays which unfortunately met thei...

On the last day in London, we met with Dominique O'Brien, who became eight times World Memory Champion. The current Champion, Ben Pridmo...

I did not "agree" with the tightly controlled process of learning how to drive that is normal in my native country. So I dropped o...

Walking along the London streets, even for a short time, is always an uplifting experience. People has identified New York city in the Unite...

I have moved to London yesterday night. When I awoke in the car, people were shouting "Abbey Road!" A surprise encounter with the ...