algekalipso

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Consciousness researcher and co-founder of the Qualia Research Institute. I blog at qualiacomputing.com

Core interests span—measuring emotional valence objectively, formal models of phenomenal space and time, the importance of phenomenal binding, models of intelligence based on qualia, and neurotechnology.

12+ Reasons to Donate to ClusterFree

algekalipso13 Dec 2025 20:47 UTC

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Why Psychiatric Drug Evaluation Misses the Real Story

algekalipso27 Nov 2025 9:52 UTC

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Announcing ClusterFree: A cluster headache advocacy and research initiative (and how you can help)

Alfredo Parra 🔸21 Nov 2025 11:38 UTC

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Emerging evidence on treating cluster headaches with DMT

Alfredo Parra 🔸18 Oct 2025 14:32 UTC

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The Quest for a Stone-Free World: Chanca Piedra (Phyllanthus niruri) as an Acute and Prophylactic Treatment for Kidney Stones and Their Associated Extreme Negative Valence

algekalipso18 Feb 2025 0:08 UTC

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Costs of Embodiment

algekalipso30 Jul 2024 20:41 UTC

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Just Look At The Thing! – How The Science of Consciousness Informs Ethics

algekalipso23 Sep 2022 6:20 UTC

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algekalipso’s Quick takes

algekalipso6 Jan 2021 23:54 UTC

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Logarithmic Scales of Pleasure and Pain (@Effective Altruism NYC)

algekalipso19 Nov 2019 9:55 UTC

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Logarithmic Scales of Pleasure and Pain: Rating, Ranking, and Comparing Peak Experiences Suggest the Existence of Long Tails for Bliss and Suffering

algekalipso11 Aug 2019 3:49 UTC

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Cluster Headache Frequency Follows a Long-Tail Distribution

algekalipso2 Aug 2019 22:47 UTC

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Get-Out-Of-Hell-Free Necklace

algekalipso9 Jul 2019 21:30 UTC

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