The Functional Mind

The question that has followed me for fifty years: what are we, exactly — not biologically, but scientifically? This is where the journey begins.The Functional Mind is a complete argument in 28 lessons, released fortnightly. By the end, you will have a coherent scientific framework for understanding life, mind, and what it means to be the kind of thing we are. Not a survey of existing ideas — a new framework, built from first principles, that I believe resolves questions that have been officially unanswered for a century.This is Lesson 0: the welcome. It tells you who I am, why I've spent thirty years on this question, and what we're going to build together.The written version of every lesson is available at thefunctionalmind.substack.com — same content, readable at your own pace. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thefunctionalmind.substack.com