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In a world where plant-based diets, clean labels and ingredient transparency are rising in importance, the market for coconut-milk derivatives is emerging as a powerful, multi-faceted trend-zone. These products — ranging from coconut milk and cream to powders and other forms — are offering consumers taste, texture and alternative dairy/dairy-free appeal plus a tropical origin story.

Key Drivers of GrowthThe momentum behind coconut milk derivatives stems from several converging factors:

• More consumers are pursuing vegan, vegetarian or flexitarian diet-styles, driving demand for non-dairy alternatives. Coconut milk and its derivatives meet that need.

• Among drivers is the rising awareness of lactose intolerance, dairy sensitivity and the desire for exotic flavours and plant-based indulgence.

• Coconut-derivative products are being incorporated beyond cooking into beverages, desserts, snacks and even personal-care/beauty applications — broadening their relevance.

• A strong regional foundation exists: many production hubs in Asia-Pacific, traditional usage in various cuisines, and growing export &…

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With sad fondness, I post the email conversation I had with the late Dr. Behrendt.

When the EMMOSE idea occurred to me in 2013, I started exploring the literature, to find who had already started publishing. I found the late Gerald Edelman's book "The Remembered Present", which demonstrated that the hippocampus had the requisite 're-entrant' anatomy which would allow for buffering and binding of information into an experience.

But the only actual model that I could find belonged to Ralf-Peter Behrendt. He was a German-born psychiatrist, working in the UK, especially with aging and schizophrenic patients. In 2010, he published (what I think is) his first paper linking consciousness to the hippocampus. And in 2013, he published a working anatomical model, which is the first paper of his I found.

We began our conversation in 2013, and continued it until 2018, when I stopped hearing back from him. I wa…

Neil is one of our experts. In 2012, he gave us an excellent interview on complexity theory, and we've stayed in touch ever since. We do have some serious differences, however, in how we view consciousness. I am a strict materialist and he is an Idealist. This conversation began after I had revised the video I had made from Neil's interview.

https://vimeo.com/44013533

I informed Neil about the changes, and this conversation happened.

Hi Matt,

I have a theory on mind that dovetails yours, and I hope you will like it. It has something to do with the way old things become new things, thus also with how old ideas become new ideas.

It is one thing to be able to simulate situations, but it is another one to predict them, and that's what our brain is able to do. Theoretically though, we cannot predict new things out of old ones, but we can certainly have the feeling that we can. We have the feeling we can win the lottery for instance, and this feeling is so strong that we buy tickets even if we know we almost have no chance to win. I also have the feeling that my theory is right even if it is completely speculative. Do we have a brain function that forces us to speculate, a neurotransmitter that…

The following is one of the first conversations I've had about the theory. It was wide-ranging and thorough, and so with Graeme's permission, I thought it would make a good beginning to this forum.