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Yes that's more like it. I am focused on the idea that consciousness = self organization, and am exploring the idea that self organizing systems share...
January 25, 2021 at 23:07
There is so much focus on the second law of thermodynamics, when natural systems are open / dissipative systems. The second law of thermodynamics fail...
January 25, 2021 at 21:43
This is an interesting point that I've been considering in regard to introspection - is it a disassociation, or is it an engagement with a constructed...
January 25, 2021 at 20:40
It tells the oyster story, and specifically how the scientist was initially shunned, and then goes into how today there is better understanding about ...
January 25, 2021 at 07:58
There is quite a good explanation here for anybody caring to read about it.
January 25, 2021 at 06:28
Very much like self organization. Just needs a tiny bit of emotion to give it impetus :razz:
January 25, 2021 at 06:12
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January 25, 2021 at 06:07
Its been a long time since I read Piaget. I don't recall him dealing with the issue of experience. How would he account for love? "For Piaget, emotion...
January 25, 2021 at 04:57
What is your interpretation?
January 25, 2021 at 00:07
I don't think it could be reengineered, but its an interesting idea. :chin: If bonding was painful, we would be averse to it, so there would be no bon...
January 25, 2021 at 00:00
We cant see the beginning, there is not enough information. What we can observe though, is that the attractor is itself the program ( self organizatio...
January 24, 2021 at 21:41
The way I understand it is that in a universe biased towards order, all of its component parts must also be biased towards order. As a monist, I then ...
January 24, 2021 at 21:06
I love the things and people that give me pleasure! Interpersonal love is the feeling that results from the experience of being willingly bonded to so...
January 23, 2021 at 23:05
This is a form of pleasure for some people. It improves their climax! This too would be a function of self organization - it would be a way to resolve...
January 23, 2021 at 21:27
:up: In complexity theory , the 1:1 situation is called an equilibrium state, whilst a 2: 1 is a far from equilibrium state. 1: 2 would be a disintegr...
January 23, 2021 at 21:03
Yes they originate from the universal Bias to self organize, and from elements external to self. The self is caused initially, and then takes on a mom...
January 23, 2021 at 04:01
I did not claim that it was a point that you made. I stated it was a variation on the theme. You have provided such an example yourself. Reverse trans...
January 23, 2021 at 02:51
You present valid and interesting third person perspectives of time. I wonder if you would be able to illustrate a first person perspective of time as...
January 22, 2021 at 22:35
The story currently doesn't have an ending. We create the story through self organization, where the story continually emerges. Self organization fits...
January 22, 2021 at 21:50
This simple explanation puts a whole different light on things for me. I mistook G*D for "we mustn't speak his name", so this clouded my whole attitud...
January 22, 2021 at 20:41
According to complexity theory the result of the greater system ( the synergized self ) is a product of the local interaction of its component parts. ...
January 22, 2021 at 20:18
When the qualities of disparate elements are combined, they may form a synergy. When they do form a synergy then the disparate elements start acting a...
January 21, 2021 at 18:17
Ha, there is a description of Prions in the awareness of molecules thread. My understanding is cancer evolves along a similar path. Things go wrong, a...
January 21, 2021 at 03:24
Yes , you are correct, and so is Capra. The whole cascade is effected as below, and then it self organizes . 1.The synergy of atoms combined forms mol...
January 21, 2021 at 02:50
From a systems perspective, we are an amalgam of elements, very much like a school of fish. It is organization that creates a self ( self organization...
January 21, 2021 at 02:02
It is self organization that exists, not just organization. You need to reflect upon the fact and link it back to your own consciousness, via the asse...
January 21, 2021 at 01:34
Yes the synergy at all of those levels creates an emergent property not found at lower levels of complexity. Such as in a school of fish: https://syne...
January 21, 2021 at 00:58
Its difficult to relate to the idium of a cellular existence, but consider the synergy of a school of fish https://synergytravelblog.files.wordpress.c...
January 21, 2021 at 00:48
I found your website well written and interesting, you have an easy to read style, and there was lots of good information. I found navigating the site...
January 21, 2021 at 00:22
The past exists as a memory in our imagination.
January 20, 2021 at 23:30
In accordance with complexity theory: The qualia ( or quality ) of disparate elements, when combined, may form a synergy. The synergy is an emergent q...
January 20, 2021 at 22:28
Self organization seems the best bet, in my view. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcSuleBlQ9M
January 20, 2021 at 02:24
Yes I thought this would be a problem for you, but it may also be a solution. I find you have an intelligent conception of God, not an anthropocentric...
January 20, 2021 at 01:04
Yes, human consciousness is waist deep in subjectivity. Ultimately an understanding has to be framed from the first person perspective, but for now I ...
January 19, 2021 at 05:22
Yes originally I also began with information as the first step, and it still figures prominently in there, but now I understand self organization is t...
January 19, 2021 at 02:12
Another interesting variant of this theme are Prions. "Prions are misfolded proteins with the ability to transmit their misfolded shape onto normal va...
January 18, 2021 at 22:37
In another example what happens is DNA via RNA creates the enzymes, which then go on to repair a section of DNA - self awareness!
January 18, 2021 at 08:45
Indeed, how can this possibly happen? But is this a crude form of awareness? DNA is about 750 mb of data, or roughly the equivalent of 100 encyclopedi...
January 18, 2021 at 08:15
" Nothing" stays the same. It is unchanging and dose not evolve. But the universe and all of its components are constantly changing and evolving. :chi...
January 18, 2021 at 07:36
:up: I wasn't referring to you specifically but to the world in general. I feel it would be a better world if universal interconnectedness was an all ...
January 17, 2021 at 22:54
According to Piaget's constructivism, knowledge is accumulated piece by piece, where the next piece is constructed upon the previous piece. The theory...
January 16, 2021 at 23:09
I take your point. It may well be that we construe differently, but consistent with constructivist theory and phenomenology we would each have only on...
January 16, 2021 at 04:41
:up: This would be the normal western / phenomenological interpretation. In Yogic philosophy, pleasure is not entirely dependent upon externalities bu...
January 15, 2021 at 09:26
I get really annoyed when people mistake art for something decorative or purely aesthetic, including when artists themselves do this. An artist is fre...
January 15, 2021 at 05:27
My understanding of the normal mechanism of thought is roughly outlined in the previous post. I would say what you are describing is a making of unexp...
January 14, 2021 at 21:45
The normal mechanism of thought is occurring. The way I understand the phenomenologists argument is, If the normal mechanism of thought is occurring t...
January 14, 2021 at 20:57
I've found your explanations extremely helpful, so thanks, but I will check it out. I originally couldn't see how systems would interact with time, bu...
January 14, 2021 at 19:47
It is similar in that it is phenomenal. If it is phenomenal then the normal mechanism of thought is occurring, so difficult to distinguish from ordina...
January 14, 2021 at 04:55
I agree with you that Varela and Thompson have misconstrued the implications of the present moment. If there is a feeling present, and there is in the...
January 13, 2021 at 20:51
A lineage of consciousness / life? Who can deny it? It has long been the view in Yogic logic, and in biology we are a vehicle for DNA. It dose take so...
January 10, 2021 at 20:16