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- Thu May 23, 2024 10:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Donald Hoffman's search for a mathematical theory of consciousness
- Replies: 60
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Re: Donald Hoffman's search for a mathematical theory of consciousness
Thanks for the insights, Cleric, I have nothing to disagree here. My only comment is that in the IFS example there is still a computational machinery that transforms our gestures into the resulting shapes. So, the IFS is an interplay of the willing gestures of the player and the "machine"...
- Thu May 23, 2024 1:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Donald Hoffman's search for a mathematical theory of consciousness
- Replies: 60
- Views: 42330
Re: Donald Hoffman's search for a mathematical theory of consciousness
The problem is that mathematics is by nature a mental abstraction. Yet, from the direct experience we know that the sensory experiences are always structured with precise mathematical regularities, and if we want to approach and understand/explain this fact, we need to use mathematics. There is a p...
- Wed May 22, 2024 3:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Donald Hoffman's search for a mathematical theory of consciousness
- Replies: 60
- Views: 42330
Re: Donald Hoffman's search for a mathematical theory of consciousness
Regardless of what DH claims his CA theory to be or to do, IMHO it has its important place. If successful, it would fill a missing link in the philosophy of consciousness and address the main challenge from the materialistic camp, namely - if everything is consciousness and the whole reality is not...
- Tue May 21, 2024 9:32 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: On the Gradient of Thinking
- Replies: 33
- Views: 360
Re: This forum
OK, Eugene. I see your point and I apologize that we have driven the forum in a direction that deviates from pure speculation. But picture that this purity was maintained. Where do you think that would have ever led to? After a decade, a century of pure speculation, what would have become of man? D...
- Tue May 21, 2024 8:22 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: On the Gradient of Thinking
- Replies: 33
- Views: 360
On the Gradient of Thinking
I had to google 'Toruk Makto fallacy', and I know I've seen the movie Avatar . . . I'm not familiar with the movie to comment on how I may be suffering from the fallacy( and you and Ashwin ) are somehow not. I've re-explained that just a few days ago here . I'm repeating it again: As explained coun...
- Mon May 20, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: This forum
- Replies: 173
- Views: 5382004
Re: This forum
Unfortunately it's too late, I don't believe anyone would return. But the point it - this forum was created as an open platform for philosophical speculations. Anyone who is/was interested in specific practical ways to explore the reality deeper than just philosophical speculation (and there is a l...
- Mon May 20, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: This forum
- Replies: 173
- Views: 5382004
Re: This forum
Cleric - Your lumber metaphor and use is the exact definition of 'cultish' - odd that you can't see it. You're suggesting that you (and Ashwin) see and speak of wood in the only correct and reasonable manner. A more useful metaphor would be that you and Ashwin see wood as a Sentient Being, and the ...
- Mon May 20, 2024 5:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: This forum
- Replies: 173
- Views: 5382004
Re: This forum
When multiple persons suggest a manner of communication is toxic - perhaps take your own advice and "It’s best to try to introspect first, and try to sense what your soul feels like, then put it in some words, it doesn't matter if it feels approximate and arbitrary. It will be your experience,...
- Sat May 18, 2024 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: This forum
- Replies: 173
- Views: 5382004
Re: This forum
To Cleric and Ashvin: As I read Cleric's last reply to Lorenzo, as well as Ashvin's last reply to Anthony, it strucks me that the entire series of countless attempts, a series that tends to infinity to the naked eye, has an unbroken history of falling on deaf ears, and to this day it continues to f...
- Sat May 18, 2024 5:38 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: A few definitions
- Replies: 26
- Views: 618
Re: A few definitions
Re your analogy of disassociated alters - it is as clear as a bell, however I don't see how it pertains to anything I've (or you) every suggested or claimed. Is this an analogy to suggest why and how 2+ souls may share inner experiences (a suggestion from Ashwin)? It's likely your analogy has too m...