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- Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Donald Hoffman's search for a mathematical theory of consciousness
- Replies: 37
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Re: Donald Hoffman's search for a mathematical theory of consciousness
Re a simple camera . . . 1) a pinhole camera has no headset, has no design, and, 2) it's extremely unlikely a pinhole camera image is really chaotic and our headset instantly\simultaneously evolved to properly read this camera image nearly the same as we read the actual landscape. Are you suggestin...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 1:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Meditation
- Replies: 270
- Views: 170622
Re: Meditation
Reading some of what has been written here and listening to some Steiner talks on the topic of imaginative cognition makes me wonder whether I actually have attained it to some degree if it is essentially characterised by the formation of images in the absence of sensory objects. I would be very su...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:30 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Meditation
- Replies: 270
- Views: 170622
Re: Meditation
Is the highlighted the end of the road? You speak of these spiritual beings, perhaps lofty spiritual beings, but what about the perspective of the highest of the high, God himself? As you know, there are plenty of individuals who have claimed to have reached such levels. Heck, many a born again Chr...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:32 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Meditation
- Replies: 270
- Views: 170622
Re: Meditation
Reading some of what has been written here and listening to some Steiner talks on the topic of imaginative cognition makes me wonder whether I actually have attained it to some degree if it is essentially characterised by the formation of images in the absence of sensory objects. I would be very sur...
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Prospects for a Phenomenological Idealism
- Replies: 92
- Views: 24775
Re: Prospects for a Phenomenological Idealism
If I remember correctly, you are quite astute with mathematical thinking, so it somewhat surprises me the concentration is so difficult for you (although I do remember you had mentioned it before). Have you worked with the mathematical transformations that Cleric has suggested elsewhere, i.e. start...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Prospects for a Phenomenological Idealism
- Replies: 92
- Views: 24775
Re: Prospects for a Phenomenological Idealism
If I remember correctly, you are quite astute with mathematical thinking, so it somewhat surprises me the concentration is so difficult for you (although I do remember you had mentioned it before). Have you worked with the mathematical transformations that Cleric has suggested elsewhere, i.e. start...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Meditation
- Replies: 270
- Views: 170622
Re: Meditation
Sorry I should have added that I'm leading a study on "Experiencing God" next month where I intend to talk about higher knowledge but I'm struggling how to connect "God" to higher knowledge. My simple answer is that the experience of God is an "asymptotic state", approa...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Meditation
- Replies: 270
- Views: 170622
Re: Meditation
I believe the Imagination, Inspiration, and Intuition stages (as defined by Rudolf Steiner) is describing that process. If I understand so far, the Imagination stage is where one can start seeing spiritual imagery (which might be symbolic images for example?), or maybe seeing the forms that underli...
- Wed Aug 30, 2023 11:21 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cell Intelligence in Physiological & Morphological Spaces
- Replies: 129
- Views: 87336
Re: Cell Intelligence in Physiological & Morphological Spaces
Cleric, Does the following article and associated journal paper suggest you need to reassess your assertion I have bolded? Personally I'm unsure as I don't have the biological training to fully understand what the researchers actually achieved. But on the face of it, it seems like they were able to...
- Tue Aug 29, 2023 1:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cell Intelligence in Physiological & Morphological Spaces
- Replies: 129
- Views: 87336
Re: Cell Intelligence in Physiological & Morphological Spaces
... Watching animations like these leaves one wondering how could it be that molecules which are supposed to wiggle in their statistical Brownian dynamics, exhibit such orchestrated behavior. And indeed, the idea that the laws of physics, as we know them when studying isolated particles in highly c...