More... on Eric's thoughts
Eric's Argument is to break out of Kuhnian "Normal/ Standard Science" paradigm and pursue "Revolutionary/ Extraordinary Science"!
Maybe It's Time We STOPPED Throwing "Hail Mary's" and Just Let the Ball Come to US!
Just Where is the Observer Standing, Anyway?
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I'm reluctant to anthropomorphize His "Mind" Maybe Lem has it right (Solais- unintelligible...
Lem was atheist. And Solaris -- not gawd.
Lem was more then precise with reasons of "unintelligibility"
And that -- different cultures -- lack of common experiences.
All is simple like that.
But you cannot phatom it,,, because you living in mono-culture,
Oh... and that is the answer to your brawl with "wokeism"
Your woke is from monoculture too -- blank zero about what true diversity is.
\\-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA JewMarch 30, 2026 at 5:42 PM
...but then dialectic means parting wholes into halves or "parts". The beginning of logical "deduction" (vs. induction). Scaling down and the up again. Sometimes with the old/ original parts, sometimes with entirely new ones- Different combinations.
That's notdialectic.
Associative thinking; Bare basic mechanism of how our brain works.
The bicameral mind. So where's god?
Many times my emotional actions and reactions are completely unintelligible... until I construct an explanatory narrative (in hindsight- Post hoc ergo propter hoc)
Yes, it minimizes difference and emphasizes sameness.
Bicameral, again.
Internal vs external dialectics.
An external "observer" to create a narrative about what it sees is necessary for 1st hand observation... like a 2nd "dimension" whose position transcends the simply emergent.
Is there a self, if there is no "observer"? If a tree falls in a forest, and no one sees it fall, does it make a sound?
Is there a reason/ cause for its' falling?
That's... structural problem.
Your thinking is 3d. And yourlanguage -- linear.
I know thatproblem in programming.To fitideas into Procruste's bed of syntaxis
Yawn.
I'm a post-Structuralist... like Lacan! ;)
And the 3d emerges from 2D (transcendance)... Like stereo sound from 2 mono-tracks (sources from different locations) or "depth perception" from eye separation.
The "illusions" of "Space" distinguished through timing offsets...
Like the "illusion" of "self" from a bicameral brain.
erratum: "self and other" for self above
btw - If we had 3 eyes in triangle formation, would the image in the mirror reflect L->R AND T->D?
Or in 3 directions hexagonally?
The observer problem's a bit of a b*tch, IMO.
We'd probably just merge all the perspectives into 1 mental image like we do now. We don't have 3 brain hemispheres, after all.
We only have 2 observers. L/R hemispheres.
...and only one is dominant and simultaneously processes a "combined" image from both hemispheres.
...across the corpus callosum.
I probably need more time to process and collapse this brain-wave function. :(
....as Nows can be so transitory!
...and my mortality dictates a limitation to the time available for my processing (the "halting' problem).
But then I should probably use Feynman's Principle of Least Action and let the Infinities cancel out.. ;)
...and settle for the Now...
Carpe diem!
When Theory lags Experiment (Muon (g-2) anomally...
Matrix QCD (matrix-QCD) refers to a simplified model of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)—the theory of the strong nuclear force—where the complex field theory is reduced to a matrix model, often by taking the infinite coupling limit. This approach makes non-perturbative calculations computationally efficient, allowing researchers to study hadron mass spectra, color confinement, and quantum phase transitions by analyzing large matrices rather than solving complex gauge field equation.
Besides, who's got the processing power needed to solve Gauge equations? Now can be so fleeting!
Xeno's paradox of Achilles...
\\I'm a post-Structuralist... like Lacan! ;)
Whatever you'd call yourself. Yawn.
Your vision gives you 2d picture. And your whole body -- 3d.
And your lang -- linear.
That's just bare naked facts.
Metaphor is Linear? Who knew?
Andrei Tarkovsky
“We can express our feelings regarding the world around us either by poetic or by descriptive means... I prefer to express myself metaphorically. Let me stress: metaphorically, not symbolically. A symbol contains within itself a definite meaning, certain intellectual formula, while metaphor is an image. An image possessing the same distinguishing features as the world it represents. An image — as opposed to a symbol — is indefinite in meaning. One cannot speak of the infinite world by applying tools that are definite and finite. We can analyse the formula that constitutes a symbol, while metaphor is a being-within-itself, it’s a monomial. It falls apart at any attempt of touching it."
I'm an Autopoietic System within Autopoietic Systems (Niklas Luhmann)
Wordz, words, words (c)
Metaphors, metaphors, and more metaphors...(c)
...a "stream" of consciousness "narrative".
...like from a Google AI:
Autopoiesis, derived from Greek for "self-creation," refers to systems that maintain, reproduce, and define their own boundaries and components, most notably biological cells. Coined by Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela in the 1970s, these systems are organizationally closed but structurally coupled to their environment.
Key aspects of autopoietic systems include:
Self-Production: The network of components constantly produces the same network that produces them.
Boundary Maintenance: They create their own boundary, such as a cell membrane.
Biological Core: The primary example is a living cell, distinguished from "allopoietic" machines (like cars) that produce something other than themselves.
Extension to Systems Theory: The concept was adapted by Niklas Luhmann to describe social systems, organizations, and communication, which also self-reproduce.
Autopoietic systems are distinct from simple reproduction; they are defined by their structural, self-referential maintenance of themselves.
from Google AI:
Metaphorical thought is the cognitive process of understanding one concept (often abstract) in terms of another (usually more familiar or concrete). It allows humans to map familiar experiences onto new, complex ideas, enhancing creativity, problem-solving, and communication. This ability enables symbolic thought, enabling people to connect unrelated ideas and construct new mental models.
Key Aspects of Metaphorical Thought
Understanding Abstract Concepts: Complex ideas are better understood by comparing them to concrete ones, such as understanding "time" (abstract) as "money" (concrete).
Problem-Solving: By comparing a difficult issue to a familiar scenario (e.g., "business is a game of chess"), individuals can identify strategies and predict outcomes.
Creative Thinking: It allows for finding similarities in disparate things, which stimulates innovation.
Neural Mechanisms: Metaphorical thinking is grounded in neural circuits that connect different brain regions, allowing for simulation of experiences (e.g., mapping sensorimotor experiences to abstract thought).
Common Types and Examples
Direct Metaphor: A direct comparison like "That's a half-baked idea" or "Time is money".
Conceptual Metaphor: These shape our everyday reasoning, such as "Life is a journey" or "Arguments are war".
Indirect/Creative Metaphor: Associating seemingly unrelated things to create new insights.
Functions in Daily Life
Communication: Simplifies complex information.
Meaning-Making: Helps humans create and share meaning, which is essential for understanding the world.
Shaping Perspective: Metaphors serve as "frames" that influence how people perceive and react to information, such as describing ideas as "seeds" (to be nurtured) versus "lightbulbs" (instantaneous).
Metaphorical thought is thus not just a poetic tool, but a fundamental cognitive skill that distinguishes human intelligence by providing a structure for thought.
Metaphors... like Freud's "Oedipus complex" that borrows from Greek mythology to serve as a stand-in for the evolution of identity. Nail's for hammering in Plato's "Portrait of Daedalus" to keep them from "Running Away". A "Road to Larisa" for holding Right Opinion (as opposed to scientific True Opinion derived from cause and effect)
To enable one to hold paradoxical opinions... and resolve them. Like "opposed virtues" (courage:temperance::justice:wisdom).
Meden Agan!
\\Autopoietic systems are distinct from simple reproduction; they are defined by their structural, self-referential maintenance of themselves.
Blah, blah, blah... meaningless words... if you do not know a tech recepie how to construct one. Yawn.
Like example -- Eric Drexler, which coined whole word "nanotech"
Wrote a book(as you suggested to me)
Got own institute even.
Became famous.
But.
You know --he lacked one important step in his repept
Yawn.
-Richard Feynman, "What I cannot create, I do not understand"
The sciences create with experimental result. So do the humanities. The only difference lies in their mediums. Physics vs Language (words, words, words, your(c))
And as Marshall McLuhan g=famously said (words): "The medium is the message" / contains the "creationist" information/data.
from Google AI:
"The medium is the message," coined by Marshall McLuhan, means that the form of a medium (technology, social media, TV) shapes society more than the content it carries. It implies that the way we communicate changes our perception, thought patterns, and society, regardless of the information itself.
Key Aspects and Usage Examples
The Electric Light Bulb: McLuhan’s example of a "medium without a message." It has no content (like a newspaper) but creates a new social environment, allowing us to live and work at night.
JFK-Nixon Debate (1960): Those who watched on TV thought JFK won, while those listening on radio favored Nixon. The medium changed the message's reception.
Social Media and News: Twitter/X is a medium that forces concise, rapid, and often sensational communication. The "message" is that information is urgent and emotional, rather than just the content of a specific tweet.
Media as Environment: Media isn't just a container; it's a new environment that dictates how we interact (e.g., speed of a car enables "road rage," rather than just transporting us).
Synonyms/Related Concepts
Form defines perception
Technological determinism (technology drives social change)
The medium shapes the user
Environmental influence of technology
Context: The phrase was coined in 1964 and remains highly relevant in analyzing how social media, AI, and digital tools shape our daily lives and culture.
Remember when the medium was once air (and the oral tradition)?
Tech only changes what/ how we respond to differently with the message.
\\words, words, words, your(c))
not me
prince of Dutch ;-p
for one who ralling pro-metaphoras... you are not very keen on em
It defines my "role" in the exchange... producer/ consumer/ prosumer. How much I need "invest" in that role/ profile based upon my level of anonymity or agency. It defines inter-subjectivity profiles/ roles.
Words, words, words" is a famous line from Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act 2, Scene 2) used to describe talk that is meaningless, trivial, or excessive. It signifies a focus on empty rhetoric rather than substance, often implying that speech is being used to disguise true intentions or that text is ultimately insignificant
Hamlet...
Google AI: "Words, words, words" is a famous line from William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act 2, Scene 2), spoken by Hamlet to Polonius. It is a witty, dismissive response indicating that the text Hamlet is reading is meaningless or trivial, while also serving as part of his feigned madness to confuse and insult Polonius.
Key Aspects of the Quote:
Context: Polonius asks Hamlet, "What do you read, my lord?" in an attempt to probe the cause of his "madness".
Significance: Hamlet uses the repetition to indicate that the "matter" (subject/meaning) of his reading is just empty words.
Method in Madness: Though acting insane, Hamlet uses this moment to insult Polonius, pointing out in his reading that "old men have grey beards... and that they have a plentiful lack of wit".
Theme: The phrase Highlights the theme of language being used to disguise, rather than reveal, truth.
The phrase is often cited as a demonstration of Hamlet's quick wit and cynicism towards the court around him.
Notice the context of the "medium" about which they are spoken.... written in a book (from a subject to a general peer... from a subject to a specific author). Am I writing my responses to a "general peer", or to you, Q, specifically? Granted, the medium does anonymize us both...
Is my intent to deceive? Arrive at a common truth (aim of dialectic)? Or to convince myself? Perhaps all 3....
Language must both create information and negotiate a relationship between the parties in communication (or remaining in communicado)
\\Theme: The phrase Highlights the theme of language being used to disguise, rather than reveal, truth.
I turning you to triviality of it, but you frowning from it all of the time.
That is General and Genuine bug\feature inside language. And eveninside thinking itzelf
Tobe able to think... even if you are bacteria -- you need to throw kut of the window TONS of valuable (just maybe) information.
For the sake of keepingsome essentials (even if totally wrong -- that is what you donmt get about survivalof the fitezt)
\\Language must both create information and negotiate a relationship between the parties in communication (or remaining in communicado)
naaah
it all trivially wrng
do lang "create information? no -- it is information by itsef
do it "negotiate"? also no
...even w/o consideration the episteme...
which reminds me of Zizek's "chicken" joke:
A man is believes that he is a kernel of corn, and goes to a psychiatrist who, after several treatments, finally convinces him otherwise. He leaves the office relieved, until he runs into a chicken on the street. He turns and runs back, terrified of being eaten and asks the psychiatrist what he should do. The psychiatrist replies, “But why are you afraid? You know you aren’t a kernel of corn!” The man replies, “Yes, but does the chicken know?"
Depends. Is it Direct, or Indirect speech? Steven Pinker. Common knowledge? Or Private knowledge?
\\Is my intent to deceive?
you
from my POV
excercizing in self-deceiving
In a way Socrates cleverly pointed out
\\ Arrive at a common truth (aim of dialectic)?
Commonwith whom?
hoi poloi?
then you struggling toomuch
just share with em bottle offree beer... and you'll have common truth of anykind ;-p
\\Or to convince myself? Perhaps all 3....
dunno
thatone you can observe only from inside
AI like ChatGTP creates a pool of "common knowledge" that we can both "privately" access or share.
That... not in language. In agents that use that lang (now not people but "language models" too)
The we'll never know... ;)
Dunno how to explain...
I use my intuition of programmer for it.
ChatGTP swims in pool of Common knowledge, and as "subjectivity-less" as algorithmically possible computes the answer. It make it easy to ask direct questions shamelessly, although it can respond syncophantically (as all humans typically do).
We are all socialized to exhibit "agreeableness".
Those who want to excel -- seeking for means.
Those who not-- excuses...
AI Agents have no subjectivity (I) but respond as a collective (We).
Are we? :-p
Yes, only fools seek for means exclusively... Happy April Fools Day!
The price for knowledge is the appearance of foolishness.
The innocent fool Pasifal and the Fisher King... only Parsifal can find the Grail.
...another Blake-ian Song of Innocence and Experience...
do you know what Peano curve is? ;-)
and what cerbellum are? ;-p
Cerebellum yes... Peano curve, no.
Cerebellum is where muscle reflexes (firing sequences) are stored.
The opposite of Feynman's Lest Action Principle path - filling Space (3D vs Hilbert 4D)
Ooops (for Peano curve above)!
Google AI:
Key Differences and Distinctions
Context: The Peano curve is a concept in analysis/geometry exploring the limits of continuity, whereas the least action principle is a dynamical law in physics.
Path Types: A Peano curve is a single path that covers all space. A "path" in the least action principle is a unique trajectory between two spacetime points.
Variational Formulation: The least action principle relies on the calculus of variations (finding a curve that minimizes an integral), which is a mathematical technique, not the study of the curve itself.
Application: Peano curves are used for fractal geometry or space-filling applications (e.g., in electronics mapping). Least Action is used to derive Lagrangian/Hamiltonian motion and for calculating quantum particle amplitudes.
In summary, the Peano curve shows how a 1D curve can become a 2D surface, while the Principle of Least Action uses calculus to find the unique path of efficiency within that space.
The Peano curve is a space-filling curve, acting as a continuous mapping from a 1D line to a 2D surface. The Principle of Least Action (PLA) selects the most efficient path—a specific, usually smooth, extremum trajectory—between two points based on energy. They differ as Peano fills space to maximize dimension mapping, while PLA minimizes action, making them opposites in path selection.
Generation from opposites.
Google AI:
Generation from opposites refers to the philosophical, biological, or social concept that things arise from, are attracted to, or evolve from their direct opposites. This includes the philosophical "argument from opposites" (e.g., life arising from death), the psychological theory that opposites attract, or the generation-over-generation shift to opposite traits.
Philosophical (Plato’s Phaedo): Socrates argues that all things come into being from their opposites, such as waking originating from sleeping, and life arising from the "underworld of dead souls." This suggests a constant, necessary cycle between opposing states.
Psychological/Biological (Opposites Attract): While studies in CU Boulder Today show 82-89% of partners share similarities (birds of a feather), some theories suggest a "genetic diversity" advantage in choosing partners with complementary or opposite immune systems.
Generational/Social Shift: Generations often flip compared to their predecessors, with younger generations rejecting the norms of the old. Examples include Gen Alpha reportedly seeking lasting truth compared to a perception of "distracted" culture, or Gen Z/Gen X differences in technology, social, and moral views.
Developmental/Systemic Opposites: In family therapy, dysfunctional families sometimes exhibit "split" traits where parents hold diametrically opposed, yet complementary, characteristics, which are then passed down.
Key Concepts:
Binary Structure: Human societies often organize thought in pairs (e.g., male/female, young/old, rich/poor).
Cyclical Rebirth: In many philosophies, the death (end) of one generation or idea is the necessary precursor to the birth (generation) of the next.
from a 0D point (singularity) to a 4d Spacetime...
A Hilbert curve is a continuous, space-filling fractal curve first described by mathematician David Hilbert in 1891. It maps a 1D line into 2D space while maintaining locality, meaning points close together on the line remain close together in the plane. It is created iteratively, filling a square more densely with each iteration, and is used in data indexing, computer graphics, and image processing.
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