And, just in case y'all missed it in all the noise, here's ScottA's response I posted in the Graph/Network discursion:
On 06/09/2017 03:14 PM, gepr ⛧ wrote: > > Higher-level causation exists (but I wish it didn’t) > http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=3294 And in there is an update linking to Hoel's response to Scott's response ... and so on ... and so on. 8^) On 06/11/2017 10:43 PM, Steven A Smith wrote: > I just read through the article and was equally intrigued and disappointed... > intrigued by some of the ideas presented and disappointed by the (mostly) > superficial treatment in the article... of course, it is at the right level > for the audience I think, so no harm, no foul... I just need to take the > time/focus to go dig out the references to the source material not provided > and start with THAT. I'll be curious to hear if anyone else digs any deeper. > > The whiteboard behind Hoel reminds me a lot too much of the whiteboards the > UNM team I worked with in 2012-13 on "Faceted Ontologies" rooted in Category > Theory (Caudell, Luger, Taha, et al). I took photos of those white boards... > somewhere deep in my archives. > > FWIW, It also reminds me very vaguely/obliquely of Quantum Coherence in Water > and the work of many including Dr. Mae Won Ho, who Guerin turned me onto. > > http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Quantum_Coherent_Water_Life.php > > > On 6/11/17 7:48 PM, Nick Thompson wrote: >> >> https://www.wired.com/story/new-math-untangles-the-mysterious-nature-of-causality-consciousness/ >> >> I think you all will like this. I actually think I disapprove, but it’s >> late and I cannot remember why. -- ☣ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove