I wondered. Didn't seem to have any explanatory power at all. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: TimTyler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 01 April 2016 11:49 To: AGI <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [agi] Panpsychism and Integrated Information Theory
On 2016-04-01 04:09, Colin Parr wrote: > Has anyone understood the math in this IIT? > > Is it just some measure of 'feedback' in a connected system and Koch is > supposing that this is a measure of consciousness because... why? What is > the explanation of consciousness as 'just' a feedback? If not, can someone > explain what they are saying? Surely this is one of these cases where mathematics has been added in an attempt to add credibility. It is cosmetic. I don't think you are supposed to actually try and understand it. Cosmetic mathematics is like legalese: the more incomprehensible it is, the better it does its job. -- __________ |im Tyler http://timtyler.org/ ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/14513811-9a411e54 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
