The abstract from the article MODELLING PROCESSES IN A FRACTAL NETWORK: A POSSIBLE SUBSTRUCTURE FOR CONSCIOUSNESS which is intriguing and should be passed through the grind of my cognitive apparatus
"Abstract: It is proposed that consciousness does not emerge from a single level of biological organization (for example: from computational activity at the synaptic level in networks of neurons), but is a consequence of interdependent modelling activities by networks at different levels of organization including the molecular, organelle, and cellular levels, in some way entrained to produce consciousness. Fractal stacking and intercommunication of networks at different levels is proposed as a substrate that may be required for consciousness, either natural or machine-based. Adoption of this conceptual starting point may overcome some of the difficulties encountered when reductionist strategies are applied to the study of consciousness."
Going along the same lines is the cognitive chaos website
Friday, 24 April 2009
Thursday, 23 April 2009
Consciousness, a variable quantity that can be derived mathematically?
The concept of quantity is defined as
"the measurable, countable, or comparable property or aspect of a thing",
as
"something that has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable",
and as
"something that serves as the object of an operation".
Thing being
"a separate and self-contained entity".
And in logic, quantity is defined as
"the exact character of a proposition in reference to its universality, singularity, or particularity",
borrowing the extensions of universality, singularity and particularity for potential applications for the concept of physical quantity.
The concept of variable is defined as
"a quantity that can assume any of a set of values"
Constructing a wireless receiver/broadcaster you would expect to tune in, to a broadcasting/receiving radio source and receive/broadcast an output which can be measured.
Consciousness, is constructed gradually since childhood and it can be thought as a wireless receiver/broadcaster as it receives/broadcasts signals. And it is variable within each individual, as it is surmised by its content, that make up its volume, volume thought as a physical as well as a mental quantity. Physical pertaining to the brain, neurons and neural networks organised in reverberated cell assemblies, and mental volume, taken in respect of concepts, thoughts, ideas that make up its content. The physical/mental volume of consciousness changes as the time passes along. It is a time-dependent quantity. The physical/mental volume of consciousness is variable from individual to individual, as well.
By the analogy of the wireless receiver/broadcaster, consciousness is quantified, by its receiving aptitude, by the quantity of the signals received. In broad terms it can be defined as how many signals are taken in, out of all the signals that exist at a particular time and space. Space refers to physical and mental space alike, whereas time is assumed to be the same, for either notion of space. The variable, in this case, can be expressed in the form of percentage, although regarding the measurement against signals existing, can be measured instead against an accepted standard, like an average constructed out of a population of individuals.
As far as the broadcasting aptitude, it is expected that, it would be dependent upon the signals broadcasted, expressed as a percentage out of the total of the signals received.
Any mathematical formula to measure consciousness, should be based on the process of learning, as is accomplished in its various ways. Any way, learning is effected, it is expected to change the physical/mental volume of consciousness, as by learning acquire and elaborate on concepts, thoughts and ideas and by that the number of signals taken in.
The more the learning, the more the concepts the individual possess, the more the signals the individual takes in, the greater its consciousness
"the measurable, countable, or comparable property or aspect of a thing",
as
"something that has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable",
and as
"something that serves as the object of an operation".
Thing being
"a separate and self-contained entity".
And in logic, quantity is defined as
"the exact character of a proposition in reference to its universality, singularity, or particularity",
borrowing the extensions of universality, singularity and particularity for potential applications for the concept of physical quantity.
The concept of variable is defined as
"a quantity that can assume any of a set of values"
Constructing a wireless receiver/broadcaster you would expect to tune in, to a broadcasting/receiving radio source and receive/broadcast an output which can be measured.
Consciousness, is constructed gradually since childhood and it can be thought as a wireless receiver/broadcaster as it receives/broadcasts signals. And it is variable within each individual, as it is surmised by its content, that make up its volume, volume thought as a physical as well as a mental quantity. Physical pertaining to the brain, neurons and neural networks organised in reverberated cell assemblies, and mental volume, taken in respect of concepts, thoughts, ideas that make up its content. The physical/mental volume of consciousness changes as the time passes along. It is a time-dependent quantity. The physical/mental volume of consciousness is variable from individual to individual, as well.
By the analogy of the wireless receiver/broadcaster, consciousness is quantified, by its receiving aptitude, by the quantity of the signals received. In broad terms it can be defined as how many signals are taken in, out of all the signals that exist at a particular time and space. Space refers to physical and mental space alike, whereas time is assumed to be the same, for either notion of space. The variable, in this case, can be expressed in the form of percentage, although regarding the measurement against signals existing, can be measured instead against an accepted standard, like an average constructed out of a population of individuals.
As far as the broadcasting aptitude, it is expected that, it would be dependent upon the signals broadcasted, expressed as a percentage out of the total of the signals received.
Any mathematical formula to measure consciousness, should be based on the process of learning, as is accomplished in its various ways. Any way, learning is effected, it is expected to change the physical/mental volume of consciousness, as by learning acquire and elaborate on concepts, thoughts and ideas and by that the number of signals taken in.
The more the learning, the more the concepts the individual possess, the more the signals the individual takes in, the greater its consciousness
Sunday, 19 April 2009
Defining the unconscious and subconscious levels of the mind
I did start some thoughts that dealt with the unconscious and subconscious defining lines which should further clarified.
"Subconscious mind is the sum total of our past experiences." It is proclaimed in this website.
Confusing the unconscious with the subconscious as they use interchangeably without attempting to draw the boundaries between the two states.
Whereas, in another website feign ignorance about the whole matter.
"Subconscious mind is the sum total of our past experiences." It is proclaimed in this website.
Confusing the unconscious with the subconscious as they use interchangeably without attempting to draw the boundaries between the two states.
Whereas, in another website feign ignorance about the whole matter.
Saturday, 18 April 2009
Another aspect of anger in the minds we make.
The resistance is heightened. The already established mental structures ridden with cobwebs solidified, rigid, inflexible and stubborn, do not give up. Inertia proper. The high degree of its inertia, require enormous amounts of energy to shift it.
Copious quantities, that only anger can provide. Should not fret to express the anger, should let it be the force that will break up the mold, shift the mental structures. Anger, the outburst unleashed with the energy carried by the force ...
.. 'energy carried by the force',
... what are the implications of that phrase, taking it as far as universe creating energy. Energy by itself inert, the outburst being the big bang? Anger? Energy gathered up, reaching a critical point, in need to get unleashed, and it is unleashed via the forces? And the forces? Channel energy into paths that create forms? All kinds of forms?
And chaos's initial conditions, and its sensitive dependence due to the fact(?) that these initial conditions represent trajectories, or are connected with paths that the forces carrying the energy unleashed, attain the maximum levels possible?
The forces, the corridors for the energy to burst out?
Copious quantities, that only anger can provide. Should not fret to express the anger, should let it be the force that will break up the mold, shift the mental structures. Anger, the outburst unleashed with the energy carried by the force ...
.. 'energy carried by the force',
... what are the implications of that phrase, taking it as far as universe creating energy. Energy by itself inert, the outburst being the big bang? Anger? Energy gathered up, reaching a critical point, in need to get unleashed, and it is unleashed via the forces? And the forces? Channel energy into paths that create forms? All kinds of forms?
And chaos's initial conditions, and its sensitive dependence due to the fact(?) that these initial conditions represent trajectories, or are connected with paths that the forces carrying the energy unleashed, attain the maximum levels possible?
The forces, the corridors for the energy to burst out?
Saturday, 14 March 2009
Why making the familiar strange brings pain in your head
...
.. the pain in somebody's head when it is contemplating the strange ..
.. the drastic re-arrangement of the synapses in the brain? .. brings pain? ..
.. only minor adjustments are allowed
.. small ideas .. single .. simple ..
.. which require the change in a few synapses .. or even leave the existing synapses intact .. only create new synapses
.. a pain threshold of breaking a synapse? .. is it measurable .. just for a single synapse?
.. should be more as ideas or concepts must engage, include a lot more synapses, certainly more than one
.. ideas despite being simple they are nevertheless complex .. ideas emergent .. entities .. emergent systems .. lying upon vast networks .. of neurons .. underlying superstructure ..
.. larger ideas would involve a much bigger network of neurons with a lot more synapses
.. personal experiences .. testimonies
ideas? .. they come by themselves? Why? Because they come, from out of the system boundaries, the supersystem .. the inclusive system, the system including
the previous paths, the paths within the system are circumvented, they are not visited any more, they are not included in the paths taken, the new paths.
As the paths do not include the ideas, whose extent is confined within the system, that avoids clashes inherent in the system, only. The feeling of helplessness and loss disappears, it does not materialise.
Clashes ensue following the paradigm of Gödel, as they develop out of contradicting rules that nullify each other, as a result there is loss of consistency
"Gödel proved fundamental results about axiomatic systems showing in any axiomatic mathematical system there are propositions that cannot be proved or disproved within the axioms of the system."
To get away from the idea, that using Godel's theorems, outside what is meant to be in the first place, namely mathematical systems, or even the volumes of Principiae Mathematica, is wrong.
In the particular case, of states, governments and societies, they are all axiomatic. Being systems based on axioms, values that are evident, without further arguments. And they are axiomatic, as it is widely based on values that they are regarded as evident without proof or argument.
.. societies .. are based upon axioms
.. the pain in somebody's head when it is contemplating the strange ..
.. the drastic re-arrangement of the synapses in the brain? .. brings pain? ..
.. only minor adjustments are allowed
.. small ideas .. single .. simple ..
.. which require the change in a few synapses .. or even leave the existing synapses intact .. only create new synapses
.. a pain threshold of breaking a synapse? .. is it measurable .. just for a single synapse?
.. should be more as ideas or concepts must engage, include a lot more synapses, certainly more than one
.. ideas despite being simple they are nevertheless complex .. ideas emergent .. entities .. emergent systems .. lying upon vast networks .. of neurons .. underlying superstructure ..
.. larger ideas would involve a much bigger network of neurons with a lot more synapses
.. personal experiences .. testimonies
ideas? .. they come by themselves? Why? Because they come, from out of the system boundaries, the supersystem .. the inclusive system, the system including
the previous paths, the paths within the system are circumvented, they are not visited any more, they are not included in the paths taken, the new paths.
As the paths do not include the ideas, whose extent is confined within the system, that avoids clashes inherent in the system, only. The feeling of helplessness and loss disappears, it does not materialise.
Clashes ensue following the paradigm of Gödel, as they develop out of contradicting rules that nullify each other, as a result there is loss of consistency
"Gödel proved fundamental results about axiomatic systems showing in any axiomatic mathematical system there are propositions that cannot be proved or disproved within the axioms of the system."
To get away from the idea, that using Godel's theorems, outside what is meant to be in the first place, namely mathematical systems, or even the volumes of Principiae Mathematica, is wrong.
In the particular case, of states, governments and societies, they are all axiomatic. Being systems based on axioms, values that are evident, without further arguments. And they are axiomatic, as it is widely based on values that they are regarded as evident without proof or argument.
.. societies .. are based upon axioms
Thursday, 12 March 2009
A chaotic mind's, Q & A session on unconscious learning.
thoughts I thought off in the past
these thoughts remain
they have accommodated themselves, they have built mental structures, no matter how solid and how clear and concise they might be
neural networks or better cell assemblies, John Holland's reverberated cell assemblies
the always on, the exclusive-or circuit, and their indefinite nature
and they are the structures that my unconscious mind is using
a well as my conscious mind
but my unconscious mind is faster (a quantum computer analogy?!)
unconscious learning? How? ....
since learning is directed focused attention driven
attributes of the conscious mind
or so we think it is only
but nevertheless, starting by accepting that this is the case, conscius directed learning,
How can we imagine unconscious learning to be?
Define the unconscious?
Delimiting conscious from unconscious?
Properties, attributes that apply to one but not the other?
for example attention, by virtue of the use of sense organs, vision, hearing, smell, only attributed to conscious processes. Only?
conscious awareness
conscious applying to the surface, unconscious deeper
hidden, buried deep into our brain.
The unconscious mind determines our actions, short-term acts, our reflexes.
the automated responses that we use to get by in life events
life events that require a quick response
not time to spent contemplating on our response
how to react to a given setup or situation
no-thinking involved or better thinking as a matter of contemplation, is not involved
which is slow very slow (ref)
modes of thinking, a matter of choice ... informed choice?!
chaotic mind engages the unconscious mind
because it's fast
synchronization? (another day)
may be unconscious learning, it is not learning, as it is not in the surface of my consciousness, it does not have direct access to the outside world, can not 'see' the objects that are necessary for learning to occur
for stimuli to engage upon, which without them the process of learning can not take pace
it is an indirect means for our consciousness to access the external environment
it requires our conscious mind to come in contact with the outside world
indirect learning?
our conscious mind offers the syllabus of what to be learned
that's another thought how are conscious mind is prone to manipulation
by societies, governments, states ... by companies, schools, pressure groups, peer pressure, (public opinion?), (common sense?), or other institutions tangible or not
our unconscious an agent of free will?
conscious mind the jailer?
conscious mind directs learning
limiting learning
our unconscious mind eager to learn more
it is restricted by the conscious mind, the conscious mind itself is under the influence of external pressures
unconscious mind might not exercise learning or exercise limited learning (as far as this session goes)
but it makes a more ( I would say even extremely) effective use of what has been leaned (let say in whatever way it has been learned)
because it is fast and because, everything (I would call it that) that has been leaned is retained
thanks to the always on, indefinite time stored, information, knowledge
the more the knowledge taken in
(another idea just struck me while thinking .....)
refusing to taken in knowledge, our conscious mind deems as unimportant, limits the layer(s) of knowledge our unconscious mind draws for the stuff to guide our reflexes
(oh, it would never stop. another idea just arrived)
synapses determine the availability of memories of information
the synapse directs towards the memories stored
synapse not in use is dismantled, paths to connected memories severed
memories are not lost, just they are not on, online
memories survive the severed channel event, they are just offline
unconscious mind have access to offline memories
The unconscious mind is a good learner and practices efficiently has been learned
these thoughts remain
they have accommodated themselves, they have built mental structures, no matter how solid and how clear and concise they might be
neural networks or better cell assemblies, John Holland's reverberated cell assemblies
the always on, the exclusive-or circuit, and their indefinite nature
and they are the structures that my unconscious mind is using
a well as my conscious mind
but my unconscious mind is faster (a quantum computer analogy?!)
unconscious learning? How? ....
since learning is directed focused attention driven
attributes of the conscious mind
or so we think it is only
but nevertheless, starting by accepting that this is the case, conscius directed learning,
How can we imagine unconscious learning to be?
Define the unconscious?
Delimiting conscious from unconscious?
Properties, attributes that apply to one but not the other?
for example attention, by virtue of the use of sense organs, vision, hearing, smell, only attributed to conscious processes. Only?
conscious awareness
conscious applying to the surface, unconscious deeper
hidden, buried deep into our brain.
The unconscious mind determines our actions, short-term acts, our reflexes.
the automated responses that we use to get by in life events
life events that require a quick response
not time to spent contemplating on our response
how to react to a given setup or situation
no-thinking involved or better thinking as a matter of contemplation, is not involved
which is slow very slow (ref)
modes of thinking, a matter of choice ... informed choice?!
chaotic mind engages the unconscious mind
because it's fast
synchronization? (another day)
may be unconscious learning, it is not learning, as it is not in the surface of my consciousness, it does not have direct access to the outside world, can not 'see' the objects that are necessary for learning to occur
for stimuli to engage upon, which without them the process of learning can not take pace
it is an indirect means for our consciousness to access the external environment
it requires our conscious mind to come in contact with the outside world
indirect learning?
our conscious mind offers the syllabus of what to be learned
that's another thought how are conscious mind is prone to manipulation
by societies, governments, states ... by companies, schools, pressure groups, peer pressure, (public opinion?), (common sense?), or other institutions tangible or not
our unconscious an agent of free will?
conscious mind the jailer?
conscious mind directs learning
limiting learning
our unconscious mind eager to learn more
it is restricted by the conscious mind, the conscious mind itself is under the influence of external pressures
unconscious mind might not exercise learning or exercise limited learning (as far as this session goes)
but it makes a more ( I would say even extremely) effective use of what has been leaned (let say in whatever way it has been learned)
because it is fast and because, everything (I would call it that) that has been leaned is retained
thanks to the always on, indefinite time stored, information, knowledge
the more the knowledge taken in
(another idea just struck me while thinking .....)
refusing to taken in knowledge, our conscious mind deems as unimportant, limits the layer(s) of knowledge our unconscious mind draws for the stuff to guide our reflexes
(oh, it would never stop. another idea just arrived)
synapses determine the availability of memories of information
the synapse directs towards the memories stored
synapse not in use is dismantled, paths to connected memories severed
memories are not lost, just they are not on, online
memories survive the severed channel event, they are just offline
unconscious mind have access to offline memories
The unconscious mind is a good learner and practices efficiently has been learned
Saturday, 28 February 2009
Thinking and social engineering
.. thinking and social engineering
.. the website that claimed that the British state uses social engineering to pass into individuals the ways of thinking they find that it is worth of following
.. what I read in another website about thinking harms the health of individual
.. as far as I can remember it was not from a state website but one of the newspapers, the Telegraph I think
.. that means that the paper is into social engineering
.. or the paper played the role of spreading the doctrine of another group who had in their mind to influence, or stir away individuals from thinking
.. and why you find this contemptible?
.. it is down to an attempt to subdue individuals for the purpose of rendering them easy prey for the goals states and societies were built for, monetizing
.. if individuals stirred away, or stop thinking it makes it easier for the exploitation of the other individuals which their only purpose is to milk profits out of their societies
.. the source of the research, put it that way, is America.
.. these thoughts followed a feeling of disbelief, as why would anybody would want to do anything like that
.. meaning to want to influence the very deep function of any individual, the fundamental principle of the individual which is thinking. Thinking which leads or is instantiated by learning. Enhanced by learning.
.. so subtle the intervention that is barely noticed
.. it introduces elements of conspiracy
nothing is wasted?
.. the website that claimed that the British state uses social engineering to pass into individuals the ways of thinking they find that it is worth of following
.. what I read in another website about thinking harms the health of individual
.. as far as I can remember it was not from a state website but one of the newspapers, the Telegraph I think
.. that means that the paper is into social engineering
.. or the paper played the role of spreading the doctrine of another group who had in their mind to influence, or stir away individuals from thinking
.. and why you find this contemptible?
.. it is down to an attempt to subdue individuals for the purpose of rendering them easy prey for the goals states and societies were built for, monetizing
.. if individuals stirred away, or stop thinking it makes it easier for the exploitation of the other individuals which their only purpose is to milk profits out of their societies
.. the source of the research, put it that way, is America.
.. these thoughts followed a feeling of disbelief, as why would anybody would want to do anything like that
.. meaning to want to influence the very deep function of any individual, the fundamental principle of the individual which is thinking. Thinking which leads or is instantiated by learning. Enhanced by learning.
.. so subtle the intervention that is barely noticed
.. it introduces elements of conspiracy
nothing is wasted?
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