The Open-Ended Podcast 5j2v1j

Tetragrammatron tetralemma Four Ways to See the Void Catsukotily 4

My Big TOE as Modern Advaita Vedanta

The Serendipity of Open-Ended Discovery This is a jojo’s reference: Gyro Zeppeli is known for a profound quote that reflects on the nature of paths and choices: "The shortest route was a detour. It was a detour that was our shortest path." He further elaborates, "It's been true the whole time we've been crossing this continent. And because of you, we were able to take that route." These lines emphasize the idea that sometimes the most direct path is not the most efficient, and that unexpected routes can lead to success.

Omega ramwolf Enter the Ruliad The ruliad is a concept introduced by Stephen Wolfram describing the ultimate entangled structure formed by applying all possible computational rules to all possible states, generating a vast, branching, and merging graph of possibilities[1][5]. This structure encomes every conceivable universe or mathematical system. **Branching in the Ruliad** refers to the way that, at each computational step, multiple new states can be generated from a single state—leading to a branching graph. There can also be merging, where different paths lead to the same state[1][2]. This branching is analogous to the "many-worlds" idea, but generalized to all possible rules and computations. **The Brain and the Ruliad**: As observers embedded within the Ruliad, our brains do not follow a single computational rule. Instead, our consciousness and perception are represented by branching and merging paths through this space, sampling only a tiny region of the Ruliad due to our computational limitations[1][4]. Each mind or observer follows a unique path through the Ruliad, which gives rise to individual subjective experiences, but most human minds are "close together" in rulial space, leading to a shared sense of objective reality[4]. **Summary Table** | Concept | Description | |----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Ruliad | The meta-structure of all possible computational rules and their consequences[1][5] | | Branching | Multiple new states arise from applying rules, forming a branching (and merging) graph[1][2] | | Brain in the Ruliad | Each mind follows a unique, branching path through the Ruliad, shaping subjective experience[1][4]| In essence, the "branching brain" in the context of the Ruliad means that our minds are continually branching and merging within this infinite computational space, with our experience shaped by the specific path we take through it[1][4]. Assembly theory and constructor theory are closely related concepts in theoretical physics aimed at understanding the emergence of complex systems and the transformations that occur in the universe. Assembly theory, introduced by researchers like Sara Walker and William H. K. Lee, focuses on the history of tasks that the universe performs to bring various systems into being. It seeks to explain why some objects get made while others do not by identifying a nested hierarchy of assembly pathways and introducing a measure called assembly (A) to capture the degree of causation required to produce a given ensemble of objects. On the other hand, constructor theory, developed by physicists David Deutsch and Chiara Marletto, expresses physical laws exclusively in of which physical transformations, or tasks, are possible versus which are impossible, and why. Constructor theory provides an explanatory framework built on the transformations themselves, rather than the components, aiming to bridge the gap between the laws of physics and the laws of information and computation. Both theories aim to redefine the concept of an 'object' on which physical laws act, with assembly theory adding time and history into the equation. While constructor theory focuses on the possibility and impossibility of tasks, assembly theory emphasizes the pathways and histories of objects' formation, offering a framework to understand and quantify selection and evolution. These theories are part of ongoing efforts to reconcile biological evolution with the immutable laws of the universe defined by physics, addressing the emergence of diverse, open-ended forms without an inherent design blueprint. Conjectures, serendipity and more ….

Perplexity, Functionalism, and the Nature of Mind Notes to self(?) Some intent matter of re-presentation🪞 Harmony, Melody, Rhythm by the Hearth of the beating drum

Perplexity and the Thinking Machine

Consciousness Versus Information Theory

Multi sense Reality

https://multisenserealism.com/the-competition/is-it-possible-that-everything-is-made-of-information/ Information does not for the aesthetic qualities of sensation, feeling, and direct participation which comprise the universe. Because of the great success of the instrument of our era, the computer, many find it irresistible to use the metaphor of information processing to describe the brain, genetics, or physics itself. This is in keeping with the historical trend of describing the universe in of the newest and most sophisticated technology. In the industrial era, the universe was considered by many to be a machine, before that a clock, etc. In my view, this is also a reaction against the anthropomorphic tendencies of religion. Many who view deity concepts as backward and superstitious are subconsciously compelled to the opposite polarity. If the universe is not teleological and divine, then it must be mechanical and generic. If the image of a conscious creator is absurdly naive, then the image of an unconscious process of calculation must be the height of sophistication. The idea of information as universal is not without appeal. Certainly it provides enormous, even Godlike flexibility, so that no matter what phenomena we find in the universe, from gravitational lensing to the feeling of dizziness, "information" serves as the machina ex deus to religion's deus ex machina. We have substituted sophisticated unrealism for naive realism, turning our own consciousness into an algebraic 'simulation' - a function in which sensory representations 'emerge' as properties of the computations they represent. In my view, this does not quite work. Like religion, information-theoretic views have an inherent confirmation bias. When it comes to understanding consciousness itself, experiments which are based on measurement alone cannot be trusted to reveal the true nature of measurement itself. Measurement is analogy and metaphor. It can only for the relation of one phenomena against the index of another, it cannot access the phenomena itself. All conceptualization of forms and functions automatically frame the context so that the appreciation/apprehension of those forms and participation in those functions is overlooked or taken for granted. For this reason, most who favor an info-centric view see information as including consciousness, but this is, in my estimation, a category error. It would be like confusing the code for a program with the electric or motive force that runs a computing machine. They are not merely different, they are diametrically opposed. A lot of people take offense to Searle's Chinese Room and project their own lack of understanding onto others, even vilifying Searle himself. Likewise, the Hard Problem of Consciousness written about by David Chalmers and Thomas Nagel are harshly treated for daring to set the qualities of awareness apart from the functions that we associate with it. An array of doctrines, from Logical Positivism to Functionalism, to Determinism, Structured Realism, Computationalism and Eliminativism share a deep and abiding intolerance for any thought which departs from the absolute belief in the disbelief of authentic subjectivity or direct perception. By committing to this 'representation without presentation', we make the mistake of amputating no less than half of the universe. Here are three examples of what I mean. The information of a deck of cards is very easy to compute. Each card gets a number, each suit becomes one of four categories, also numbered with binary codes. You can now play any card game that you care to play. If you want them to look like cards, however, with red and black shapes and royal portraits, that is a much different trick to pull off. You need to invent a video screen, and eyes, colors and shapes, you need to invent human history to give meaning to the prestige of royal rankings. The players themselves need to be conjured into being

Universal Chemical Synthesis Machine_ The Chemputer

Solving the Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever

Leibniz

Liebniz

Leibniz

Leibniz and Bayle on Animals and Harmony

The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence

Leibniz_ First Truths and Their Implications

Leibniz’s Discourse on Metaphysics

The Ego and itself by Maximum Stirner https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/max-stirner-the-ego-and-his-own

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz