INFORMATION ENIGMA – Discovery Science News Video
Watch this for a mind shattering exploration concerning the science of DNA, Information Science and the mathematics of Randomness as it illuminates the Origins of Life:
COMPLEXITY
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
passages from General System Theory by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy (1968) Note Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901-1972) has been on of the most acute minds of the XX century. Here is a miscellanea of passages from his General System Theory. The first part of the text focuses on the function of the theory of systems and on the main features of closed and open systems. The second part presents a […]
Cognitive Wheels: The Frame Problem of AI
Once upon a time there was a robot, named R1 by its creators. Its only task was to fend for itself. One day its designers arranged for it to learn that its spare battery, its precious energy supply, was locked in a room with a time bomb set to go off soon. R1 located the room, and the key to the door, and formulated a plan to rescue […]
PATTERNS OF DISCOVERY
As found in N.R. Hanson, Patterns of Discovery. (Cambridge University Press, London, 1961.) [Induction] sets out with a theory and it measures the degree of concordance of that theory with fact. It never can originate any idea whatever. No more can Deduction. All the ideas of science come to it by way of Abduction. Abduction consists in studying facts and devising a theory to explain them. Its […]
The Juggler’s Brain
The Juggler’s Brain …the Net delivers precisely the kind of sensory and cognitive stimuli – repetitive, intensive, interactive, addictive – that have been shown to result in strong and rapid alterations in brain circuits and functions. With the exception of alphabets and number systems, the Net may well be the single most powerful mind-altering technology that has ever come into general use. …The Net commands our attention with […]
DECODING THE UNIVERSE
Click here for a dramatic presentation of The Nature of Mathematics and its place in The Universe. DECODING THE UNIVERSE:
Chaos, Complexity, and Public Policy
Chaos, Complexity, and Public Policy:
COMPLEXITY – A GUIDED TOUR (Santa Fe Institute)
Complexity: A Guided Tour by Melanie Mitchell
The Fragility of Information by Eric Stauffer
Erich Stauffer June 4, 2015 By Erich Stauffer The Fragility of Information How stable is the state of information storage on the planet today? How much do you know about the life of your great grandfather? How much of your own past would you remember if you lost all access to your personal data? And how likely is it that all of the world’s information could be lost? […]
Aristotle on the Nature of Truth
The investigation of the truth is in one way hard, in another easy. An indication of this is found in the fact that no one is able to attain the truth adequately, while on the other hand, we do not collectively fail, but evey one says something true about the nature of things, and while individually we contribute little or nothing t the truth, by the union of […]