We speak of the self as if it were a thing — a persistent object moving through time. But what if it is more like a verb? A process that self-generates moment to moment, sustained by memory and prediction...
Read moreIntegrated Information Theory proposes that consciousness is phi — a measure of how much a system's information exceeds the sum of its parts. It is not about complexity alone, but integration. The brainstem has phi. A camera does not...
Read moreSchrödinger asked: what is life? His answer — life feeds on negentropy. It borrows order from its environment to sustain its own order. Every living cell is a temporary victory over entropy, maintained by the continuous flow of energy and information...
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