#Knowledge is a #state variable of a system that affects its ability to make #predictions about things in the environment, which, when contrasted with #perceptions, leads to new #information, as well as the system's ability to form appropriate #actions to #control those things.👇

Louis Kauffman explains Varela’s work on extending Spencer-Brown's "Laws of Form" in the "Calculus of Self-Reference" and "The Arithmetic of Closure," and why #circularity and #operational_closure of a #system_whole is necessary for making a #distinction. metanoia.si/2021/03/28/our…

This difference between the #physical (operational) and #symbolic (functional) is often ignored in most contemporary discourse about #life and #mind. Not *all* of life involves #teleology. Ezequiel Di Paolo Autopoiesis, Adaptivity, Teleology, Agency-2005 researchgate.net/publication/22…

🚨BREAKING: Automobile manufacturer Yugo has halted plans to build a mega factory in California. This is a devastating blow to the state that is already facing boycotts from Bed, Bath and Beyond, Circuit City, Radio Shack and other retail giants.

This is what *Investigative Journalism* looks like 👇 Foot Soldiers of the Trump #Mafiacracy The American Prospect prospect.org/justice/2025-0…

"Workers are the soul of America, and the Trump-Vance FTC won’t stop fighting for them." Andrew Ferguson while in fact 👇 Trump Lets Bosses Grab $400 Billion in Worker Pay - The American Prospect prospect.org/labor/2025-09-…

The meaning of a piece of writing depends on the current (knowledge) #state of the *reader* and it is never the same as that of the author. Even writers can later find different meaning in their own writings. Non-human "authors" have no intention, motive or need to assign meaning

"Cogito, ergo sum," - "I think, therefore I am," is a foundational philosophical statement about the human condition by René Descartes. No other animal, living or non-living thing, has shown a similar level of awareness about their own "living" conditions and limits of existence.

No it is not. #Control, which is physical (analog, integrable) and structural (digital non-integrable boundary conditions) is the only thing necessary for life to exist. Computation is just a control function. Von Neuman was way more nuanced in his thinking than his "followers"👇

Great conversation!

But on the current US government gutting USAID under the direction of his fellow oligarch, not a peep? Why is it that all those rich people are very keen to tell others what the "right" thing to do is instead of fixing things in their fiefdom first? swedenherald.com/article/bill-g…

“The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.” -Edsger W. Dijkstra:

Why throw away anything? Aristotle knew that both organization (form) and matter (substance) are "two sides of the same coin." You can "formalize form," but "matter matters," and can't be formalized. The "same" organization realized in a different substance is a different system.

Like honestly, I would NEVER trust someone who agreed with me on everything. You know that fucker's up to something.

This is what happens when you confuse #cognition for #consciousness. Consciousness is a #state of cognition which is mostly unconscious. If you anesthesize an animal's cognition of course they are not conscious. On the GCS this would be a "1" (no response) share.google/images/8xXnW7A…