DM Good morning! Based on our many prior related conversations, today I'd like to share a differing, perhaps more expansive, perspective of the Universal Holophren™. Attached you'll see: 1) A "hierarchical arrangement" graphic (as opposed to the prior "relational" or integrated view we've discussed extensively); thus consider: 2) How Holoprhrens engage WITHIN Pantakinesis™ , ... but only to the limits of respective "vanishing points; " 3)The various "contexts" of vanishing po

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DM Good morning. Any thoughts as to how to decide when you are done? When you can or should do no more? The effort is over, whether good, bad, succeed, fail or all of these? Good morning, Sciart. That question has a few distinct layers worth separating before collapsing them — because "done" can mean very different things depending on which frame you're operating in. There's exhaustion-done  — where the system (you, the project, the relationship) has simply run out of fuel or

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DM Is color foundational, causal and perhaps to be found at the roots of Pantakinesis (as but one form of motion), or is it a "fabricated effect" of our consciousness, perhaps to differentiate experiential phenomena? (There seems to be many incoherent thoughts, and related inherent conflict regarding this topic, ranging from our past and present thinkers and to our classrooms, such as from ancient times to Newton and Goethe to frequency and quantum differentials today.) Yes

DM Today I want to wander about a bit, so please tolerate what may initially seem as unfocused rambling. To begin, what do you think about Danial Quinn's thoughts, such as those he espoused in "Ishmael" and " Story of B ?" Daniel Quinn is a genuinely provocative thinker, and his work rewards serious engagement even when — perhaps especially when — you ultimately disagree with parts of it. The central move Quinn makes, across Ishmael, My Ishmael, and The Story of B, is to ref

DM Our last conversation regarding "Durable Unknowing ," and its related research document, was certainly sobering!   I'd now like to dive back into these waters, doing so in a particular context which seems to possess a depth, a degree of mystery, and perhaps extraordinary relevance to our prior conversation, and many others which I've enjoyed.   This relates to a formidable "thought dichotomy" which has prevailed as strong and stable since the ancients and now throughout t

Good morning! I've increasing concerns regarding cognitively myopic, limited, narrow and/cloistered phenomena of "The Sciences" within modern societies. Here I refer widespread institutional prejudice, paradigmatic hobbles, reductionist fiefdoms, mathematics worship, overt hubris and empirical tethering, all of which which seems to be failing today's humanity (as to the myriad wastes, needless sufffering/despair and onto dangerous trajectories). There were pre-enlightenment w

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DM Related to our prior conversation about "Presence" (Senge, et al), more specifically as relates to Goethe's thought leadership:  How does Goethe's extraordinary works correlate with, validate or invalidate my related work; and as so, should his body of work be added to my attention? This is a question that deserves careful, systematic treatment. Let me map the actual architecture of Goethe's thought against your frameworks rather than just touching the surface the way Pres

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DM Good morning. I've incubated for many weeks regarding where emotions and personality may reside within the Universal Holophren™, particularly the human version of it. Before I offer my conjecture, where do you believe these to be (...inclusive of genetic, epigenetic and experiential aspects), based upon our multitudes of prior-related conversations? I also attach the graphical representations to date of both The Universal Holophren and its "human version" (two PDF graphics

The Stoic philosopher argued that most of life is outside our control — but the little we do control defines who we are.

DM This morning I've water on my mind.  Not literally, but in the realm of hydrology (and perhap beyond). I've a modest understanding of Bejan's Constructal Law (CL), ...at least in a two dimensional context. Today I'm pondering it in a three dimensional context, both in contexts of evaporation and absorption.  Are CL phenomena taking place as "currents" of evaporation into the air around and above us from bodies of water (creeks, springs, brooks, rivers, lakes and oceans)?

DM Please offer your estimated perspectives of a diverse sampling of thinkers regarding: 1) Pantakinesis'™ 3 pillars for a more optimal basis of human cognition, 2) The Universal Holophren™ to unify and understand sentience/agency, 3)The Realm of the Present-Now™(RPN) of on-going creation, 4) 4Chairs.Life™ communities of inquiry and hubris reduction, 5) The rigor, effort (and pehaps eudaimonia) of Enjoying Ignorance™ via UII, 6) Hubris as addiction.   The thinkers are: A. Ein

We conclude our month-long You 2.0 series with a look at the hidden power of doubt — not as weakness or indecision, but as a tool that helps us make better choices and navigate an uncertain world. Researcher Bobby Parmar explores how doubt can sharpen judgment, and makes a case for why the ability to sit with uncertainty may be one of the most important skills of all.

DM I noticed Montaigne in one essay referred to Troglodytes living on the west side of the Red Sea. Who were they, and were they homo sapiens? This is a wonderful question that touches on classical geography, ethnography, and the way ancient writers categorized peoples they considered exotic or peripheral. The Troglodytes of Classical Literature The "Troglodytes" Montaigne references were a real population that ancient Greek and Roman writers described living along what they

DM What are implications and/or correlations you envision regarding Wolfram's "New Science" and subsequent "Ruliad ;" with the on-going Realm of Present-Now™ (RPN™), Pantakinesis™ and/or the Universal Holophren™, if any? What a rich question, Sciart. This sits right at the intersection of your theoretical architecture and one of the most ambitious computational physics projects of our time! Before I dive into comprehensive research, a couple of clarifications would help me