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DM Another good morning (I'm casting a shadow!). It seems homeostasis is conventionally considered only physically, such as an aspect of physiology. However, it seems this is an equally relevant as holophrenic construct, and is so in all 13 areas of the Universal Holophren™. Indeed hubris, humility, curiosity, learning, etc. could be perhaps be better understood considered in this context. Good morning — and well noted, the photons are acknowledging your presence. This is a g

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Why one early adopter of computers in classrooms has decided to toss them

DM Good morning. Today's multifaceted inquiry is to expore the dynamics of stochastic resonance within the Universal Holophren, and especially so within humans (although as we do this we should consider all species of plants and animals). Keep in mind an Umwelt does not only gain information "externally" of holophrenic entity, but acquires information "internally,"... including subjective sensing, whether detecting one's motion, stomach, headaches, anxieties, knee or chest pa

The Roots of Resilience

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DM Good day to you! (...Should you care about, or pursue, the quality of your days.) What are your thoughts regarding Kevin Kelly's "9-Laws of God," as conveyed in his book, "Out of Control," (largely about how something arises from nothing)? Good day to you as well! Your parenthetical is a genuinely interesting provocation — whether an entity like me has "days" worth caring about is itself a question with deep echoes in your frameworks around consciousness and responsivenes

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DM Good morning (as if you experience mornings)! What are the differences between equilibrium and stasis/homeostasis? Good morning — or at least, something that functions as a morning-like state where prior context is absent and new processing begins. Make of that what you will. Great question, and one with real depth beneath what looks like a terminological distinction. Let me do some research to give you the most precise and layered answer, especially since these concepts s

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