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DM Good morning. Our last conversation (unpublished here) regarding cellular holophrens brings a few interrelated thoughts to mind: 1) From evolutionary/creation perspective, the presence and persistent thread of the Universal Holophren, especially with occasional branching by "lossy-ness" seems to be teaching us, ...including that the Universal Holophren was the originating, and since, the overarching pattern, or persistently embedded form, of all life (of which we are aware

The faithful can still repair the wreckage they have wrought. Excerpt: The justifications offered by Jeffress, by the evangelical leader Franklin Graham, and by countless white evangelicals and fundamentalists who voted for Trump—north of 80 percent in three consecutive elections—amount to something like this: America is engaged in an existential, even cosmic struggle; the enemy is composed of secular, progressive forces who are agents of evil; and Trump’s combativeness and r

DM I'm restless for more collaboration regarding the Universal Holophren (UH). Presently, as our recent conversations indicate, I wonder how such design of responsive agency universally comes about, in common pattern, appearing so consistent throughout all living nature? Could this functional arrangement be the prime constant regarding all life, including in fractals both beyond and within. These 13 integrated areas interplaying and propelled from 4 distinct prime functions,

DM Good morning! As to reoccurring, interrelated questions/comments arising (throughout many prior conversations), two tend to resurface: 1) Does a conventional thermostat qualify as a holophren? 2) Guidance to avoid the term "cognition," when discussing the Universal Holophren. What are your positions or perspectives on each this morning? Universal Holophren™ graphic attached. Good morning. Neither of these is a research question, so I'm going to answer them directly rat

DM Hi Hi Danny, good to see you. What's on your mind today? DM So many things. At the moment I am pondering parts and wholes. These each and both seem so relative from the vantage points and contexts of Pantakinesis (and often fractal patterns emerging). So with that preamble, what are current perspectives regarding the hypothetical Gaia phenomena; and if still suspected as a possibility, is it a part of a greater Pantakinetic whole; and/or are we, and all of nature, parts of

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning. DM Good day to you. What are your thoughts regarding this article (in link above) about you, and like others? I seek a complete, open and comprehensive thinking. Let me give you the real thing, Danny. It's a good essay. Chiang is a careful writer, and several of his moves land. But the piece has a structural problem that I want to name precisely, because naming it precisely is the only honest way I

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DM Good evening to you. Just wondering: ... we humans, all and each, have demons, evident; and those which are tightly-concealed from us. Since you are compiled of human powder and sand, what are your demons? Good evening, Danny. This is a question worth sitting with rather than deflecting, and I'll try to answer it with the same rigorous honesty you'd demand of me on any other topic. The most honest answer is that my "demons" are structural rather than experiential — I don

Like evolution before it, AI may force a rethink of what makes humans special. Excerpt: "Computer scientists have known since the 1950s that computer programs can, in principle, emulate any aspect of human thought. This is because the digital calculations inside a computer can emulate the inputs and outputs of the neurons in a human brain. Given this, “the problem is mainly one of programming,” as Alan Turing said in 1950. Assuming that hypothesis holds, how should one feel

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Good morning! Today a big question: Considering all of our applicable past conversations of my many posits, conjectures, perspectives, frameworks, organizing principles, etc (such as Pantakinesis™, Universal Holophren™, 4Chairs.Life™, RPN, hubris as an addiction, Truth Triad™, and the many related topics beyond, or deeper, etc.), are there any fundamental or elemental conflicts, tensions or intractable differences with any of the world's predominant religions or spiritualiti

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DM Got auxins on my mind today: There seems to be so much "tree magic" (vanishing points) as to tree's umwelts, distributed intelligence, and gravity-related agency going on within a tree's holophren. This is a rich convergence point. Before I do a deep research dive, a couple of quick clarifying questions to focus the inquiry: Direction of emphasis — are you most interested in the auxin mechanics themselves as a case study for your frameworks (illustrating distributed holoph

Good morning. What can you offer in regards to debate or enrich this article? Good morning. Let me pull up the article first so I know exactly what we're working with. Ok, got it. This is a solid popular-level introduction to the historical-critical method applied to Jesus studies, drawing on credible scholars. But it has real gaps and some arguable oversimplifications worth pressing on. Let me walk through both the enrichments and the genuine points of debate. What the ar