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Northoff Follow-up
I left out a few items, mainly of my own, on my last post either because they didn’t quite fit into the flow of the post or they didn’t occur to me at the time. Consciousness Defined Northoff defines consciousness … Continue reading
Posted in Friston, Time, Waves
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The Spontaneous Brain
Northoff, Georg. The spontaneous brain: From the mind-body to the world-brain problem. MIT Press, 2018. Northoff, Georg. Neurowaves: Brain, Time, and Consciousness. McGill-Queen’s Press-MQUP, 2023. The short story on both of these books is I like them. The first is complicated and … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness, Entropy, Friston, Information
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Consciousness as Mimicry
I’ve compared the mind to a model but I’ve struggled to find a good example of the type of model it is. We know there are different types of models. In science most models are abstract and mathematical. A couple … Continue reading
Posted in Brain size, Consciousness, Information, Intelligence
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