mj1d ago
The definition of the #Information_Paradigm is that of a complex system: it often resists #reductionism. But not always. Complex systems can have many simple parts. A #relational approach looks at interactions & harmonious ratios. TIP uses varying speeds for each of the DIKW model's parts.

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earthlingApr 12

A Quick Look at 'The Mind’s Eye'

Intro
"Behind your eyes, there is a feeling of a solid, continuous 'you'—the pilot steering the ship. But what if that feeling is actually a beautiful, complex illusion? In this quick 8-minute exploration of the classic text The Mind’s Eye by Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett

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https://youtu.be/dK4BaYy_yps

#self
#consciousness
#ThoughtExperiments
#philosophy
#ontology
#neurology
#brain
#reductionism
#Hofstadter
#Dennett

Peter MolemanMar 26
Thx Paul for a very informative and inspired Brain Inspired.
https://braininspired.co/podcast/234/
#neuroscience #reductionism (not) #behaviour
BI 234 Juan Gallego: The Neural Manifold Manifesto | Brain Inspired

Show threadmjMar 24
OP ".. relations between observers must be regarded as empirical data and predictable, #intersubjectivity ‘should be built properly into the theory’ itself." Here's an idea: let's learn from #history rather than repeat it. Yes, easier said than done. 💭 End obsessions w/integers & #reductionism.
mjMar 21
I'd say that one of the 1st things that constrains which problems are picked, & how those problems are framed is very often the maths. #Reductionism helps make simplifying assumptions 'doable,' but that usually gets swept under the rug & forgotten by subsequent generations, & calcifies into dogma.
mjMar 18
This phenomenon is #fractal, repeating at different scales. Intra-mind, mind-2-mind, mind-2-system, system-2-system. Life evolved within a Dead Universe? This binary is not useful here, though it still works for cats. (I see u Irwin) #reductionism v #holism bsky.app/profile/malt... #coordination

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Show threadmjMar 10
Saying that private (or public) equity doesn't cause changes to consumer behavior is like saying that lakes & oceans have nothing to do w/rain. "It's the clouds, dummy." One reason that #reductionism survives so well in science is that it dominates society in general. It's a key to #disinformation.
ocrampalFeb 21

Society has lost its direction. We are now driving blind, and the reason is reductionism. We’ve become so obsessed with breaking the world into tiny parts that we’ve forgotten how the whole thing actually hangs together.

https://www.ocrampal.com/too-narrow-to-be-wise-the-tunnel-vision-trap-of-modern-expertise/

#SystemsThinking #Reductionism #Holism

Too Narrow to Be Wise: The Tunnel Vision Trap of Modern Expertise

We live in a Kafkaesque paradox: the very people we turn to for wisdom about life’s biggest questions—meaning, society, the future of humanity—are systematically selected for their inability to think about such things. Consider this absurd pattern: A tech entrepreneur optimizes engagement algorithms for maximum user addiction,

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Feb 15
The Truth #Physics Can No Longer Ignore
Physics students learn about the basic stuff of reality and are told that all other scientific disciplines must reduce back down to the fundamental particles and laws that physics has generated. This philosophy, called “#reductionism,” worked pretty well from Newton’s laws through much of the 20th century.
From a physicist’s perspective, no complex system is weirder or more challenging than life.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2025/12/physics-life-reductionism-complexity/685257/
https://archive.ph/j98w1#selection-615.0-621.103
The Truth Physics Can No Longer Ignore

The fundamental nature of living things challenges assumptions that physicists have held for centuries.

The Atlantic
Quinn ComendantJan 18
Rural California propaganda. Red Bluff, 2018. #photography #politics #reductionism