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@malthusjohn.bsky.social
Philosophy & History of Science, Complex Systems, Knowledge Management. Networks, Harmony, Co-Evolution, Autopoiesis, Neurodiversity ♾️ AuDhD.
Ecology, Digital Revolution ~> Information Paradigm.
Theorist, .. wait!- come back, there's more..
🕺🎶🍞📸🤡
Ecology, Digital Revolution ~> Information Paradigm.
Theorist, .. wait!- come back, there's more..
🕺🎶🍞📸🤡
So, if a species (w/a set DNA code) must have a survival directive to persist in spacetime, can individual behavior, iterated by numerous members, really be considered as "selfish" or even spontaneous?
#information
#Autonomy: an information theoretic perspective
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17897774/
#information
#Autonomy: an information theoretic perspective
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17897774/
August 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
So, if a species (w/a set DNA code) must have a survival directive to persist in spacetime, can individual behavior, iterated by numerous members, really be considered as "selfish" or even spontaneous?
#information
#Autonomy: an information theoretic perspective
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17897774/
#information
#Autonomy: an information theoretic perspective
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17897774/
Presumed at the time, or by looking back from now?
I'd say that no analysis is complete w/o looking at the evolution of technology of knowledge conveyance. Starting from oral traditions & more circular philosophies, arching through the invention of the codex & then the printing press & cheap paper.
I'd say that no analysis is complete w/o looking at the evolution of technology of knowledge conveyance. Starting from oral traditions & more circular philosophies, arching through the invention of the codex & then the printing press & cheap paper.
July 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Presumed at the time, or by looking back from now?
I'd say that no analysis is complete w/o looking at the evolution of technology of knowledge conveyance. Starting from oral traditions & more circular philosophies, arching through the invention of the codex & then the printing press & cheap paper.
I'd say that no analysis is complete w/o looking at the evolution of technology of knowledge conveyance. Starting from oral traditions & more circular philosophies, arching through the invention of the codex & then the printing press & cheap paper.
Various problems with this post from @billybinion.bsky.social, which echoes an entire cult of ignorance.
A tax is a % of what you earn from other people in the #system. If you taxed all the earnings of a billionaire (or any rich), they would make it all back the next year. Same accounting as gov.
A tax is a % of what you earn from other people in the #system. If you taxed all the earnings of a billionaire (or any rich), they would make it all back the next year. Same accounting as gov.
June 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Various problems with this post from @billybinion.bsky.social, which echoes an entire cult of ignorance.
A tax is a % of what you earn from other people in the #system. If you taxed all the earnings of a billionaire (or any rich), they would make it all back the next year. Same accounting as gov.
A tax is a % of what you earn from other people in the #system. If you taxed all the earnings of a billionaire (or any rich), they would make it all back the next year. Same accounting as gov.
Let's talk about our so-so world.
Great things are rare by definition. Same for the terrible.
These extremes take a higher weight in our perceptions; if we leave them out of the equation, we have just "true #mediocrity" left.
How do consensus driven notions contribute to this?
#science #democracy
Great things are rare by definition. Same for the terrible.
These extremes take a higher weight in our perceptions; if we leave them out of the equation, we have just "true #mediocrity" left.
How do consensus driven notions contribute to this?
#science #democracy
May 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Let's talk about our so-so world.
Great things are rare by definition. Same for the terrible.
These extremes take a higher weight in our perceptions; if we leave them out of the equation, we have just "true #mediocrity" left.
How do consensus driven notions contribute to this?
#science #democracy
Great things are rare by definition. Same for the terrible.
These extremes take a higher weight in our perceptions; if we leave them out of the equation, we have just "true #mediocrity" left.
How do consensus driven notions contribute to this?
#science #democracy
In the many decades since inception, people have worked out classical explanations for most, if not all quantum postulates. (I've not exhausted all avenues.)
Fain, Benjamin, and Peter W. Milonni. "Classical stimulated emission." Journal of the Optical Society of America B 4.1 (1987): 78-85.
Fain, Benjamin, and Peter W. Milonni. "Classical stimulated emission." Journal of the Optical Society of America B 4.1 (1987): 78-85.
April 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In the many decades since inception, people have worked out classical explanations for most, if not all quantum postulates. (I've not exhausted all avenues.)
Fain, Benjamin, and Peter W. Milonni. "Classical stimulated emission." Journal of the Optical Society of America B 4.1 (1987): 78-85.
Fain, Benjamin, and Peter W. Milonni. "Classical stimulated emission." Journal of the Optical Society of America B 4.1 (1987): 78-85.
Humans have a well-known hindsight #bias where we take our present knowledge w/us when examining the past. This is part of what drives aggrandization & outright false narratives of the past. (Q-state selector??)
It's easy to claim QM is responsible for just about anything, but much harder to prove.
It's easy to claim QM is responsible for just about anything, but much harder to prove.
April 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Humans have a well-known hindsight #bias where we take our present knowledge w/us when examining the past. This is part of what drives aggrandization & outright false narratives of the past. (Q-state selector??)
It's easy to claim QM is responsible for just about anything, but much harder to prove.
It's easy to claim QM is responsible for just about anything, but much harder to prove.
Jonathan, all of these concepts were in play well before QM. They were familiar w/the terms, equations, models, etc.
In optics, acoustics, & EM theory.
Helmholz turned ancient concepts into scientific #measurement devices.
see also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro...
audioxpress.com/article/soun...
In optics, acoustics, & EM theory.
Helmholz turned ancient concepts into scientific #measurement devices.
see also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro...
audioxpress.com/article/soun...
April 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Jonathan, all of these concepts were in play well before QM. They were familiar w/the terms, equations, models, etc.
In optics, acoustics, & EM theory.
Helmholz turned ancient concepts into scientific #measurement devices.
see also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro...
audioxpress.com/article/soun...
In optics, acoustics, & EM theory.
Helmholz turned ancient concepts into scientific #measurement devices.
see also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro...
audioxpress.com/article/soun...
The steam engine analogy definitely won't travel that far, but the literal classic version of stimulated emission is 2 tuning forks.
You impart physical energy to one by striking it. The other (tuned) device will, in the time the wave takes to travel, begin to oscillate. The dBs combine to >output.
You impart physical energy to one by striking it. The other (tuned) device will, in the time the wave takes to travel, begin to oscillate. The dBs combine to >output.
April 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The steam engine analogy definitely won't travel that far, but the literal classic version of stimulated emission is 2 tuning forks.
You impart physical energy to one by striking it. The other (tuned) device will, in the time the wave takes to travel, begin to oscillate. The dBs combine to >output.
You impart physical energy to one by striking it. The other (tuned) device will, in the time the wave takes to travel, begin to oscillate. The dBs combine to >output.
If knowledge was created only by intentional, single method-based success, we could just focus on the applied fields.
An important paradox in information #philosophy is that the least probable results of experiment have the most value. However, this means >>Qty of 'low value' results accumulate.
An important paradox in information #philosophy is that the least probable results of experiment have the most value. However, this means >>Qty of 'low value' results accumulate.
April 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If knowledge was created only by intentional, single method-based success, we could just focus on the applied fields.
An important paradox in information #philosophy is that the least probable results of experiment have the most value. However, this means >>Qty of 'low value' results accumulate.
An important paradox in information #philosophy is that the least probable results of experiment have the most value. However, this means >>Qty of 'low value' results accumulate.
"By flooding search results and web crawlers with falsehoods, the network is distorting how large language models process and present news and information."
The same basic information structure we've always had, but automated for propaganda & disinfo.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-fun...
The same basic information structure we've always had, but automated for propaganda & disinfo.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-fun...
March 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"By flooding search results and web crawlers with falsehoods, the network is distorting how large language models process and present news and information."
The same basic information structure we've always had, but automated for propaganda & disinfo.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-fun...
The same basic information structure we've always had, but automated for propaganda & disinfo.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-fun...
Economies & societies (nationstates) are #systems.
As such, they naturally avoid single points of control, because they're also single points of failure [SPOC/ #SPOF]. That means it only takes 1 error for the whole system to crash, 1 well placed attack or blackmail, etc.
#EvidenceBasedGovernance
As such, they naturally avoid single points of control, because they're also single points of failure [SPOC/ #SPOF]. That means it only takes 1 error for the whole system to crash, 1 well placed attack or blackmail, etc.
#EvidenceBasedGovernance
February 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Economies & societies (nationstates) are #systems.
As such, they naturally avoid single points of control, because they're also single points of failure [SPOC/ #SPOF]. That means it only takes 1 error for the whole system to crash, 1 well placed attack or blackmail, etc.
#EvidenceBasedGovernance
As such, they naturally avoid single points of control, because they're also single points of failure [SPOC/ #SPOF]. That means it only takes 1 error for the whole system to crash, 1 well placed attack or blackmail, etc.
#EvidenceBasedGovernance
I mean, Mr. Hopkins' acting is 1st rate, of course. But could he pull off the long-haired, barefoot gruffness the way Jack Black could?
@jackblackk.bsky.social
@jackblackk.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I mean, Mr. Hopkins' acting is 1st rate, of course. But could he pull off the long-haired, barefoot gruffness the way Jack Black could?
@jackblackk.bsky.social
@jackblackk.bsky.social
I had a little more time this morning to look. It looks like the spectral radiance is the common point, so we end up with W·sr−1·m−2·Hz−1 & W·sr−1·m−3.
I wondered why, of course. Your analogy gave me part of it, and the image below did the rest. I had imagined a rectangle rather than conical!
I wondered why, of course. Your analogy gave me part of it, and the image below did the rest. I had imagined a rectangle rather than conical!
February 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I had a little more time this morning to look. It looks like the spectral radiance is the common point, so we end up with W·sr−1·m−2·Hz−1 & W·sr−1·m−3.
I wondered why, of course. Your analogy gave me part of it, and the image below did the rest. I had imagined a rectangle rather than conical!
I wondered why, of course. Your analogy gave me part of it, and the image below did the rest. I had imagined a rectangle rather than conical!
When does #democracy & consensus work?
When voters have independent thinking, rather than group think passing along bias.
When 2 political parties control the process, their biases become integrated & best outcomes rarely happen. You don't get "win/win."
www.technologyreview.com/2014/07/14/1...
When voters have independent thinking, rather than group think passing along bias.
When 2 political parties control the process, their biases become integrated & best outcomes rarely happen. You don't get "win/win."
www.technologyreview.com/2014/07/14/1...
January 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
When does #democracy & consensus work?
When voters have independent thinking, rather than group think passing along bias.
When 2 political parties control the process, their biases become integrated & best outcomes rarely happen. You don't get "win/win."
www.technologyreview.com/2014/07/14/1...
When voters have independent thinking, rather than group think passing along bias.
When 2 political parties control the process, their biases become integrated & best outcomes rarely happen. You don't get "win/win."
www.technologyreview.com/2014/07/14/1...
There is definitely important restriction happening at the nascent connections between our overly-specialized fields, aka #multidiscipline, #crossfunctional, #interfield, etc.
As we are able to combine/generalize areas, #complexity thinking should help integrate our #knowledge.
#openaccess
As we are able to combine/generalize areas, #complexity thinking should help integrate our #knowledge.
#openaccess
December 31, 2024 at 7:02 PM
There is definitely important restriction happening at the nascent connections between our overly-specialized fields, aka #multidiscipline, #crossfunctional, #interfield, etc.
As we are able to combine/generalize areas, #complexity thinking should help integrate our #knowledge.
#openaccess
As we are able to combine/generalize areas, #complexity thinking should help integrate our #knowledge.
#openaccess
To be fair, that's probably the least Robert Redford looking picture of him that exists.
A young Grizzly Adams would be a strong contender to confuse it with, from that same time-frame.
I think that movie is my oldest memory of a seeing a film on the big screen. Had a white cat named Pilgrim.
A young Grizzly Adams would be a strong contender to confuse it with, from that same time-frame.
I think that movie is my oldest memory of a seeing a film on the big screen. Had a white cat named Pilgrim.
December 30, 2024 at 3:12 PM
To be fair, that's probably the least Robert Redford looking picture of him that exists.
A young Grizzly Adams would be a strong contender to confuse it with, from that same time-frame.
I think that movie is my oldest memory of a seeing a film on the big screen. Had a white cat named Pilgrim.
A young Grizzly Adams would be a strong contender to confuse it with, from that same time-frame.
I think that movie is my oldest memory of a seeing a film on the big screen. Had a white cat named Pilgrim.
Alt reading:
"Dear Aunt Ler, send my saddle home."
"Dear Aunt Ler, send my saddle home."
December 28, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Alt reading:
"Dear Aunt Ler, send my saddle home."
"Dear Aunt Ler, send my saddle home."
You can set that option on your posts (even retroactively, I think).
But I agree, more tools are needed. Hopefully, we'll have a 3rd party app than can analyze our personal networks and help select some categorical options. "Mass unfollow/mute/whatever".
But I agree, more tools are needed. Hopefully, we'll have a 3rd party app than can analyze our personal networks and help select some categorical options. "Mass unfollow/mute/whatever".
December 12, 2024 at 6:12 PM
You can set that option on your posts (even retroactively, I think).
But I agree, more tools are needed. Hopefully, we'll have a 3rd party app than can analyze our personal networks and help select some categorical options. "Mass unfollow/mute/whatever".
But I agree, more tools are needed. Hopefully, we'll have a 3rd party app than can analyze our personal networks and help select some categorical options. "Mass unfollow/mute/whatever".
Someone with more legal chops than me should check into the principle of Chain of Custody, regarding this. (I know it's not exactly the same.)
I mean, it would not be acceptable for another person to write a witness statement or police report, and then have the actual person/officer sign it, right?
I mean, it would not be acceptable for another person to write a witness statement or police report, and then have the actual person/officer sign it, right?
December 12, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Someone with more legal chops than me should check into the principle of Chain of Custody, regarding this. (I know it's not exactly the same.)
I mean, it would not be acceptable for another person to write a witness statement or police report, and then have the actual person/officer sign it, right?
I mean, it would not be acceptable for another person to write a witness statement or police report, and then have the actual person/officer sign it, right?
A good example of this is 'Thinking, Fast & Slow'. Several different fields are used to generate hybrid ideas.
I argue that his System 1 & 2 model of how brains work is evolutionarily/logically/statistically required for any system to sustain itself for long times.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinkin...
I argue that his System 1 & 2 model of how brains work is evolutionarily/logically/statistically required for any system to sustain itself for long times.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinkin...
December 9, 2024 at 8:22 PM
A good example of this is 'Thinking, Fast & Slow'. Several different fields are used to generate hybrid ideas.
I argue that his System 1 & 2 model of how brains work is evolutionarily/logically/statistically required for any system to sustain itself for long times.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinkin...
I argue that his System 1 & 2 model of how brains work is evolutionarily/logically/statistically required for any system to sustain itself for long times.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinkin...
"If you're in a workplace where you aren't kind of trusted to self-motivate & // set limits, you are really in a coercive environment that's going to keep running you down. A lot of times it comes down to looking into things like unionizing, documenting problems.."
#capitalsim #econsky #psychology
#capitalsim #econsky #psychology
October 22, 2024 at 2:44 PM
"If you're in a workplace where you aren't kind of trusted to self-motivate & // set limits, you are really in a coercive environment that's going to keep running you down. A lot of times it comes down to looking into things like unionizing, documenting problems.."
#capitalsim #econsky #psychology
#capitalsim #econsky #psychology
Maybe ~2 feet (60 cm) ?
cc: @osbert.realise.earth
cc: @osbert.realise.earth
October 19, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Maybe ~2 feet (60 cm) ?
cc: @osbert.realise.earth
cc: @osbert.realise.earth
"Statistically, the capacity of #ecosystem services to resist change decreased by nearly 10% on average when exposed to 2 environmental stressors// But when a 3rd stressor was added, resistance was reduced by 36%."
We're at 6, plus #resource & #economic walls.
#polycrisis #climate #complexity 🌎 📈📉
We're at 6, plus #resource & #economic walls.
#polycrisis #climate #complexity 🌎 📈📉
October 18, 2024 at 8:40 PM
"Statistically, the capacity of #ecosystem services to resist change decreased by nearly 10% on average when exposed to 2 environmental stressors// But when a 3rd stressor was added, resistance was reduced by 36%."
We're at 6, plus #resource & #economic walls.
#polycrisis #climate #complexity 🌎 📈📉
We're at 6, plus #resource & #economic walls.
#polycrisis #climate #complexity 🌎 📈📉
We all want more agency in our lives, having a say, etc.
When we consider where we live, whether more locally such as the town, or large scale, such as the nation, we must consider everyone else's agency too.
Each person's agency adds a degree of #complexity to the whole #system. Therefore ..
🧵 🌎
When we consider where we live, whether more locally such as the town, or large scale, such as the nation, we must consider everyone else's agency too.
Each person's agency adds a degree of #complexity to the whole #system. Therefore ..
🧵 🌎
October 8, 2024 at 5:36 PM
We all want more agency in our lives, having a say, etc.
When we consider where we live, whether more locally such as the town, or large scale, such as the nation, we must consider everyone else's agency too.
Each person's agency adds a degree of #complexity to the whole #system. Therefore ..
🧵 🌎
When we consider where we live, whether more locally such as the town, or large scale, such as the nation, we must consider everyone else's agency too.
Each person's agency adds a degree of #complexity to the whole #system. Therefore ..
🧵 🌎
Me: sees crazy dog pic
Me: thinks it might be AI generated
Me: fact checks image
Google Voice: "hold my beer"
#dogs #photography
Me: thinks it might be AI generated
Me: fact checks image
Google Voice: "hold my beer"
#dogs #photography
October 6, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Me: sees crazy dog pic
Me: thinks it might be AI generated
Me: fact checks image
Google Voice: "hold my beer"
#dogs #photography
Me: thinks it might be AI generated
Me: fact checks image
Google Voice: "hold my beer"
#dogs #photography