[Fis] Acknowledgments

[Stuart Kauffman]

Thanks Krassimir. Yes Thinking Life. I will soon complete an article with Andrea Roli: Is the Emergence of Life an Expected Phase Transition in the Evolving Universe?” and will share it with the group. In it, quite to my surprise, I think we demonstrate that John von Neumann’s famous self reproducing machine is badly mistaken about how living cells reproduce. It is all very odd. If we are correct, the software hardware distinction does not apply to living cells. But the software hardware distinction surely applies to Universal Turning Machines. How can both be true? 

It seems a deep new puzzle. It may be related to Aristotle’s Four Causes and how they can be true, but not, I suspect, for reproducing cells. Very odd. 

Best to all,.

Stu

> On Jan 15, 2024, at 3:18 AM, Krassimir Markov <itheaiss at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Stu,
> Thanks for the reply.
> I was able to find your lecture and interview on the web and got my questions answered. I have no more questions for you.
> I completely agree with you that "Life is a mystery", but I am convinced that it will be revealed by another, greater mystery - The Thinking Life!
> Therefore, let us follow the wisdom of the Bulgarians, who say:
> "The vineyard wants a hoe, it won't a prayer!"
> Keep working!
> 
> Dear Lou,
> Thank you very much for the interesting presentation. Category theory is yet to become more relevant, especially in the modeling of intellectual processes and activities.
> I have some doubts about using the metaphor of quantum physics to model them. 
> Especially considering the drive to break away from the physical paradigm. 
> It's really strange, on the one hand we don't want physics, and on the other hand we are firmly attached to the idea of the quantum brain.
> 
> Dear Gordana,
> Thanks for the very timely idea to discuss some computing issues. 
> It would be especially interesting to me if there were time and opportunities to discuss the current state of cognitive computing.
> 
> With respect,
> Krassimir
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