[Fis] Material foundations of the General Information Theory (GIT)

[Karl Javorszky]

Dear Colleagues,

Let me express in the clearest terms that I happen to support each thought
in this essay of Krassimir.

The only point where I wish to attach a remark, is as follows

"the interplay among symbols is enriched and made to appear complicated by
the relations depicted in oeis.org/A242615."

Krassimir would not be willing, without explicit nudging, to accept the
idea that there is an inbuilt apparent contradiction among the symbols. The
contradiction is minimal, can be compromised on, and is the cause of many,
if not most, of the wonders Nature generates.

Karl

Krassimir Markov <itheaiss at gmail.com> schrieb am Mo., 17. März 2025, 16:05:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> The discussion last weeks once again took us back to the time of the Holy
> Inquisition. I will recall that then the majority of leading specialists,
> in full consciousness and common sense, in total consensus, decided and
> ... burned Giordano Bruno at the stake.
>
> Great ideas are always born as mental models in the mind of a single
> person, after which it takes time to build similar mental models in other
> people. Therefore, the statement that someone is right just because many
> people think like him is extremely harmful to science!
>
>
> Let me also note that as a professional mathematician, I do not perceive
> probabilities in the role of a pumpkin scarecrow for the uninitiated. For
> many years I have taught the subject “Probability and Statistics” and my
> first lecture always begins with the words “Probabilities in reality do not
> exist and you cannot see “the probability on a white horse at sunset!”
> Probabilities are our subjective mental models that we use when making
> decisions. The space of states is not in reality, but is a mental model
> that can be externalized through different languages - formulas, graphs,
> etc. "
>
>
> I will continue with the main topic of the weeks - immaterial. That is,
> that which cannot be reflected in our sensors, and cannot be localized and
> measured. In order to be able to think about it, we need to believe that
> the non-existent, that is, the immaterial, exists. And therefore, we move
> on to religious thinking and leave the sphere of science.
>
> You know well my principle that problems related to faith should not be
> discussed.
>
> Faith should be believed, not discussed!
>
> Therefore, the discussion of the immaterial is completely meaningless from
> a scientific point of view. Moreover, I wish that the FIS-list would not be
> a religious temple for preaching subjective, experimentally unverifiable
> mental models.
>
>
> Someone may oppose me citing the book "The Conscious Mind: In Search of a
> Fundamental Theory" by David Chalmers.
>
> "The Conscious Mind" is one of the most influential books in the
> philosophy of consciousness. It has sparked many debates and inspired much
> research in this field.
>
> I will summarize it briefly for those who are not familiar with it.
>
> Chalmers argues that consciousness is a fundamental problem for science
> and philosophy, one that cannot be explained by the traditional methods of
> physicalism (the idea that everything can be reduced to physical
> processes). He introduces the "hard problem of consciousness," which
> concerns the question of how physical processes in the brain give rise to
> subjective experience (qualia).
>
> Key Concepts:
>
> ― *The Hard Problem of Consciousness*: This is the question of how and
> why we have subjective experiences. Why is there "something it is like" to
> be anything? Why do we have feelings of redness, pain, or love? Chalmers
> contrasts this problem with the "easy problems" of consciousness, which
> concern explaining cognitive functions such as attention, memory, and
> language.
>
> ― *Qualia*: This is a term that refers to the subjective quality of
> conscious experience. For example, the "redness" of red or the "pain" of
> pain. Chalmers argues that qualia cannot be explained by physical processes.
>
> ― *Physicalism and Its Limitations*: Chalmers criticizes physicalism,
> arguing that it cannot explain consciousness. He proposes alternative
> theories, including dualism and panpsychism.
>
> ― *Dualism*: This is the idea that consciousness is a separate entity
> from the physical world. Chalmers proposes a form of "naturalistic dualism"
> that attempts to integrate dualism with scientific knowledge of the brain.
>
> ― *Panpsychism*: This is the idea that consciousness is a fundamental
> property of the universe and that all physical systems have some form of
> consciousness.
>
>
> *Chalmers proposes that consciousness should be considered a fundamental
> property of the universe, similar to space, time, and mass.*
>
> Such beliefs are very strong suggestions that are naively perceived as
> scientific truth.
>
>
> To allow you to compare with the current achievements of brain science, I
> will conclude with a brief note on the material foundations of the brain
> and its activities, focusing on the scientific results of Rodolfo R. Llinás
> (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Llin**As__;w6E!!D9dNQwwGXtA!TF8opQ4wbF7Qlhr-tVQn6kVD_WI_mMLq6zcC7eXa2zAKPbdd55zSajV1DEYwcTt4O9kFltTmNYohN5wnZ3Y_YBmbCdo$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Llin**As__;w6E!!D9dNQwwGXtA!T3xaYvde_wjDY_As8qho6plC6m6e4cekbNOnnqhCVe2hYAVEHC-n5C5nY5OKfafV1hs1kN2EpqvBgpnI72Q$>
> ).
>
> The neuroscientist Rodolfo R. Llinás is a founding father of modern brain
> science.
>
> Rodolfo R. Llinás has carried out detailed and elegant studies of the
> electrophysiology of the vertebrate cerebellum. In mammalian neurons, he
> discovered dendrite calcium spikes, dendritic inhibition, electronic
> coupling, and subthreshold oscillations. At the squid giant synapse, he
> demonstrated presynaptic calcium current. He studied the electrophysiology
> of thalamocortical networks in brain slices and related his findings to his
> pioneering work with humans using magnetoencephalography (MEG). He has also
> drawn on his physiological findings to propose the possible commonalities
> among certain neurological and psychiatric disorders. His passion for the
> study of the nervous system made him publish over 800 scientific articles.
>
> In his book, “Llinás, R. R. (2001). *I of the vortex: From neurons to
> self.* MIT Press”, the author presents the evolution and nature of mind.
>
> According to the author, the "mindness" state evolved to allow predictive
> interactions between mobile creatures and their environment. Llinás
> illustrates the early evolution of the mind through a primitive animal
> called the sea squirt. This example suggests that the nervous system
> evolved to allow active movement in animals. To move through the
> environment safely, a creature must anticipate the outcome of each movement
> on the basis of incoming sensory data.
>
> Thus, the capacity to predict is most likely the ultimate brain function.
> One could even say that Self is the centralization of prediction.
>
> At the heart of Llinás's theory is the concept of oscillation.
>
> Many neurons possess electrical activity, manifested as oscillating
> variations in the minute voltages across the cell membrane. On the crests
> of these oscillations occur larger electrical events that are the basis for
> neuron-to-neuron communications.
>
>
> *A group of neurons oscillating in phase can resonate with a distant group
> of neurons.*
>
> *This simultaneity of neuronal activity is the neurobiological root of
> cognition.*
>
> *Although the mind is guided by the senses, it is also generated by the
> oscillations within the brain. *
>
>
> With respect,
>
> Krassimir
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