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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=en-IL link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear Krassimir. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If your question</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>“</span><span lang=en-IL style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Do animals process information?</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>” is addressed to me, my answer will be: “Certainly, yes”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A more extended answer can be found in my paper: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-IL style='font-size:12.0pt'>E</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>.</span><span lang=en-IL style='font-size:12.0pt'>Diamant, </span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Designing Artificial Cognitive Architectures: Brain Inspired or Biologically Inspired? </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>December 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2018.11.023 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329577902*20__;JQ!!D9dNQwwGXtA!QOR4SfwubYtt2sO6Oc299LrAs18Tm0KsMqD7wJCrcY-Ldy8w28kOWK4ouzD59hHCfRZMe4GvYaCtPCLYCM7w$"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329577902 </span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>An even more extended answer can be found in a more recent paper:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://scholar.google.ru/citations?user=KF4AYR4AAAAJ&hl=ru&oi=sra__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!QOR4SfwubYtt2sO6Oc299LrAs18Tm0KsMqD7wJCrcY-Ldy8w28kOWK4ouzD59hHCfRZMe4GvYaCtPBN8bJnZ$"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>F Baluška</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> et al, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079610723000573__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!QOR4SfwubYtt2sO6Oc299LrAs18Tm0KsMqD7wJCrcY-Ldy8w28kOWK4ouzD59hHCfRZMe4GvYaCtPNPll9qW$"><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>A revised central dogma for the 21st century: all biology is cognitive information processing</span></b></a></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>,</span></b></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2023, Elsevier, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0079610723000573__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!QOR4SfwubYtt2sO6Oc299LrAs18Tm0KsMqD7wJCrcY-Ldy8w28kOWK4ouzD59hHCfRZMe4GvYaCtPAgL0SPs$">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0079610723000573</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Emanuel. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-IL style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Fis <fis-bounces@listas.unizar.es> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Krassimir Markov<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 12 November 2023 23:26<br><b>To:</b> fis@listas.unizar.es<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fis] Two questions and one remark<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Emanuel, the first question is addressed to you.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I read your paper carefully.<br>Sorry for my mistake with the name. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Respectfully yours,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Krassimir<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id=DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=55 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!RnHqXiphf6KVu705MJv6GphxIQA7bfeR0L5GCnAmtVr8xJGKXeGA97EQpnxDrWBIamTtLsBzMVqgjHq13zA$" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=46 height=29 style='width:.4791in;height:.302in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=470 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E'>Няма вируси<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!RnHqXiphf6KVu705MJv6GphxIQA7bfeR0L5GCnAmtVr8xJGKXeGA97EQpnxDrWBIamTtLsBzMVqgjHq13zA$" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avast.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>На нд, 12.11.2023 г. в 16:15 ч. Krassimir Markov <<a href="mailto:itheaiss@gmail.com">itheaiss@gmail.com</a>> написа:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear colleagues,<br>Due to my busy schedule, I could not actively participate in the discussion. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I will try to briefly point out three things here.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>1. A simple question for Daniel: Do animals process information?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2. Karl, you lost the bet before it was even made!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thousands of math and computer science students study combinatorics, which means that permutations and cycles (loops) are part of first-year studies and exercises. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Nothing new will be gained if we call them by another name.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>3. Regarding the paradigm shift, I would ask Yixin if it is possible to outline the new paradigm. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>What is central and new in it, what methodology is supposed to be created?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>With respect,<br>Krassimir<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="m_7258419998767148941DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=55 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!RnHqXiphf6KVu705MJv6GphxIQA7bfeR0L5GCnAmtVr8xJGKXeGA97EQpnxDrWBIamTtLsBzMVqgjHq13zA$" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=46 height=29 style='width:.4791in;height:.302in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=470 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E'>Няма вируси<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!RnHqXiphf6KVu705MJv6GphxIQA7bfeR0L5GCnAmtVr8xJGKXeGA97EQpnxDrWBIamTtLsBzMVqgjHq13zA$" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avast.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>