The Meaning Code

Video links follow notes: This episode is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZqTA2QJIhTA Stephen Hurn's background is in software development, and his passion is science fiction as literature and the consideration of truth. There was so much hope in programming during the '90's that technology would free us from menial facts, but... The new atheists fought against the straw man of the god of the gaps bu...

Discussing Mark's tweet: The difference between 'being is good' and 'emergence is good' cannot be understated. One is actually good, the other is actually just #Gnosticism. Mark talks fast:-) You might want to put it on .75, but then I talk slow, so maybe not:-) This conversation is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ohd7jDO-PyM We look mostly at emergence, how faith in emergence tends to...

Ryan and Karen dig into the ideas in Dorothy Sayers' eye opening work on creativity and through that lens to get a look into the principles that lie at the foundation of the universe.

Discussion with Stephen Hurn, Software Engineer for 18 years. Now working on Game Design and Writing, stay at home Dad. This episode is also on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Di_vUSQw-J0 The design process for video games. Levels you operate in. Mechanics (the interaction with the user) up through Dynamics to aesthetic. Aesthetic (idea) informs the process and gets communicated through mechanics. That'...

Michael and Karen discuss a lecture James Lindsay gave on the dangers of the philosophies that have captured the present moment. We try to thread the needle through the truly beneficial part of James' lecture and the parts where he might be speaking outside his expertise.

Matt, philosopher/author/person discusses Reality with Karen.. Three perspectives on the meaning of a paper clip: The avant garde The creative The good/useful The multi-aspectuality of cognitive science. The thread that ties reality together S ynoptic Gospels - St. Maximus the Confessor, St. Gregory of Nysa We are portions of God. The habit of Scripture is to say. What is a skill? We are mimicking...

Michael Clarage, PhD Physics, (Electric Universe, Safire Project) Michael Martin, PhD Literature (poet, biodynamic farmer, author of Submerged Reality join Karen to discuss the need for science to acknowledge qualitative as well as quantitative observations.

Ryan is a software developer who often has the conversation with his colleagues about the big questions underlying software development. Where does the system live? The real system corresponding to the meaning, and the hardware corresponding to the matter. This episode can also be found as video at YouTube: https://youtu.be/5rDsJOs1zWk Software designers will often discuss a project they are worki...

Sevilla King joins Karen for what will be a monthly get together discussing opponent processing, quality and the nature of ultimate reality. Today's conversation focuses on these Clips from Jordan Peterson/John Vervaeke video. This podcast also available on YouTube @ https://youtu.be/S5JpOaDazoo A Conversation So Intense It Might Transcend Time and Space https://youtu.be/IZ-tHaHfB8A Timestamp from...

Links after notes on our talk: tightening up a definition of entropy and exploring computational theory and emergence and their underlying implications. When anomalies show up, a new physics is needed. Entropy is more qualitative than quantitative. No creativity without entropy. It takes excess energy to get things over the hump and energy to create order and to maintain order. You can only play t...

For full visuals of the movie, see this on Youtube: https://youtu.be/6r8EZwQ7TVg Moviemaker and musician, Neil DeGraide of Dirt Poor Robins, discusses Concept Art, Music and Narrative and the differences between desire and identity. Politicized propaganda art. The Cosmic Image The dual problems: Bottom up - appetites rule (ex: gluttony) Top down - mind forces perception (ex: anorexia) This could a...

Glen gives a physicist's view of what is necessary to create a life form. In this episode, we touch on entropy and theory of computation, Link to playlist of all 6 episodes follows notes. Intro to Theory of Computation link: https://youtu.be/58N2N7zJGrQ?t=466 Misunderstood Nature of Entropy link: https://youtu.be/kfffy12uQ7g?t=140 Digital Smell video link on key in lock mechanism in neurons: https...

Glen, the physicist, and Karen, relentlessly curious, continue to tackle the Nature of Life. Apologies in advance for the sound problems with the imported video. Mercifully, it's less than half a minute, so persevere and you will be rewarded. Scroll down for video links plus playlist to entire series of 6 episodes. Going forward, we will do a short intro that tackles another view of entropy, and t...

The nature of the origin of life from the standpoint of a specific shared set of definitions of terms, We recap Episode 2 definitions of complexity, chaos, order, and entropy, + a deep dive into the history of entropy and its importance. Thermodynamic systems, Kolmogorov complexity measure Crossing the boundary to the outside, complexity is greatly reduced in terms of how you interact with it. Onc...

Glen explains his perspective on the physics terminology that is vital to exploring what life is and what it isn't. Glen's view from physics interacts with Karen's view from art at such intersections as boundaries, constraints, limitations and anomaly. Playlist for all 6 episodes follows notes. Next episode, Glen will talk about Science with a capital S. If you want to prepare for the discussion,...

John Vervaeke, Wolfgang Smith and Richard Smith begin with a discussion of relativism and what we can do about its negative aspects. Then begins a wide ranging discussion of the tripartite macrocosm and the tripartite microcosm and the overlap between John's work and Wolfgang's work. Many book recommendations included in the timestamps. Fuller bios of Dr. John Vervaeke, Dr. Wolfgang Smith and Dr....

Karen and Glen in Episode 1 of the series which will explore the question, What is Life? Future episodes will cover Thomas Kuhn and paradigms, Complexity v. Simplicity, Landauer's Principle, and a general overview of the meaning of and interactions between Entropy, Energy and Information. Playlist for all episodes follows notes. Nima Arkani Hamed video: https://youtu.be/5aAMJNVmdoY Hamed is an alp...

Brad and Karen dive deeper into the implications of "measuring up" and the balance between mercy and judgment. For the full YouTube, see here: https://youtu.be/qkDWTKNMI2c We discuss the aspect of comparison, relationships between binaries, Iain McGilchrist's work on the two brain hemispheres, the role of the observer, etc. Link to Part 1 follows the timestamps. Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:15...

Jonathan Pageau joins for a conversation with Dr. Wolfgang Smith and Dr. Richard Smith about icons, symbolism and our connection to the Divine. Links to books and articles mentioned will follow the timestamps. Timestamps 00:00 Opening chitchat 01:20 Intro 05:30 Wolfgang Smith’s Tripartite Cosmos icon 12:00 Jonathan’s question about the icon 20:15 Examples of 3 dimensional versions 28:50 Jonathan’s...

Perry Marshall, author of Evolution 2.0 and founder of the $10 million price for the origin of a spontaneously arising communication system joins Glen and Karen to discuss the fundamental nature of information, choice and the observer. Links to videos mentioned will follow timestamps. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:45 Origin of Life v. Origin of Species 05:14 Is something missing in the Intelligent De...

Karen and Glen get together for an informal review of items that have recently caught their attention relative to Stephen Wolfram's Theory of Fundamental Physics. If anyone wants to do a comment with timestamps, I will be forever grateful. At the end, Glen mentions John Walton and his reading of the first few chapters of Genesis. We talked about how great it would be to see a conversation between...

In Part 3 of this discussion regarding the role of the observer, Glen weaves together ideas of robust computing (demon horde sort) and distributed intelligence. He makes the claim that it could be mathematically verified whether or not computation is fundamental, and that if it turns out to be so, then language is also fundamental, since computation and language are inextricably intertwined. We al...

If you want to watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZUOiF0tljiw Sevilla King of A Quality Existence joins the Meaning Code to discuss recent appearances by Jonathan and Matthieu Pageau. We look at Mercy and Judgment, gathering in and cutting away. Judgment as a type of discernment, measurement, paring down, producing fittedness. Mercy as a gathering together, care, attention, choosing....

For Youtube version: https://youtu.be/G8cAwts0ZZg Margaret Allen tells her story of being raised in an aggressively atheist household and yet learning of the better way, and opens her heart about the process of writing her book. Lot of resources available on Margaret's website, https://margaretallen.org Be sure to look at the page of Declarations. A great encouragement! Gracious Living: Creating a...

Brad Bilski, a designer of testing equipment, joins The Meaning Code for a discussion of the measurement problem and the need for a covenant between language and truth. Timestamps 00:00 Intro (reading from Paul Feyerabend's 1975 book, Against Method 04:00 Can facts exist outside of a narrative? A response to John Vervaeke 11:25 Gauge block: "We call it a Master." ANSI 19:45 Calibrations differ; er...