The Meaning Code

A meeting of two great minds moving from considerations of choice and agency to free will and wisdom. Books and authors mentioned follow timestamps. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 03:30 Decision making and competent behavior do not imply high level cognition 05:20 The value of higher levels is context-dependent 06:30 Be careful not to all into patterns that lead to collectivism 07:07 Composite agents harn...

Drew is a music teacher at the International School in Tunis in Northern Africa. With a Master's in Ethnomusicology, Drew is able to consider music as an art form within and across cultures, considering the harmonious interplay of patterns and the musicality of intelligibility. We hear Drew's life story and then consider various aspects of music as communication, music as an aesthetic form and mus...

00:00 Intro 03:19 The difference between physical and corporeal, the solution to the quantum enigma 07:25 The corporeal enters into the measurement problem through the measuring device 08:50 John describes relevance realization, the 4 P’s of knowing, emanation and emergence 13:45 Reality is structured with things emerging (returning to the One) and emanating (coming from the One 15:50 If the corpo...

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...

Is the universe fundamentally computational? What is the observer? What is the role of the observer? A deep dive. Timestamps 0:00. Intro 2:00 Analyzing 2 different delayed choice quantum eraser experiments: Kim, et al and John Wheeler (Gedanken) 13:43 We never talk about what the observer is (we need to include the physics of the observer) 14:14 Maxwell's demon and the observer (a sequence of choi...

Glen, physicist, mathematician and computer scientist, joins for an exploration of the role of the Observer in Physics. The history of the move from classical to quantum physics. If you want to do some homework before Part 2, links to everything are in the description to the YouTube version of this conversation: https://youtu.be/A5xtyRkp6HE In the world of Alice in Wonderland, the role of the obse...

For a complete intro of these two guests, see their previous conversation. https://youtu.be/2vYfcotRRjk Timestamps 00:00 Musical Intro Affect is fundamental Unless we can make a conscious machine, we have not solved the hard problem Cognitive systems as predictive of the outside world 02:00 Mark Solms describes his project to create an artificial consciousness 04:15. The quest to find a neural cor...

Is the Path Not Taken visible to God? The narrative of the Garden as it relates to potential. Plan A or Plan B? Does everyone want to be healed? Saved? Looking at Jesus’ work in our lives through the story of Judas. George MacDonald, “Our God is a consuming fire, and His fire is His love.” https://www.amazon.ca/Beautiful-Constraint-Transform-Limitations-Advantages/dp/1118899016 Amazon link https:/...

Dr. Michael Levin and Dr. John Vervaeke discuss findings on cognition, consciousness and placebo. Where is the line? Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:30 “How do you define and differentiate cognition, intelligence, consciousness” 05:40 Mike 08:10 Can there be relevance realization at the cellular level? 14:00 The realization of the gradual development from oocyte to adult mind. Amazing plasticity...

I had the privilege to speak with Dr. Wolfgang Smith about his solution to the Quantum Enigma and the tripartite structure of the cosmos. Great resource on Dr. Smith's work: https://philos-sophia.org/ Author of Vertical Ascent, Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions, Cosmos and Transcendence: Breaking through the Barrier of Scientistic Belief , The Quantum Enigma: Finding the Hidden Key, Theisti...

There is so much information in pain. The Lord says, "I have engraved you on the palms of my hand." John Stott quote paraphrased, In this world of pain and suffering, I could not believe in a God who had not experienced it for Himself. God is Good and is big enough to make good on His promise. Adam Smith paraphrased, Men want not only to be loved but to be lovely. Brene Brown research on shame. Jo...

Mary and I discuss the conversation John Vervaeke and Paul Vanderklay had re: Paul’s argument from personhood for the existence of God. In the process, we covered some aspects of quantum mechanics, philosophy, theology and the nature of reality. Regarding God's completeness and the essence of potential and actuality, we also looked at Jordan Peterson's theories about order and chaos, value, and th...

Karen's guest is Dr Michael Clarage who gained his PhD in physics from Brandeis University, studying the biological and statistical behavior of proteins. We discuss the nature of light, the levels of reality, the triples of physics and the electric universe. Links follow the notes: The path of the photon Holograms Complete 3-D maps Particles and their trajectories. The line of time according to Ne...

Michael and Karen discuss data compression and cybersecurity as a lens to view language, memory, relationship and consciousness, and in the process stumble upon C. S. Lewis, Jordan Peterson's Maps of Meaning, and Owen Barfield. Propaganda 1) as a false dichotomy 2) as a Zip Bomb or a destroyer of worlds The Mandelbrot Set as a picture of the limits of stability, the border between order and chaos...

Homo Sapiens’ unique heroic thesis according to Jordan Peterson: “The nature of experience can be altered for the better by voluntary alteration of action and thought.” Greg Boyd and Open Theism Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy Molinism “Reality is that which governs.” Paul VanderKlay Your beliefs are exposed by your behavior. We say one thing and do another, and come up against our own hyp...

Interview with Shari Suter Riding the Wave “The upsetting capacity of the anomalous is simultaneously the vital source of interest, meaning and individual strength. Furthermore, the ability to upset ourselves - to undermine and revitalize our own beliefs - is an intrinsic and necessary and “divine” aspect of the human psyche (part of the seminal “Word” itself.) p. 246, Maps of Meaning by Jordan Pe...

Links follow description: Adam walked away from social media 14 years ago. That may explain at least part of how he got an undergraduate degree in biochemistry as the first step towards dental school, is now a practicing dentist and is simultaneously working on a Master's degree in Computer Information Technology. We had a fascinating conversation about Jordan Peterson, the Biblical lectures, 'wha...

Entropy, both in physics and in life, one of the core principles that underly the substructure of all domains of knowledge. Balance as it is represented in science, art, politics and economics, and then back to a discussion of emergence. In previous videos, Alex and I discussed resonance, critical mass, emergence, and the aggregation of color and light. Alex's website: Viewers can visit my website...

The Meaning Code introduces Dr. Michael Levin to Dr. Mark Solms as they do a deep dive into their recent thinking about the nature of consciousness and cognition and where these can be found on the continuum of life, as well as establishing their foundational thinking in their respective fields..

Karen and Alex discuss the intersections between geology, art, and entropy.