Tag: Entropy
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Generalizing the Function: Process Ontology and Free Energy
Summary by ChatGPT4 based on the YouTube transcript: This conversation between Tim and Matt revolves around their philosophical exploration of process philosophy, the Free Energy Principle, and Simondon’s philosophy of individuation, with a particular focus on how these philosophical frameworks intersect with personal health experiences and broader biological and environmental contexts. The discussion starts with…
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Intensity of Satisfaction and Free Energy (Thinking Abiogenesis with Bruce Damer)
See this link for context on Bruce Damer and David Deamer et al.’s abiogenesis hypothesis. … “To sum up: There are two species of process, macroscopic process, and microscopic process. The macroscopic process is the transition from attained actuality to actuality in attainment; while the microscopic process is the conversion of conditions which are merely…
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“The Limits of Intelligence”: A New Episode of the Waking Cosmos Podcast
Another new episode of the Waking Cosmos Podcast, produced by my friend Adrian Nelson.
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Alf Hornborg on Ecology, Economy, and Technology
A few excerpts from professor of human ecology Alf Hornborg‘s book The Power of the Machine: Global Inequalities of Economy, Technology, and Environment (2001). “We seem to have difficulties understanding exactly in which sense human ideas and social relations intervene in the material realities of the biosphere. Rather than continuing to appraoch ‘knowledge’ from the Cartesian…
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Centropy, Entropy, and Ethics in the Universe
Levi Bryant recently posted about Entropy. He writes: Entropy is the measure of order in any system. In this regard, to take a rough and ready criterion, the more probable it is that a particular element is located anywhere in a system the more entropy that system embodies. By contrast, the more improbable the location of an element in a system, theless entropic that system is.…
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