Joe,

I find myself agreeing with you more and more that reductionism is
ultimately counter-productive.  By contrast, the idea of "honoring" the
layers of influence/complexity, as are broadly mapped by the ToK, seems
more practically useful and potentially harmonizing (!).

Knowing that I am ultimately an energy information wave is interesting, and
yet I still have to engage in pro-social activities that provide relational
value in order to feel complete as a *person.  *

Best wishes,

-Chance








On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 11:31 AM, Joseph Michalski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Excellent Gregg and Chance. Note in editing the blog before final posting
> that the special issue is "Humans: Why we're *unlike* any other species
> on the plant". For me, the 'answer' to that question links back to the
> "emergent" aspect of the Mind-Culture joint point. It's not merely that
> there increasing information complexity associated with the development of
> "behavior", but rather that there are fundamentally different *types* of
> behavior associated with the ToK. I am not persuaded either by any specific
> theories or the body of scientific evidence currently available that the
> answer lies in reductionism. I'm not ruling out that general hypothesis,
> but rather simply more inclined to follow the logic of emergence at this
> point until convinced otherwise. Best regards, -Joe
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> *From:* tree of knowledge system discussion <[log in to unmask]
> edu> on behalf of Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 18, 2018 11:02 AM
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> *Subject:* draft blog of what makes us different
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> Dear list,
>
>   I spent some time this morning crafting a draft of a blog on What Makes
> Us Different. It ended up being a bit more expanded than I originally
> anticipated. My original focus was to paint the ToK/JH picture. But what
> emerged was a five page summary of the “puzzle pieces” of our uniqueness,
> drawn from the Sept 2018 Scientific American special issue that Joe shared.
> In reading through it, I decided it was good way to summarize the current
> state of knowledge of the puzzle pieces that make us different.
>
>
>
>   I am sharing it here because I think it is a great topic for our list. I
> would welcome any suggestions or recommendations or additions.
>
>
>
>   If we as a group have a sense of these puzzle pieces, then I think
> discussion about the central missing piece, the Justification Hypothesis
> (framed by the ToK metaphysical definitional system and the BIT formulation
> of the evolution of the animal mind) can be productively had.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Gregg
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