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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Subject: draft blog of what makes us different
 

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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