I came to your journal because of the link you posted on real_philosophy, and I was floored by this post, because at least part of it basically is exactly the topic that has been driving me for the last couple of weeks. (I friended you to make sure I don't miss anything good!)
nanikore had described to me the Taoist description of a void as, instead of nothingness, as "there is no ripple." This sounded to me like a pretty good definition of maximum entropy. I really like the idea of the inverse relationship between entropy and existence. (Also, I find that Genesis 1:2 seems to give the same definition of "pre-existence," just in case you were interested.)
What's your understanding of consciousness being a "threshold value" of complexity? What relationship does that have to entropy, if any? I'm inclined to think as complexity goes upward toward this threshold value, entropy goes down, but now I may be confusing myself with a poor analogy rather than a useful metaphysics.
There is a certain 'neatness' in this.
I like that statement--lately I've been focusing on aesthetics as a possible foundation for my personal philosophy. Not art per se, but just the nature of beauty and subjective experience itself. "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good." (Genesis 1:31)
Your user info page tells me you may be of like mind. Nice to meet you.
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Date: 2003-12-30 09:22 pm (UTC)I came to your journal because of the link you posted on
What's your understanding of consciousness being a "threshold value" of complexity? What relationship does that have to entropy, if any? I'm inclined to think as complexity goes upward toward this threshold value, entropy goes down, but now I may be confusing myself with a poor analogy rather than a useful metaphysics.
There is a certain 'neatness' in this.
I like that statement--lately I've been focusing on aesthetics as a possible foundation for my personal philosophy. Not art per se, but just the nature of beauty and subjective experience itself. "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good." (Genesis 1:31)
Your user info page tells me you may be of like mind. Nice to meet you.