{"id":122050,"date":"2021-04-28T08:22:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-science-of-consciousness-towards-the-cybernetic-theory-of-mind"},"modified":"2021-04-28T08:22:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:22:56","slug":"the-science-of-consciousness-towards-the-cybernetic-theory-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-science-of-consciousness-towards-the-cybernetic-theory-of-mind","title":{"rendered":"The Science of Consciousness: Towards the Cybernetic Theory of Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-ydTVg2l6GM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Consciousness remains scientifically elusive because it constitutes layers upon layers of non-material emergence: Reverse-engineering our thinking should be done in terms of networks, modules, algorithms and second-order emergence \u2014 meta-algorithms, or groups of modules. Neuronal circuits correlate to \u201cimmaterial\u201d cognitive modules, and these cognitive algorithms, when activated, produce meta-algorithmic conscious awareness and phenomenal experience, all in all at least two layers of emergence on top of \u201cphysical\u201d neurons. Furthermore, consciousness represents certain transcendent aspects of projective ontology, according to the now widely accepted Holographic Principle.<\/p>\n<p>#CyberneticTheoryofMind<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>There\u2019s no shortage of workable theories of consciousness and its origins, each with their own merits and perspectives. We discuss the most relevant of them in the book in line with my own <em>Cybernetic Theory of Mind<\/em> that I\u2019m currently developing. Interestingly, these leading theories, if metaphysically extended, in large part lend support to <em>Cyberneticism<\/em> and <em> Digital Pantheism <\/em> which may come into scientific vogue with the future cyberhumanity.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Interface Theory of Perception developed by Donald Hoffman and the Biocentric theory of consciousness developed by Robert Lanza, any universe is essentially non-existent without a conscious observer. In both theories, conscious minds are required as primary building blocks for any universe arising from probabilistic domain into existence. But biological minds reveal to us just a snippet in the space of possible minds. Building on the tenets of Biocentrism, <em>Cyberneticism<\/em> goes further and includes all other possible conscious observers such as artificially intelligent self-aware entities. Perhaps, the extended theory could be dubbed as <em>\u2018Noocentrism<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Existence boils down to experience. No matter what ontological level a conscious entity finds herself at, it will be smack in the middle, between her transcendental realm and lower levels of organization. This is why I prefer the terms <em> \u2018Experiential Realism\u2019 <\/em> and <em>\u2018Pantheism<\/em>\u2019 as opposed to <em> \u2018Panentheism\u2019 <\/em> as some suggested in regards to my philosophy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/the-science-of-consciousness-towards-the-cybernetic-theory-of-mind\">Continue reading \u201cThe Science of Consciousness: Towards the Cybernetic Theory of Mind\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consciousness remains scientifically elusive because it constitutes layers upon layers of non-material emergence: Reverse-engineering our thinking should be done in terms of networks, modules, algorithms and second-order emergence \u2014 meta-algorithms, or groups of modules. Neuronal circuits correlate to \u201cimmaterial\u201d cognitive modules, and these cognitive algorithms, when activated, produce meta-algorithmic conscious awareness and phenomenal experience, all [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,41,6,224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-information-science","category-robotics-ai","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}