[MD] Tweaking the emergence

[Tuukka Virtaperko]

Mark

You got everything about right. I'd like to refine the idea just a bit.


> Mark:
> I understand this.  You are creating a set of "romantic quality" and
> simplifying such a set with 4 variables.  As you say, these variables
> must be "defined", otherwise such a set is useless.  As you are aware,
> there are many different ways to formalize "Romantic Value", and the
> choice of variables is important so that we can all agree on them
> (define).  It may also be important to have non-overlapping variables,
> so we do not get caught up in one variable changing the nature of
> another since this can get messy and require complex algebra, which
> will only expand exponentially with each new relationship (infinitely
> growing recursion?).  Keeping it as simple as possible is important as
> was said by William from Occam.  It is understood that such simplicity
> is just a formality, and life is not simple.  It is also understood
> that we are not trying to reduce life to a set of equations.  Words do
> not reduce life to the static, they simply add to the dynamic nature
> of life, as I see it.

Tuukka:
 From a /logical/ point of view, there is no romantic quality. That is 
because logical symbols cannot be /logically/ proven to correspond to 
any kind of sensory experiences. Furthermore, any arbitrary argeements, 
according to which they do, cannot be expressed by means of formal logic.

Instead, romantic quality is, /from a logical point of view/, defined as 
the intersection of opposite subjective and objective patterns. 
"Opposite" means that if the romantic levels are R1, R2, R3 and R4, 
level R1 is the intersection of the bottom pattern (inorganic) of LILA 
and the top pattern of subjective quality in RP. The intersection is 
assumed to be nonempty, even though its content cannot be logically 
expressed. This "oppositeness" is how, in a formal context, the concepts 
"objective quality" and "subjective quality" acquire different meanings.

Even if romantic quality were an ordinary set, it is, technically, not 
"simplified with 4 variables". Instead, it is split into four subsets, 
each of which has exactly one predecessor (in order of emergence) and 
exactly one successor.

A variable, on the other hand, is used to decide, how many subsets do we 
want to have. This variable is what I called "accuracy" earlier. If 
accuracy is set to 4, each pattern system (subjective quality, objective 
quality, normative quality) is split to 4 subsets, with the subsets of 
objective quality forming the static value patterns in LILA.



Mark:

As far as I can tell, any logic is dependent on arbitrary axioms.
Math is logic, and the equalization of mass and energy through a
constant conversion is simply a logical conversion of units.  That is
E=m only the units are different.  The interesting thing about the
relationship between energy and mass is that it is a "phase change"
similar to water going to vapor.  Like the evaporation of water, the
phase change of mass to energy requires energy input (heat of
vaporization), so that it takes energy to get energy.  This then
becomes self realizing so that a fire can spread using its own energy.




Tuukka:

Here you are ignoring what is called "the symbol grounding problem". No axiomatized logic has any "units" in the sense physics does. The difference between logic and physics, or at least on of the differences, is that logic does not even aim to solve the symbol grounding problem, whereas physics, in some sense, does.


-Tuukka