PJ @pj@qoto.org

From "The Socratic Way Of Questioning":

"A #definition must be both #clear and #distinct. It must express “the perfect idea" of a thing, but if we cannot have perfect clarity, we should at least have "perfect distinctness.” so that it is not mistaken for some other thing".

In other words, if you are not able to properly describe what a thing IS, try to explain what the thing ISN'T.

Very glad I found this community. Please don't stop Question Others to Teach Ourselves😀

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59712099-the-socratic-way-of-questioning

Robert Rosen on #complexity and the emergence of a #hierarchy in #biology.

https://www.academia.edu/6576779/Rosen_and_Pattee_on_Theoretical_Biology?email_work_card=view-paper

Historical introduction to #LAWS, #LANGUAGE and #LIFE
#HH_Pattee's classic papers on the #physics of #symbols, #epistemology, #quantum_measurement, #complementarity, #hierarchy_theory, and #artificial_life, with contemporary commentaries by Howard Pattee and Joanna Rączaszek-Leonardi.

https://www.academia.edu/2767702/Historical_introduction_to_LAWS_LANGUAGE_AND_LIFE

Heisenberg's Levels of #Reality:
1. Things objectified independently of the knowledge process (#laws of #physics);
2. Things inseparable from the knowledge process (#measurement, #control);
3. Things created in the knowledge process (#philosophy, art, politics, religion).

The #emergent properties of #complex adaptive #systems are the product of the "bottom-up" interaction of components that maintain the system's existence and #growth which are only constrained (#controlled) by the emergent internal (structural) #rules of the system as a whole, and the limitations of its #environment niche.
There is no such thing as "#downward_causation".

"Reality is not merely a social construction, the consensus of a collectivity, or some inter-subjective agreement. It also has a trans-subjective dimension: for example, experimental data can ruin the most beautiful scientific theory."
B_Nicolescu
Transdisciplinarity[ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269520771_Transdisciplinarity_the_hidden_third_between_the_subject_and_the_object]: the hidden third, between the subject and the object

"Because our brains are future-predicting machines, it’s natural to want to avoid ambiguity. “As human beings, we crave security, and that is why all of us are intolerant of uncertainty to some extent,” writes Fox.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_get_comfortable_with_uncertainty_and_change

"For years, many linguists have believed that learning language is impossible without a built-in grammar template. The new AI models prove otherwise. They demonstrate that the ability to produce grammatical language can be learned from linguistic experience alone. Likewise, we suggest that children do not need an innate grammar to learn language."
https://theconversation.com/ai-is-changing-scientists-understanding-of-language-learning-and-raising-questions-about-an-innate-grammar-190594

The idea that we don't see the true reality, has to do with #epistemology (knowing), rather than #ontology (being). The fact that two people have different perceptions of their common reality does not refute that theirs *is* still one and the same reality.
https://spin.atomicobject.com/2020/05/02/ontological-humility-work/

Nature is awesome😍
https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1586758944302764033

It would be interesting to see what happens when it hits a water pipe, gas line, or electrical cable:
https://twitter.com/specializetool/status/1586759321508978688

https://twitter.com/pleumier/status/1003996289003065350

https://twitter.com/TheBeaverton/status/1586013321500975104?t=NREhZngSSqjgbkPNoRJ6ng&s=19

“Though my real-life body is unable to cry, my metaverse avatar has no such limitations."
https://www.theonion.com/mark-zuckerberg-holds-all-company-meeting-to-announce-h-1849711010

A thought is but a fleeting reflection of reality on the jagged surface of our consciousness.