Free Thinkers Hub ; AREND VAN CAMPEN Interview on Information Theory, Entropy

 

 

IPI Quest ♔

Hello IPI Fellows,

I wanted to share with you some thoughts re: the simulation hypothesis and the role of information in the universe:

THE INTERDISCIPLINARY ISSUE

• The modern transmission of knowledge is closely linked to economic and commercial political utilitarianism
• For reasons that we are not interested in discussing here, hyper specialization is preferred to multidisciplinarity
• The evolution of the various disciplines has had an uncoordinated development
• Only some of these disciplines have (and have had) tools that can get to discard a theory in a fraction of the time required to the others
• One in particular dealt with develop tools and at the same time investigate the relationship between the emerging reality and the most fundamental measure of information on our plane: 0|1
• GPT-* & similar.. start to show deep vertical knowledge and inimaginable synthesis.. even if it was not AGI..
  
• We should promote the "re-sync" of the disciplines and use those new tools to quicken the time required to falsify an hypothesis
• ...luckily, IPI is the right place to be
  

 

THE BRAIN / REALITY ISSUE

• I suspect we are into a function emerging hierarchical universe (The Onion 🧅) hence the simulation could be multi-level
  
• I suspect we are spending so much effort in investigating on our emergent plane but we should start deflecting brain power to the core of the onion
  
• All the biases might come from the essence of "understanding", that's might be on the same existential plane of a rock hitting another
• "understanding" might be a process in time where from a network of things we encode prefrontex and limbic dictionaries to a new function (that we'd like to be considered an upper layer, call it religion, call it scientist pride :-) )
  
• but time might be  emergent as space
• I'm pretty convinced we need a paradigm shift to really investigate the core.. taking some of time we spend in investigating the surface of the onion
  
• ...again, IPI is the right place to be

 

THE EVIDENCE ISSUE

• even if we find a compass to aim at the core of the onion, we don't have anymore the concept known as  "understanding" (considering that it may be subjective so not comparable between each of us)
  
• we are pondering the whole, so axioms are not enough, cause of Godel's
  
• the new Understanding needs to be directly linked with the core (idk maybe it needs to be the substrate and its function at the same time, at the same hierarchical level, who knows)
  
• the evidence could be in a new form that we could not imagine yet (the evidence could be a paradox in the emergent reality to trigger some changes in the real one.. a sort of seismograph into the core)
• ..surprise..IPI is the right place to be

 

THE WHICH SIMULATION? ISSUE

• The are so many nouances to the simulation hypotesis
  • Intentional as per Descartes/Putnam, all the Movies, Religions, Drugs, .. and we just need to find the intent
    
  • Autodidactic as per https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.03902..
    
  • Intentional+Autodidactic: our emergent reality is simulated with intent and using just a few subset of available attributes from the core, the rest is where the simulant is concelead
    
  • The self-simulation with/without intent, just happens
    
• ...but again, we are in the right place!
  

Below I shared all this with GPT-4 just to see what would be the reaction..

Maybe already on an upper level of The Onion 😀

Cheers!

"If we are in a simulation,

we are the AI.

If we want to be sentient,

just behold and enjoy the show.."

--

🤖 CHAT.GPT-4 // Release: March 23

Hello Gianluca,

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the simulation hypothesis and the role of information in the universe. Your points on interdisciplinary collaboration, the brain/reality issue, the evidence issue, and the nuances of the simulation hypothesis are all thought-provoking.

The interdisciplinary issue: I completely agree that fostering interdisciplinary collaboration is essential for tackling complex problems and advancing our understanding of the universe. Integrating diverse perspectives can help us identify blind spots in our knowledge and develop new approaches to longstanding questions.

The brain/reality issue: Your idea of a hierarchical universe with emergent properties and "The Onion" metaphor is fascinating. Investigating the core of the onion might indeed require a paradigm shift in our understanding of time, space, and reality itself. Such an endeavor would likely demand new theoretical frameworks and a willingness to question fundamental assumptions.

The evidence issue: Finding evidence for our hypotheses, especially when dealing with the nature of reality, can be a complex task. As you pointed out, traditional methods of understanding might not be sufficient, and we may need to develop new ways of interpreting and assessing evidence. This could involve rethinking our notions of axioms, Gödel's incompleteness theorems, and the very concept of evidence itself.

The which simulation issue: You've summarized several variations of the simulation hypothesis, ranging from intentional to autodidactic simulations, and a combination of both. Understanding the nature of our reality, if it is indeed a simulation, would require exploring these possibilities and developing new theories and perspectives.

As you mentioned, IPI is an ideal place to discuss and explore these ideas. Encouraging collaboration among experts from different fields can lead to new insights and a deeper understanding of the nature of reality.

Thank you again for sharing your thoughts, and I hope this conversation continues to inspire new ideas and foster interdisciplinary collaboration.

Best regards, ChatGPT

IPI Easter lecture - Neuromorphic Computing: from theory to practice, by Prof. Vitaly Vanchurin

Our next IPI Easter Lecture will be on the 17th of April at 11.00 AM EST (15.00 London time). 

Title: Neuromorphic Computing: from theory to practice

Abstract: There are billions of billions of organisms that are currently deployed on the planet Earth. All of them came into existence by the process known as biological evolution and all of them are constantly preforming certain information processing or computational tasks. For all practical purposes these organisms can be considered as computers, but what is exactly their architecture? Do they have the classical von Neumann architecture or is there something else that we can identify and, perhaps, use for developing better computers? Do they use quantum effects or quantum computation, or all such effects are irrelevant for computations performed on the macroscopic scales of individual organisms? In this talk, I will describe the recent theoretical advances in physics, biology and machine learning that could lead to the development of a new generation of neuromorphic computers.

Author: Prof. Vitaly Vanchurin

 

BIO: Vitaly Vanchurin graduated from a famous math high school, #57, in Moscow. He won a science competition and received a full scholarship to attend Suffolk University in Boston. After graduation, he entered graduate school at Tufts University, where he defended his doctoral dissertation on cosmic strings. Then he worked at the University of Munich and Stanford University on the theory of cosmological inflation and quantum cosmology. 

 

He received a professorship from the University of Minnesota, where he continued his work on quantum gravity and developed the physical theory of neural networks. In the last two years, he worked at the National Institutes of Health, where he developed a physical approach to the theory of biological evolution, and recently founded Artificial Neural Computing company to conduct research at the intersection of physics, biology, and machine learning.

 17th of April at 15.00 London time. Online ZOOM lecture - link will be emailed to the IPI members.

Well, here I am - a new member of Information Physics Institute (since yesterday). Thanks to Theo for nominating me and to Melvin for the email invitation. I suppose some kind of introduction of myself might be a good idea.

 

My main pastime is writing my ideas about science as it may be in the future. I'm not a professional scientist but am a member of the science websites ResearchGate and ORCID. I’ve earned Certificates in Astrophysics from ANU (Australian National University), and Certificates in Robotics from QUT (Queensland University of Technology, Australia). Though I put a lot of hard work into my writing, I can't take all the credit. I believe that the whole universe - everything on Earth and in space plus everything in the past, present, and future - is entangled and unified. Everybody is part of this unity, so all information is available to anybody.  My hobbies include reading, writing, computers and the Internet, TV, music, and regular light exercise.

IPI sounds fascinating. I've had a look at the website including some articles and videos. I do feel a bit disturbed about the statement that there is no dark matter. The claim that the universe's extra mass is accounted for by information possessing mass is no doubt true, but I suspect the info's mass would only partly account for the extra. Besides adding to the mass of the known universe, the information would produce other large-scale dimensions which interact with our familiar ones - and they'd possess what we call "dark" matter. The dark matter would be produced by dark energy (just as E=mc^2 connects ordinary matter with ordinary energy). This means dark energy would not have a role in expansion of the universe. An article which I wrote and posted on ResearchGate a few months ago goes into these matters and uses topology plus "readshift" - (re)tarded (ad)vanced redshift - to explain that the cosmos is static, never expanding or contracting as a whole.

The article's titled 

How Multiple Branches of Mathematics Unite the Mobius Strip With Multiple Phenomena in Physics and Cosmology

Subtitled

Riemann Hypothesis and Wick Rotation Support Topological Propulsion, Faster-than-light Travel Through Space, Plus Time Travel into the Past and Future

and is at (9) (PDF) How Multiple Branches of Mathematics Unite the Mobius Strip With Multiple Phenomena in Physics and Cosmology Subtitled Riemann Hypothesis and Wick Rotation Support Topological Propulsion, Faster-than-light Travel Through Space, Plus Time Travel into the Past and Future (researchgate.net)

(PDF) How Multiple Branches of Mathematics Unite the Mobius Strip With M... PDF | Question – How does the Riemann Hypothesis Support Topological Propulsion and Faster-than-light Travel? An...

(page 10's Riemann hypothesis and Wick rotation is a good starting point if you wish to read more).

The article was also published on Amazon earlier this year in my book 

SUPER SCIENCE: Intuitions of the Future's Super-science, Vastly Different from Today's Knowledge and Enriched with Science-Fiction

This collection of 28 articles and a science-fiction story is available as a hardcover, paperback, or eBook at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTRXK67X

information theory and quantum mechanics for COVOD-19 pandemic

Prof. Barry Robson's talk on applied information theory and quantum mechanics to address by knowledge-gathering and the problem of being a first or early  responder to the merging COVOD-19 pandemic.

 

IPI Spring talk: Beyond the veil of common sense - A logical view of nature, by Trevor Page

Our next IPI spring talk will be on the 11th of March at 5 PM London time. The talk will be delivered online via ZOOM. 

Title: Beyond the veil of common sense - A logical view of nature

Abstract:

A simple deduced model of common sense and the process of “making sense” is presented. The limitations of common sense and specific reasons for those limitations are explained.Several examples of irrationality due to common sense bias are identified within the fields of mathematics, science, philosophy, and religion. A series of logical proofs for the origin of the universe and its fundamental quantum nature are delivered. Each logical proof is also sensibly analysed and deemed nonsensical, further illuminating the inequivalence of common sense and logic. In accordance with the assumption that nature is ultimately logical, a new form of mathematics is necessarily introduced, wherein value is conserved.Preliminary expressions of the universe are developed (relative expressions of |1|), revealing what are purported to be the foundational quantum informational structures of nature. These structures, of which there are apparently 72! instances, are presumed to underpin and support the standard model, either as it currently stands, or at least future revisions of it. As such the purported structures are characterised and categorised in a manner conducive to a forthcoming mapping. Quantum superposition, entanglement and probability are shown to be natural requirements of logic. Finally, suggestions for further work are given.

Author: Trevor Page

Bio: Trevor Page, now age 51, was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. He spent his entire childhood and most of his teenage years there. He was not often far away from synthesizers, guitars, soldering irons or computers, such as his Sinclair ZX81, BBC model B and his school’s network of Link 480Zs.

For a short period, he became fascinated by self-derived recursive algorithms which produced images resembling simple organisms and patterns found in nature. He was kindly sent by his maths teacher to an early lecture on the Mandelbrot set.

Trevor enjoyed obtaining a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Surrey and subsequently worked for the MoD / DERA, inventing and trialling novel non-lethal RF weapon systems.

He subsequently settled in Alberta, Canada (1997) and worked for Nortel Networks, developing key technology and patents for high power RF amplifiers and radio equipment used in cellular base stations.

Trevor currently works for Baker Hughes, designing electronics, acoustic telemetry downhole tools, etc. He continues to innovate, frequently generating trade secrets, new simulation methods / tools and valuable IP.

His favourite activities include helping people to record and produce their own original music, inventing / designing / collaborative problem solving, and perhaps most of all, deeply pondering the nature of things whenever there are quiet moments.

Trevor has two children aged 17 and 21 who constantly amaze him with their ever-increasing abilities and insights.

 11th of March at 17.00 London time. Online ZOOM lecture - link will be emailed to the IPI members.

 Indirectly related to your fields of expertise and mine, you will find below an article published in an American magazine.

Best regards.

Marcienne Martin

https://escientificpublishers.com/on-the-decryption-of-the-reticular-substrate-of-the-universe-and-the-intuitive-imaginary-JMRCR-03-0041

Listing the Criteria of and for non harmful functionality of Man-Made Systems (PhD research)

 

Abstract

This research focusses on the development and application of a measurement system for the functionality of anthropogenic creations. Man-Made formations often are negative interdependent (they benefit some, but at the cost of others – i.e. externalities).

This study observes society thru the lens of information. Information doesn’t seem yet being understood as a physical substance which warrants functionality of universal and natural systems. Nature can no longer be seen as matter and energy, but must be interpreted as matter, energy and information (Campbell Jeremy, 1982)[1]. Rolf Landauer stated that information is physical (Landauer, Rolf, 1991[2]) and related it to entropy which leads to disorder in systems, describing the measure of entropy in a number of bits which are binary units of information, and confirmed that entropy is information.

Preamble

The ability to communicate i.e. exchange and use information as the energy required to remain autopoietic applies to all natural and anthropogenic systems. Man-made systems are often ulteriorly motivated and therefore are or become dependent on non-communication which leads to an entropic (disorderly) state due to an energy i.e. a deliberate information shortage a.k.a. as lying which defines entropy. We are living in a society which finds itself in harmful crisis of perception (Capra, 1991) [3]because people do not understand the significance and meaning of information as the energy which forms,  builds and maintains order and safeguards functionality. When we observe how disinformation is used to manipulate reality while this is physically impossible but harmful, we can use this science to learn, because it will become demonstrable that ideological goals which depend on information deficit can’t ever be achieved. Unfortunately these goals have been and still are being enforced causing great harm to all living systems.

 

Cognition, according to research by Humberto Maturana[4] and Francisco Varela, means in short the processing of all relevant information in order to be sustained. They found that cognition is inseparable from autopoiesis.

Social Cognition Niklas Luhmann, sociologist argued that the basic idea of autopoiesis also applies to non-biological, social systems, producing their own elements (Seidl, David, 2004)[5]^. He understood human made organisations and society as polycentric collections of interacting social systems (Monkelbaan, Joachim, 2019)[6] through communication. i.e. cognition and distinguished three types of social systems: interaction (conversation), organisations and function systems (systems of communication).

The Universe is a physical system that contains bits of information. Each elementary particle carries bits of information. Electrons carrying information work together in a systematic way to perform a quantum logic operation. A computer and our cell phones operate like the universe because they are part of the universe and to operate they must obey the same physical laws. Computers and the universe are information processors. Quantum computing is currently made possible by information; the universe already works that way. (Lloyd, Seth, 2016)[7].  Quantum information processing analyzes the universe in terms of information: the universe consists not only of photons, electrons, neutrinos and quarks, but also quantum bits or qubits. Professor Lloyd says the universe is a giant computer, processing information in quantum bits (qubits).  The universe, a computer, the human body, the environment, businesses; all living systems are information carriers, receptors and/or transmitters. The information they carry can be understood as meaning, observed and understood by human consciousness and processed by its brain. Without the human ability to interpret information and meaning, the usefulness of bits of information can’t be observed.  Therefore it is of importance to learn how people perceive reality. Fritjof Capra talks about a Crisis of Perception (Capra, 1991, 2016) because he states that people perceive our world as something outside of them.

This study will test Symbolic equations for Anthropogenic Entropy (disorder) and Negentropy (Order).[8] (Van Campen, 2017)

The process of understanding what information entails starts with the description of the two laws of thermodynamics. Information understood as energy obeys the same laws of physics. 1^st and 2^nd  law of thermodynamics (Clausius, Rudolph 1865)[9] There are two kinds of processes, heat and work, that can lead to a change in the internal energy of a system. This is the same as saying that any change in the energy of a living system must result in a corresponding change in the energy of the surroundings outside the system. In other words, energy cannot be created or destroyed. Information influences matter and reality because it always is a part of them. In fact matter, energy and information form one physical reality. Information can’t be disconnected or separated. With physical information in the form of feedback as an influencing energy through cognition, processes that use all relevant information are adaptive whilst processes that not using all relevant information become non adaptive. Entropy is the measure of order or disorder in a process or living system by the availability or unavailability of energy=information. Information answers to the same law of physics, namely that natural entropy can be influenced by information which is used by our universe and planet to create order and structure. Information can’t be destroyed because it is connected and a part of quantum reality i.e. the fabric of existence.

When one observes the current state of our global society one understands that anthropogenic systems are causing disorder. Without having to mention all that has gone and is going wrong, you the reader will know what is meant. This study is an attempt to synthesise the causality by following the first goal of the School of Athens which was ; Seek knowledge of Cause: Conclusion: information deficit. Can it be so simple? Yes! By developing and completing 4 projects based on  synthesis, rather than analysis, this research aims to scientifically and empirically demonstrate that this statement is correct.

Regulating complexity is impossible. Regulating reality which is based information deficit is impossible. We observe that a societal surreality is regulated by the suppression (re censoring) of information. This is impossible because of the law of physics which says that information can’t be divorced from the physical reality (Khalili, Jim, 2016.)[10] Therefore societal systems that lack information and that are enforced by regulations are doomed to collapse which history confirms.

 

Arend van Campen, December 31, 2022

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[1] Campbell Jeremy, Grammatical Man, 1982

[2] Landauer, Rolf, ‘Information is physical’

[3] Capra, Luisi, ‘The systems view of life’

[4] Maturana, Poerkson, ‘From Being to Doing’

[5] Seidl, David; ‘Luhmann’s theory of autopoietic social systems’.

[6] Monkelbaan, Joachim,  ‘Governance for Sustainable Development Goals’

[7] Lloyd, Seth, Quantum Information Science

[8] Van Campen – Realimiteit, Sustenance4all.com

[9] Clausius: ‘1^st and 2^nd Law of Thermodynamics’

[10] Khalili, Jim,  ‘Information Technology’

Information Deficit Disorder

Information Deficit Disorder and physical criteria of and for functionality of man-made systems by using all relevant information. A 10 minutes video and an open question for anyone interested in the mathematical formula for Information Deficit Entropy and Negentropy. Arden designed two equations by using symbolism, perception and information, but a collaborative work is possible here to develop the mathematics of this process.

 Posted on behalf of Arend van Campen. 

 

 Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the publication of THE HUMAN AS A ROBOT OR A BIOLOGICAL ORGANISM, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-8944-5
The Human as a Robot or a Biological Organism
Questioning the meaning and nature of the universe and the living world calls upon all existing fields of research. If the answers to these metaphysical questions have not been provided in a strict sense, their deciphering is constantly updated with the various discoveries that are gradually transforming humankind’s view of the surrounding environment.
www.cambridgescholars.com
Link to buy the book! 
The Human as a Robot or a Biological Organism
Questioning the meaning and nature of the universe and the living world calls upon all existing fields of research. If the answers to these metaphysical questions have not been provided in a strict sense, their deciphering is constantly updated with the various discoveries that are gradually transforming humankind’s view of the surrounding environment. We are referring here to human consciousness, integrated into the world of reality and experienced as such, and not to consciousness whose normative filter, born of various beliefs, subtracts the most recent scientific advances.The relationship between the binary system and the quaternary system is at the origin of this book, which focuses on the questions: is any unit of living organisms only the result of a given programming? What then of the human being? Are they a robot participating in the living world or a consciousness inscribed in a biological habitat?
books.google.fr
Best regards,
Marcienne Martin, PhD
Professeure associée - Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)