This is a ~1.5 hour talk + discussion, titled "A Multiscale Logic of Collective Intelligence" by Donald Hoffman ( and Chetan Prakash ( with Robert Chis-Ciure ( and Chris Fields ( and me.

CHAPTERS:

(00:01) Beyond space-time physics

(10:10) Minimal observer participants

(18:49) Recursive trace logic

(35:08) Actions and trace blankets

(43:45) Physics and agency together

(52:32) Causal emergence and joins

(59:52) Contextuality and quantum logic

(01:06:00) Unitarity and positive geometries

(01:16:29) Consciousness-first mind theories

(01:24:39) Testing models together

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This is a ~1 hour discussion with Lisa Maroski ( and Richard Watson ( about the role of language in shaping our thinking in the field of diverse intelligence and beyond.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Language and systems thinking

(04:25) Parts wholes and resonance

(07:34) Who versus what

(12:45) Recursion and new structures

(17:47) Searching for a word

(25:16) Holding multiple polarities

(29:41) Nested biological agency

(35:42) Patterns and Platonic minds

(45:41) Cross-level observers and time

(52:45) Knowing and owning beliefs

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This is a ~1 hour meeting with Richard Watson ( Alexey Tolchinsky ( Mark Solms ( and Karl Friston ( where we discuss issues of memory (especially, the role of forgetting) in diverse intelligence (human patients and beyond), and a bit on dreams and psychoanalysis. The original question from me was motivated by some findings on the effects of induced forgetting in models of unconventional cognition ( and more coming soon).

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Role of forgetting

(06:22) Overfitting and generalization

(10:45) Accuracy minus complexity

(21:13) REM sleep and transference

(24:40) Choosing futures and pasts

(31:18) Cellular psychotherapy ideas

(34:58) Dreaming of cell phones

(39:47) Photographic memory costs

(44:18) Precision and future paths

(52:25) Collective cellular identity

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