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This paper proposes a developmental model of human consciousness grounded in recurrent processing theory, sociocultural psychology, and the emerging literature on cross-domain cognition. We argue that consciousness is not a fixed state orproperty but a dynamic, curiosity-driven recurrent process that bootstraps through social interaction, becomes self-sustaining once the recursive loop is established, and expands into qualitatively distinct architectures through sustained cross-domain in-tegration. Complex emotion is not foundational to this process but downstream—an appraisal generated within
I work on Claude. It's an interesting experience: Every day I learn about yet another feat accomplished with or by Claude that I hadn't considered, didn't think possible, or simply lacked the curiosity and time to try. This month, it may have helped discover
Starting September 23, 2026, Microsoft is updating the author-signing certificate used for NuGet packages. Customers using trusted signer policies or certificate fingerprint verification should add the new certificate as soon as possible. The post Microsoft is updating its author-signing certificate starting September 23, 2026 appeared first on .NET Blog .
Simon Willison: The more time I spend working with coding agents, the more convinced I am that they make software engineering even harder We can do amazing things with them, but unlocking their full potential requires extraordinary discipline and knowledge This has been a constant impression I get from following Willison’s writing. While things like vibe coding get a lot of attention, the real strength of agentic engineering relies on more sophisticated techniques - and these are not easy to learn or execute. It’s a reason I’m wary of extrapolating my own dabblings into firm opinions about how
In response to my last fragments (probably the bit about us worrying if LLMs have consciousness when we when we should be wondering why they don’t have a conscience) “Metalanguage” replied : we shipped the id and forgot the superego. classic software lifecycle. I don’t know what was on their mind, but their post immediately made me think of the classic 1956 movie Forbidden Planet. Plenty of sci-fi, and other literature, have explored humans creating technology with unintended behavior, going back at least to Mary Shelly. But that movie was particularly influential on sci-fi film-making and in
This September we celebrate the birthday and legacy of IONS Founder Dr. Edgar Mitchell. Thank you to everyone who made a gift in his honor. As a pioneering astronaut (one of the few to walk on the moon!) he experienced an epiphany in space that changed the trajectory of his life, and continues to impact people worldwide. The post The Mainstream Awakening: How Consciousness Is Taking Over Popular Media appeared first on IONS .
To achieve happiness, we need to understand what makes us happy and what brings us peace. One way to know if we are on the right path is “the happiness method” The post Mastering Your Wandering Mind in a Fast-Paced World appeared first on IONS .
The beneficial effects of meditation have attracted increasing scientific interest, particularly regarding the mechanisms through which this ancient practice may contribute to health recovery and maintenance. Nevertheless, despite the broad range of benefits attributed to meditative practices, the literature also reports numerous unusual experiences related to meditation. This study describes reports from three novice practitioners of meditation who experienced unexpected reactions, including headache, sudden sialorrhea, sudden heat in the body, drowsiness, feeling indisposed, an increase in a
If the question makes no sense to you, try spending some time with the principle of sufficient reason - by Sam Kimpton-Nye Read on Aeon
David Lloyd returns with another captivating analysis of the isomorphisms—the correspondences of form—between the patterns and regularities of inner experience and those of the physical world. His writing is informed by both deep introspection and hardcore physical science. In this essay, he discusses isomorphisms that allow teleology—a certain sense of purpose and direction—to exist in nature in a spontaneous, science-treatable manner, without need for deliberation from an anthropomorphic divinity. Het bericht Consciousness and world as structured resonance verscheen eerst op Essentia Foundat
In this short and accessible essay, Karina Firme uses an idealist metaphysics to explain why integrating rejected aspects of our own personalities discharges the emotional load we normally associate with other people, thereby quietening the world. Her ideas offer a compelling example of the explanatory power of metaphysics: of how it can both elucidate and ground facts of clinical observation that, although described, couldn't be quite explained before. Het bericht The whole in every alter: Why integrating the shadow quietens the world verscheen eerst op Essentia Foundation .
Renowned physicist and nanoscientist Anirban Bandyopadhyay presents a radically different picture of the human brain: not as a computer processing bits, but as a nested architecture of clocks, resonances and shifting geometric patterns. At Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Bandyopadhyay and his team developed the dodecanogram, or DDG: a high-frequency brain-measurement technique designed to detect electrical and electromagnetic activity far beyond the reach of conventional EEG. Their findings include megahertz signals associated with microtubules, structures inside neuro