On the "Algorithmic Pathology" of Mental Illness: A Unified Framework Based on the "Self-Algorithm" Theory and Its Comparison with Analogous Theories

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   Human Consciousness as a Curiosity-Driven Recurrent Process: A Developmental Model of Loop Autonomy and Cross-Domain Architecture

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   Integrated information and global workspaceJason Gabriel DavisOctober 14, 2026

   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

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   On the "Algorithmic Pathology" of Mental Illness: A Unified Framework Based on the "Self-Algorithm" Theory and Its Comparison with Analogous Theories

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   Integrated information and global workspaceHuang, Jizhang HuangOctober 16, 2026

   Abstract This paper proposes a novel unified framework for mental illness—"Algorithmic Pathology"—founded upon the Self-Algorithm theory, which conceptualizes the self as an adaptive algorithm evolved to coordinate conflicting homeostatic reward-punishment signals within a fragile physical body. The self-algorithm consists of three core functional modules: the Interoceptive Module, the Threat-Detection Module, and the Sense-of-Control Module. Based on this modular architecture, this paper redefines three major mental disorders: depression as a systematic failure of the Sense-of-Control Module,

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   THE NATURE OF THE SOUL (Volume 1) An Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Inquiry into Consciousness, Selfhood, Mind, Matter, and Personal Survival

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   Panpsychism and analytic idealismMajid Karimi BaghmalekiOctober 13, 2026

   GENERAL PREFACE THE NATURE OF THE SOUL An Interdisciplinary Philosophical Inquiry into Consciousness, Personhood, Identity, Agency, Meaning, and the Architecture of Becoming The question of the soul is among the oldest and most persistent questions in human intellectual history. Long before consciousness became an object of neuroscience, before psychology emerged as an independent discipline, before computation provided a language for information and artificial intelligence, human beings asked what makes a living person more than a collection of physical parts. What is the principle by which a

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   Calibration and transfer in indicator-based assessments of artificial consciousness

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   AI consciousness — focused titlesFlorentin KochMarch 29, 2026

   Research on artificial consciousness increasingly shifts evaluation from behaviour to internal architecture. Theory-based indicators are used to update probability assignments. This improves on behavioural tests but raises two distinct problems. First, these assignments cannot currently be calibrated against independently established artificial consciousness outcomes. Second, their evidential relevance is transferred from biological cases without independent support that indicator-consciousness relations remain stable across substrates. This commentary distinguishes calibration from transfer a

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   The New Turing Test: A Methods Demonstration in Irreversible History and Permissible Futures

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   Hard problem and qualiaJeffrey LorsungOctober 15, 2026

   This record presents an exploratory, reproducible computational methods demonstration, motivated by the question of whether artificial agents behave differently when irreversible history changes their attainable futures. The Turing framing is a motivating application, not a claim that the experiments detect or establish consciousness. This paper formally introduces and defines the six-component candidate governing-class architecture G = (ℒ, Φ, Θ, κ, 𝒱, U_adm), comprising constrained admissible laws, state reconstruction, admissible parameter variation, local-law selection, viability construct

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   EL-RAKHAWI TOPOLOGICAL-PHENOMENAL CONSCIOUSNESS RESONANCE SYSTEM (TPCRS) An Objective, Mathematically Closed Framework for Mapping and Quantifying Subjective Experience via Causal Neural Geometry

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   Hard problem and qualiamohamed kamal arafa el-rakhawiOctober 16, 2026

   The El-Rakhawi Topological-Phenomenal Consciousness Resonance System (TPCRS) addresses the "Hard Problem of Consciousness" by providing the first mathematically closed framework for objectively quantifying subjective experience. Current neuroscience relies on unreliable behavioral assessments or statistical correlations that cannot distinguish conscious awareness from unconscious processing. TPCRS bridges this gap through a novel neuro-computational architecture integrating high-density quantum-neuroimaging (OPM-MEG for femtotesla magnetic mapping and fNIRS for hemodynamic tracking) with the E

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   Before Qualia, Strategic Existence Begins

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   Hard problem and qualiaAngelina Inesia-FordeNovember 1, 2026

   Before evolution can select anything, a physically possible causal architecture must already exist for selection to exploit. The T4 bacteriophage, a mindless nanoscale machine whose structure executes functions that map onto both empowering and disempowering strategies in Forde's framework of social dynamics, demonstrates this principle at the nanoscale. The strategies mapped include security, knowledge, hope, fairness, unity, and dignity, alongside their darker counterparts: nativism, hierarchy, misinformation, subjugation, dehumanization, and fear. Each concept is paired with a specific biol

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   Awakening as a Trait-Level Transformation of Consciousness

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   arXiv consciousnessRiku IhalainenOctober 14, 2026

   Awakening is reported across contemplative traditions yet remains poorly defined in science, where it is often conflated with transient states induced by meditation or psychedelics, obscuring its significance for theories of consciousness and cognitive architecture. We treat awakening as a functional construct capturing convergence across Hindu and Buddhist sources, phenomenological and psychometric findings, and neuroimaging evidence. Synthesizing these literatures, we find convergent evidence for reorganization across dimensions including self-related processing, affective reactivity, and te

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   Microsoft is updating its author-signing certificate starting September 23, 2026

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   .NET BlogThe NuGet TeamSeptember 23, 2026

   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 .

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    Fragments: September 29

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    Martin FowlerMartin FowlerSeptember 29, 2026

    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

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    Fragments: October 4

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    Martin FowlerMartin FowlerOctober 5, 2026

    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

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    Consciousness and world as structured resonance

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    Essentia FoundationDavid E. Lloyd, MAAugust 28, 2026

    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

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