NP mind thermodynamics: book review
pynchonoid
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Sat Jan 18 11:36:16 CST 2003
" [...] The major driving force behind this model is
the laws of thermodynamics and minds or intelligence
systems, a general description from the sensory
systems of E. Coli to the human mind, are described as
cost/benefit energy economising systems combating the
threat of entropy. Of course, all evolutionists are
aware of the need to consider energy but whether
this needs to be reduced to physics is less obvious. I
do not believe it explains anything new or more
profound. [...] "
Human Nature Review 2003 Volume 3: 24-35 ( 17
January )
<http://human-nature.com/nibbs/03/paradigm.html>
Essay Review
An Alternative Paradigm After All?
By
Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair
A review of The Origin of Minds: Evolution, Uniqueness
and the New Science of the Self
by Peggy La Cerra & Roger Bingham
New York: Harmony Books (2002)
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