Difference between revisions of "Talk:Free Will"

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Should we make use of the convention roughly developed on the BB Forums to distinguish between a casual use of the word intent and the special use of the word Intent used in MBT? This will come up many times and we should decide on that policy up front and not need to make changes later. Ted Vollers 10:07, 30 May 2011 (CDT)

Sure, I think that would be best. I'll change the capitalization of the word. I will also change it into a link with the hopes that someone will eventually create a page explaining what Intent is, how it differs from intent, and why we capitalize it.--Michael Saganski 10:18, 30 May 2011 (CDT)

Hi Mike, I saw what I think you are trying to do with references and realized that we don't have but should be using Cite: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite/Cite.php Please read the information at this link and see the demo page I created (http://wiki.my-big-toe.com/index.php/Demo_Cites) as an example and test of the new Cite installation. This is the same extension that's used for references on Wikipedia.

Notice that when you view the source I make use of <ref></ref> tags to create the references and then at the bottom I place the <references /> tag that anchors all of the page's references into that spot. If you click on the references in the page (the [1], [2] etc, it will bring to to the reference at the bottom and highlight it. More can be done than just this, so make sure to read the usage page mentioned above.

We need to stick with this convention to keep consistency throughout the site. --David Mathis 10:32, 30 May 2011 (CDT)

That's a good idea David. I implemented it on this page. I imagine most of the references will be to the My Big TOE forum, so it may be redundant for me to have that listed in the name of the reference, but we'll see.--Michael Saganski 22:30, 30 May 2011 (CDT)

More reference material to be sifted through:

http://www.my-big-toe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5842

http://www.my-big-toe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5816

http://www.my-big-toe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5815

http://www.my-big-toe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4677 --Michael Saganski 22:55, 30 May 2011 (CDT)

So I would use grouped references like this. One like you have it for my big toe forum references and then one for normal external references etc.. You just need to give you toe references a group like <ref group="toe_forum_references">Whatever</ref> and then the same way for any other refs that will be heavily pointing to the same place. You are on the right track and doing a great job. I added it just as a test, perhaps an acro like TF for toe forum instead of group="toe_forum_references" we use group="TF"?

Grouped references

This may be disabled by $wgAllowCiteGroups = false; if desired. However, it is enabled on the foundation wikis.

The following example generates separate reference lists for citations and miscellaneous footnotes:

   According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big <ref>E. Miller, The Sun, (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref>.
   In fact, it is very big <ref group="footnotes">Take their word for it. Don't look directly at the sun!</ref>.

   ==Notes==
   <references group="footnotes" />
   ==References==
   <references />

Consistent references to MBT

Rather than use TOE forum reference, I would make it MBT forum reference and keep our abbreviations and acronyms consistent all around.Ted Vollers 20:20, 31 May 2011 (CDT)

What do you think of how it looks now? --Michael Saganski 22:32, 31 May 2011 (CDT)

Looks good to me. Ted Vollers 22:47, 31 May 2011 (CDT)

Additional and advanced material to consider.

Mike,

We can as experiencers of VRs possess free will as we interact with the 'physical' frame work of the VR and the other experiencers of the VR. Each VR is in a sense a meta reality 'outside' of the base reality of digital consciousness space. The VR content is generated based upon probability by TBC which feeds appropriate data to us individually representing and creating our VR experience. We interact with that probability based 'physical' reality and interact with other IUOCs sharing our VR experience. Within that experience effectively outside of the base reality, we can speculate on the nature of the base reality and create models of what might be its nature. Such a model is at the core of MBT.

Free will as we experience VRs as IUOCs results because the two main categories of data with which we interact, other IUOCs and the VR substrate or physical seeming aspects, are totally independent of our selves. We receive data representing these inputs and we process it internally and then we produce a resulting output data stream representing our choices or interactions with what is external to ourselves. It is within this internal processing that free will arises. We may interpret the incoming data according to our own understanding or functionality and freely choose what we consider to be an appropriate output response. There lies our free will within a VR experience. There are large breaks between our periodic receiving of data and our periodically transmitting data in response. This is described by Tom in MBT as those differences in timing that Tom described and which Claudio always said that I never understood. The very high cycle rate of the base CS, the 10^18? slower cycle rate relative to the base cycle rate of the NPMR VRs and the still slower cycle rate by 10^18? cycles of the PMR VRs. Tom did not describe how much time in base system cycles we as IUOCs devote to our internal processing of the incoming data to generate our output data back to the VR. Clearly there is room for a great deal of internal cogitation before we break off to go back to our main job of functioning as an integral part of AUM and doing whatever our small part of the processing of the whole of AUM amounts to.

While these are things that I know and have posted on, it also gets into the kind of thing that Claudio always wanted to jump on as not MBT but my own TOE. I don't know how to tie this all in together and link it to reference posts on the BB or from the books. Basically we are exploring and learning our jobs here. The question of free will within the basic digital CS is tied up in the generality of the 'bootstrapping' that Tom described in MBT. I have mentioned this on the board and it was always another point of contention with Claudio. I have written a part of a very long chapter of a book taking development from the Void to the point that proto IUOCs exist based upon considerations of pure mathematics as it is studied within PMR. This is where cellular automata come in as well as emergent complexity and self organization of complex system. Tom considers it of value and has passed copies to a few others, notably Martin Peniak as being of potential value in his doctoral research. This is the basis of AUM 'dividing' itself to create us as IUOCs. Another big collision point with Claudio. AUM did not so much divide itself from a uniform state to create us as IUOCs but took advantage of the naturally occurring inherent organization that naturally developed during the bootstrapping to divide along.

Think of the pattern of a giraffe's hide as representing in the brown patches the proto IUOCs as differentiated areas of reality cells. The tan background or lines between the brown patches then represents the RWW providing intercommunication between us as proto IUOCs as we participate within and providing the unifying communication buss which integrates the whole into one entity, AUM. As we are taken past the point of proto IUOCs and become IUOCs, further subsets are established within our total entities and these subsets become the FWAUs that were developed as suitable terminology within the BB.

I didn't start out planning to go into all of this, but it is something that we will have to deal with eventually. I figure I will break my chapter down into appropriate pages providing the development with perhaps a unifying page tying the individual pages together. Consider this as a heads up as to some things as advanced content that will have to be dealt with eventually. --Ted Vollers 14:17, 1 June 2011 (CDT)

Great stuff Ted. While you're right in that what you're saying isn't strictly out of MBT, it is still of value. Tom gave a large over-arching big picture view of, well, everything - that leaves a lot of details to be filled in. Much of what we will quote out of the BB isn't straight from Tom either, but interpretations and experience of other veteran board members. I think the point of the wiki is to expand on MBT - if it was just MBT sourced material then it is probably better to just read the book. I'm probably just singing to the choir. As we all know, the "My" in MBT is to signify that we all have our own unique TOE's.

That being said, I think there should be some indication of where the material is coming from. If you're not referencing the BB or book, I think the content should be separated in some sense from the material with references. For example, if you wanted to add your own interpretation and expansion on free will, like you wrote above, to the Free Will page, perhaps it would be best suited in its own section (under its own heading) on the page. For concepts entirely your own but related to MBT, having them on their own unique pages would work as well. This way, we can all expand upon the source while still having a perspective on where the information is coming from.

Another perspective I have is that it doesn't matter what the source of the information is, it only matters if it is valuable to you. So perhaps I am wrong about what I wrote above - I'm not sure. Perhaps Tom may have an opinion on this issue? I know that someone like Claudio might not appreciate mixed interpretations. This is not entirely like an encyclopedia of objective content. --Michael Saganski 14:47, 1 June 2011 (CDT)