...What is consciousness? Some philosophers have contended that "qualia," or an experiential medium from which consciousness is derived, exists as a fundamental component of reality. Whitehead, for example, described the universe as being comprised of "occasions of experience." To examine this possibility scientifically, the very nature of physical reality must be re-examined. We must come to terms with the physics of space-time--as is described by Einstein's general theory of relativity--and its relation to the fundamental theory of matter--as described by quantum theory. This leads us to employ a new physics of objective reduction: " OR" which appeals to a form of quantum gravity to provide a useful description of fundamental processes at the quantum/classical borderline (Penrose, 1994; 1996). Within the OR scheme, we consider that consciousness occurs if an appropriately organized system is able to develop and maintain quantum coherent superposition until a specific "objective" criterion (a threshold related to quantum gravity) is reached; the coherent system then self-reduces (objective reduction: OR). We contend that this type of objective self-collapse introduces non-computability, an essential feature of consciousness. OR is taken as an instantaneous event--the climax of a self-organizing process in fundamental space-time--and a candidate for a conscious Whitehead "occasion" of experience. How could an OR process occur in the brain, be coupled to neural activities, and account...
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...________ography: continuous recording of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the inhaled and exhaled air | capn | _______ocyte: a cell that nourishes | troph | -agog | drawing forth | -agra | pain | -arche | beginning | -auxe | grow | -para | give birth | -salpinx | fallopian tube | -syrinx | cavity | -ter | instrument | (A prominent and sharp pubic) spine on a(rachitic) pelvis: ______pelvis | acantho | (any) tumor of the breast | mastoncus | (located) behind the breast(s) | retromammary | (slow) introduction of fluid into the rectum: recto | clysis | abnormal attraction to dead bodies: __________ia | necrophil | abnormal growth of a part | -auxis | abnormal sexual gratification | lagnia | abnormal shortness of the lower jaw: ______gnathia | brachy | abnormal size of the lips | macrolabia | absence (or less than normal amount) of carbon dioxide (in the blood or tissues) | acapnia | absence of the colored part of the eye | aniridea | absence of the lower jaw:a_________ | gnathia | absence of the mandible/jaw | agnathia | acapnia | lack of /less than normal amount of carbon dioxide in the blood | accumulation of carbon deposits in the lung | anthracosis | achloropsia | condition in which the color green cannot be discerned | actinodermatitis: inflammation of the skin due to | radiation | acyesis | non-pregnancy | affecting the first part of the small intestine and the liver: ic | duodenohepat | agent...
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...that man is like a machine that operates like a machine but only in the flesh. But the entire discussion in this book defines consciousness in a very abstract manner where there are still many points of weaknesses to it’s statements. 4.3.2. Gerald Edelman, Antonio Damasio and philosophers such as Daniel Dennett, seek to explain Consciousness in terms of events occurring in the brain. One of the attempts to understand Consciousness is by making Artificial Intelligence. 4.4. Many Physicists have argued that Consciousness cannot be solved through Classical Physics. That they need to put the Quantum Theory in action. They say that only Quantum physics can solve this issue. 4.4.1. Holonomic Brain Theory of Karl Pribram and David Bohm. 4.4.2. Orch-OR Theory formulated by Stuart Hameroff and Roger Penrose 4.4.3. No quantum theories have been confirmed by experiments. G. Guerreshi, J. Cia, S. Popescu, and H. Briegel’s publications could falsify the recent theories from quantum physics. Because of this quantum phenomena have been put aside. 4.5. Stuart J. Russell said that apart from the general question of the "hard problem" of consciousness, roughly speaking, the question of how mental experience arises from a physical basis, a more specialized question is how to square the subjective notion that we are in control of our decisions (at least in some small measure) with the customary view of causality that subsequent events are caused by prior events. The topic of free will is the philosophical...
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...get. But when children use there electronics to become multitaskers it’s a completely different story. They become so fixated on what they were supposed to do, that they have to double the amount of time just to finish what they started. Doing homework while instant messaging, listening to music, and watching television becomes more of a concern for parents everyday. Family life is becoming a concern for children and how they act around there family member. A specific study by Anthropologist Elinor Orch, director of UCLA’s center on everyday lives of families. Because of the large scale of multitasking with children in there homes, they become so fixated with what they are doing they don’t give parents enough attention. The study was done over a four year periods which ranged from thirty two families in California. What they found was that most parents aren’t as occupied with multitasking and they don’t know how to relate to there children. Orch says, “We also saw how difficult it was for...
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...Living Beyond Oneself: The Reality of Dissociation Disorder Rebecca Lynn England General Psychology; Valley College Abstract An exploration of Dissociative Disorder including an overview of debates, disorder description, causes, and treatment. Hundreds of studies have been performed concerning this subject. There are countless theories and allegations concerning multiple personalities, even dating back to the days of the witch hunts. Initial symptoms generally begin in childhood. By adulthood, a person has usually forgotten the actual abuse or trauma that caused the psychological disorder, but are left with a myriad of manifestations of abnormal behaviors throughout life. Memories that begin to reemerge later in life are caused by what is called triggers. In depth testing must be undergone to determine if a person actually has this condition. Once diagnosed, treatment is extensive, lasting over many years. Realistically, the person may never completely function normally. Keywords: Dissociative Disorder, multiple personalities, alter personalities, psychological conditions, treatment, abuse, trauma, switching, post-traumatic stress disorder Living Beyond Oneself: The Reality of Dissociation Disorder The Creation of an Alter Person Dissociative Disorder is part of a series of conditions called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, “a condition of reoccurring persistent mental and emotional stress as a result of injury or severe psychological shock.” (NLM) Originally...
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...|Prefix/suffix |Meaning |Example(s) | |balano- |Of the glans penis or glans clitoridis |Balanitis | |bi- |twice, double |Binary[disambiguation needed [pic]] | |bio- |life |Biology | |blast(o)- |germ or bud |Blastomere | |blephar(o)- |Of or pertaining to the eyelid |Blepharoplast | |brachi(o)- |Of or relating to the arm |Brachium of inferior colliculus | |brachy- |Indicating 'short' or less commonly 'little' |brachycephalic | |brady- |'slow' |Bradycardia | |bronch(i)-...
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...A Five-Year Study of File-System Metadata Nitin Agrawal University of Wisconsin, Madison nitina@cs.wisc.edu William J. Bolosky, John R. Douceur, Jacob R. Lorch Microsoft Research {bolosky,johndo,lorch}@microsoft.com Abstract For five years, we collected annual snapshots of filesystem metadata from over 60,000 Windows PC file systems in a large corporation. In this paper, we use these snapshots to study temporal changes in file size, file age, file-type frequency, directory size, namespace structure, file-system population, storage capacity and consumption, and degree of file modification. We present a generative model that explains the namespace structure and the distribution of directory sizes. We find significant temporal trends relating to the popularity of certain file types, the origin of file content, the way the namespace is used, and the degree of variation among file systems, as well as more pedestrian changes in sizes and capacities. We give examples of consequent lessons for designers of file systems and related software. characteristics of file systems, including file and directory population, storage capacity, storage consumption, and degree of file modification. The contributions of this work are threefold. First, we contribute the collected data set, which we will sanitize and make available for general use later this year. This is the largest set of file-system metadata ever collected, and it spans the longest time period of any sizeable metadata collection. To obtain this...
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...Oracle® Trading Community Architecture Reference Guide Release 12.1 Part No. E13569-04 August 2010 Oracle Trading Community Architecture Reference Guide, Release 12.1 Part No. E13569-04 Copyright © 2003, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Primary Author: Ashita Mathur Contributor: Ajai Singh, Amy Wu, Anish Stephen Avinash Jha, Harikrishnan Radhakrishnan, Leela Krishna, Nishant Singhai, Ramanasudhir Gokavarapu, Shankar Bharadwaj Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law, you may not use, copy, reproduce, translate, broadcast, modify, license, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, publish or display any part, in any form, or by any means. Reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation of this software, unless required by law for interoperability, is prohibited. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not warranted to be error-free. If you find any errors, please report them to us in writing. If this software or related documentation is delivered to the U.S. Government or anyone licensing it on behalf of the U.S. Government, the following notice is applicable: U.S...
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...NOTE: This PDF document has a handy set of “bookmarks” for it, which are accessible by pressing the Bookmarks tab on the left side of this window. ***************************************************** We are the last. The last generation to be unaugmented. The last generation to be intellectually alone. The last generation to be limited by our bodies. We are the first. The first generation to be augmented. The first generation to be intellectually together. The first generation to be limited only by our imaginations. We stand both before and after, balancing on the razor edge of the Event Horizon of the Singularity. That this sublime juxtapositional tautology has gone unnoticed until now is itself remarkable. We're so exquisitely privileged to be living in this time, to be born right on the precipice of the greatest paradigm shift in human history, the only thing that approaches the importance of that reality is finding like minds that realize the same, and being able to make some connection with them. If these books have influenced you the same way that they have us, we invite your contact at the email addresses listed below. Enjoy, Michael Beight, piman_314@yahoo.com Steven Reddell, cronyx@gmail.com Here are some new links that we’ve found interesting: KurzweilAI.net News articles, essays, and discussion on the latest topics in technology and accelerating intelligence. SingInst.org The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence: think tank devoted to increasing...
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...C h a p t e r 1 Prewriting GETTING STARTED (OR SOUP-CAN LABELS CAN BE FASCINATING) For many writers, getting started is the hardest part. You may have noticed that when it is time to begin a writing assignment, you suddenly develop an enormous desire to straighten your books, water your plants, or sharpen your pencils for the fifth time. If this situation sounds familiar, you may find it reassuring to know that many professionals undergo these same strange compulsions before they begin writing. Jean Kerr, author of Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, admits that she often finds herself in the kitchen reading soup-can labels—or anything—in order to prolong the moments before taking pen in hand. John C. Calhoun, vice president under Andrew Jackson, insisted he had to plow his fields before he could write, and Joseph Conrad, author of Lord Jim and other novels, is said to have cried on occasion from the sheer dread of sitting down to compose his stories. To spare you as much hand-wringing as possible, this chapter presents some practical suggestions on how to begin writing your short essay. Although all writers must find the methods that work best for them, you may find some of the following ideas helpful. But no matter how you actually begin putting words on paper, it is absolutely essential to maintain two basic ideas concerning your writing task. Before you write a single sentence, you should always remind yourself that 1. You have some valuable ideas to tell your reader,...
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