In the Formal World there is no such thing as free will - obviously there can't be or else there be nothing ‘formal’ about it. Formal means that everything is decided in advance - it means [1] That certain conditions...
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Paradox (or self-contradiction) is present, in seed form, in even the simplest of machines, in even the most basic of tools. There is paradoxicality even in machines as simple as a plough or water wheel. It may not be in...
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We can go along with what happens, but we can't predict what will happen. We can’t know what is going to happen before it happens. This creates a glitch because we - by default - refuse to have anything to...
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The worlds we create for ourselves with our thinking are unreal worlds. They have no depth to them; they are wholly superficial. However grand. however splendid it all might seem (and it can seem very grand, very imposing, very splendid)...
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In a Finite Game everything is always strictly ‘black and white’ - you're either with us or against us, you’re either part of the solution, or you’re part of the problem, etc., etc. This is its limitation, of course -...
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The Extrinsic Self - which is to say, ‘the self which is based entirely on rules’ - and the State of Openness are completely incompatible with each other. Or rather, the Extrinsic Self is incompatible with Openness, since Openness doesn't...
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In the Unreversed (or 'open') World there are no goals, and there is - therefore - none of the satisfaction that comes from successfully approaching them. There’s no goal-orientated motivation, there is no euphoric reward for effective controlling, no kudos...
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