Consciousness is not about information but about its opposite: order. - Tor Nørretranders

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Marvelous as may be the power of my dog to understand my moods, deathless as his affection and fidelity, his mental state is as unsolved a mystery to me as it was to my remotest ancestor.

Tor Nørretranders

Consciousness is not about information but about its opposite: order.

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The Universe began when Nothing saw itself in the mirror.

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Such compression of large amounts of information into a few exformation-rich macrostates with small quantities of nominal information are not only intelligent: they are very beautiful: yes, even sexy. Seing a jumble of confused data and shreds of rote learning compressed into a concise, clear message can be a real turn-on.

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I never wanted to be a prophet or a saviour. Elvis maybe

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Marvelous as may be the power of my dog to understand my moods, deathless as his affection and fidelity, his mental state is as unsolved a mystery to me as it was to my remotest ancestor.

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When men struggle for the single life God has given them. . . even their own kind seem no more than the beasts of the wood.

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