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Parallel Distributed Processing
In the mental sphere, Parallel Distributed Processing (PDP) is nature’s way to reach ever more complexity. It’s also the title of a phenomenal book (edited) by Rumelhart & McClelland, published in 1986 — my mind-opener a few years later. Much AURELIS-thinking started then. Subconceptual In PDP, the basic units of mental processing are not the Read the full article…
When Nothing Happens
(see: Life Lessons: An Introduction) A late afternoon.You’re sitting in a chair, maybe with a cup of something warm. No one’s calling. No task needs your attention. Outside, the sky changes softly — light folding into itself.You look around. Nothing is happening. The discomfort of stillness We are trained, gently but persistently, to fill.Fill the Read the full article…