@jnode.bsky.social
I am a physicist turned quant, turned complexity scientist, always looking to connect the dots and divine the big picture. My interest in fundamental theories, real-world complexity, and the nature of consciousness drives my passion for writing.
A bit technical.
medium.com/@jnode/at-th...
If you showed this video to an alien, they would never guess that it is produced by a civilization facing ecological degradation, systemic inequality, social fragmentation, ideological polarization, weaponized ignorance and widespread experiences of alienation and a loss of meaning.
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LLMs are just glorified autocomplete programs mimicking intelligence, right?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8GO...
When AI taps into reality's template:
www.quantamagazine.org/distinct-ai-...
On information and observers:
"Objectivity is the illusion that observations are made without an observer." [H. von Foerster]
"Physicists typically seek a view from nowhere, a stand-alone description of nature. [...] this view from nowhere seems less and less viable."
tinyurl.com/mupp8fb3
"Love is wise; hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other. We have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don't like."
-Bertrand Russell, 1959, BBC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIoA...
More empirical metaphysics.
29.08.2025 08:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hi there, would you mind sharing a bit more context? That would be great, thanks.
26.08.2025 14:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0What do you have in mind?
18.08.2025 16:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Currently, LLMs are weird: From the spiritual bliss attractor to emergent misalignment.
Sources:
-System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4
-Emergent Misalignment: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLMs
The book shows “that not only do these phenomena exist, but that they have significant implications for our understanding of consciousness.“ Routledge is a leading global academic publisher. #idealism
14.07.2025 10:10 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
"Trees anticipated the eclipse, synchronizing their bioelectrical behaviour hours in advance. Older trees displayed greater anticipatory behaviour with early time-asymmetry and entropy increases." #plantCognition
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Excerpts from Chapter 1:
medium.com/@jnode/excer...
Good news!
After some initial distribution hiccups, "The Sapient Cosmos" is now available again in most countries.
Now you can discover the growing case for consciousness as the ground of being—not a byproduct of physical processes.
New book chapter out: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
11.05.2025 09:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
[2] However, I have not worked on these ideas for a long time. In fact, I am moving away from this quant stuff to focus more on the consciousness stuff (e.g., The Sapient Cosmos). Please never be discouraged by not having supposedly relevant "credentials." We all should be able to tap into wisdom.
02.05.2025 09:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 0Hi Noa, thank you for your message. It is truly fascinating how similar ideas emerge in very different contexts, perhaps hinting at something universal. I also like your ideas of breathing, and we all should be utilizing AI in this manner to progress. [1]
02.05.2025 09:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What if SUFFERING is not what we think?
Complexity scientist and author of the Sapient Cosmos, Dr. James Glattfelder (@jnode.bsky.social), breaks down a mind-blowing idea 👇🏻
youtu.be/ScSC-KdDPi4
#mindblown #transcendence #spirituality #suffering
Yes, that's a fair point. It sounds very arrogant from a rational, Western point of view. Like the early anthropologists encountering the first shamans, who thought they were mentally ill. Ironic, as they were the first to actively engage with the non-physical realms of reality we are now exploring.
24.04.2025 07:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🌌 Hey, what if REALITY is actually an elaborate COSMIC PLAY?
Intrigued? Then check out my mind-bending conversation with dr. James Glattfelder (@jnode.bsky.social) HERE 👇🏻
YT:
youtu.be/tTL2q6EkDvk
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/3hh9...
#consciousness #mindblown #universe #science
I actually like the aspect of consciousness evolution, especially spiral dynamics. Not sure how they all interacted to get there (Wilber, Don Edward Beck, and Christopher Cowan).
Yeah, lol, information remains an elusive enigma.
Yes, indeed. Pauli, Jung, and Richard Tarnas ("Cosmos and Psyche") are the next additions to this story. NDE's are also super relevant, as are newly emerging pieces of the puzzle, like the Telepathy Tapes.
30.03.2025 18:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Had a really great time discussing existential stuff with Hans Busstra from Essentia Foundation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgpA...
This essay for the Essentia Foundation explores an optimistic path to a future that diverges from the dystopian vision we seem to be collectively constructing.
www.essentiafoundation.org/re-enchantin...
Pseudo-panspermia, next to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, is pointing to extraterrestrial biochemistry.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKb4...
