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... In this work, we explore the validity and potential application of this seemingly intuitive link between consciousness and intelligence. ...
... We do so by examining the cognitive abilities associated with three contemporary theories of conscious function: Global Workspace Theory (GWT), Information Generation Theory (IGT), and Attention Schema Theory (AST). ...
... We find that all three theories specifically relate conscious function to some aspect of domain-general intelligence in humans. ...
... With this insight, we turn to the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and find that, while still far from demonstrating general intelligence, many state-of-the-art deep learning methods have begun to incorporate key aspects of each of the three functional theories. ...
... Given this apparent trend, we use the motivating example of mental time travel in humans to propose ways in which insights from each of the three theories may be combined into a unified model. ...
... We believe that doing so can enable the development of artificial agents which are not only more generally intelligent but are also consistent with multiple current theories of conscious function. ...
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... The authors here show that readiness to cooperate between individuals from different groups corresponds to the degree of cultural similarity between those groups. This is consistent with the theory of Cultural Group Selection as an explanation for the rise of human large-scale cooperation. ...
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... Over the years I’ve tried several times to find a version of Austrian business cycle theory I found plausible and I’ve always come away scratching my head. Thread… Here’s my basic understanding of the model: the economy has some industries that are capital intensive and others that are not. ...
... But that cheap credit hasn’t actually created any real resources, so you end up with increased spending on both capital and consumer goods. As a result, inflation starts to inch up, and central banks are forced to raise interest rates to cool things off. ...
... In the Austrian theory, a recession is a process of resource re-allocation from capital-intensive to capital-light industries. Society needs to produce fewer factories and machine tools and more beer and pairs of pants (or whatever). ...
... In the Austrian theory, it’s important that central banks don’t interrupt this process by pushing interest rates back down to unnaturally low levels, because that interferes with this necessary re-allocation process. Ok so let’s think about 2006 to 2009. ...
... The period through the end of 2007 arguably fits the austrian model. There was arguably over investment in residential home construction. In 2006 and 2007 the home building industry was contracting while other industries were still growing. But in mid 2008, the situation changed. ...
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... It feels like we are living through one of those kind of boring interregnum periods that will get short shrift in history textbooks. Like 1870-1900 in America or 100-150 in the Roman Empire. ...
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... Newtonian mechanics is also governed by algebraic equalities, so it is symmetric, telling us that f=ma is as valid as a=f/m. Where causality comes in is when we venture to model the 1/2 https://t.co/AmgYUOenjq ...
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... Here it is. https://t.co/x4dR7KFUd5 https://t.co/Ca274C7UWi tldr: Full Stack Economics is fully independent and self-financed. We have no outside donors or investors. The vast majority of our (still modest) revenue comes from subscribers. ...
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... An interesting challenge for this theory is that the government has two inflation indices, the CPI (calculated by the BLS) and the PCE price index (calculated by the BEA). The CPI, the one used for adjusting Social Security benefits, tends to come in higher than the PCE index. ...
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... History started when human species began to dominate the ecologic environment and started to compete for survival as social groups, it will end when the survival competition between social groups ends. ...
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... The foundational idea of the End of History is inherited from Hegel - man's desire for recognition overriding other desires (mainly preservation) is something that transcends humans, something that proves man's freedom. ...
... This is an outdated view that sees humans as isolated individuals rather than members of social groups. This desire for recognition is probably a product of group competition and the recognition is about one's worth to the community in the context of fierce group competition between communities. ...
... Without a better understanding of this desire for recognition through the lens of group competition, ideas built on top of it are flaky as well. ...
... For example, we don't know which desire is more prominent: the desire for equal recognition for each member or the desire for the recognition of the community as a whole. In modernity, the further is represented by liberal democracy while the latter by nationalism. ...
... In *End of History,* Fukuyama took one paragraph to dismiss nationalism as an irrational one in contrast with the desire for recognition at the individual level. This distinction, as demonstrated above, is not well-founded. ...
... It's more evident that the majority of a social group is prone to manipulation, be it religion, ideologies, etc while liberal democracy is just one of them to support elected orligarchy. And that is supported by group competition theories. ...
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... Most of the analysis from Fukuyama's end of history would fall apart in a scenario in which state competition no longer exists. ...
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... [This theory](https://themind.net/references/qwoOUjrRSwaFZrY5G3vEEA), as pointed out by the paper, can have a great impact if widely understood by the general public > though their effect on human self-understanding and self-images, will eventually assist us in dealing with not only the traumas of ...
... conflicts between individuals and small groups but our bizarre international competitions and our stubbornness in seeking pleasures that threaten the long-term future of our planet as a human environment. ...
... More specifics of this theory [Dealing with social circumstances was the real challenge in human evolution](https://themind.net/references/gcEc3uCVR_ePqgoY_DPriA) [Why humans continue to live in groups](https://themind.net/references/GjY_8sBoS4CFHn23oOoz9g) Recent research on [Human large-scale cooperation ...
... as a product of competition between cultural groups](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-14416-8) The [inclusive fitness theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusive_fitness) provides the math formula regarding social behavior as a product of group selection. ...
... The multilevel selection theory provides a specific model for how group competition can be a selection force for gene evolution. ...
... [Other theories about human the evolution of human intelligence ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_human_intelligence) [Another Paper about EDSC](http://web.missouri.edu/~gearyd/Flinnetal2005.pdf) by Flinn, Geary and Ward, comprehensively presented supporting evidences for this theory. ...
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... Wars are unavoidable when there are states and competition between them. But without state competition, there is no guarantee that a unified global liberalism democracy community won't fall into a totalitarian regime. ...
... Most of the analysis from Fukuyama's end of history would fall apart in a scenario in which state competition no longer exists. ...
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... Slave ideology as defined by Hegel and Nietzsche when referred to Christianity. A nationalist takes perfect satisfaction for his desire for recognition in his national pride. He projects the recognition of his state onto the recognition of himself. ...
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... Read this [fascinating paper. ]( https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.05133)Made me think that developing such an AI system that incorporates all three conscious functions will require a large team with experts in different domains working closely with each other on a daily basis. ...
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... In a despotism society, legitimacy is a harder problem since the elite needs to see the single despot as a legitimate ruler. In an oligarchy republic, one politician can exploit popular support to overcome other competitors, and in extremes become a despotist. ...
... The legitimacy problem - i.e. how the members of the society accept the political institution, is only a problem within the elites. For the non-elite population, such questions can be easily settled through political manipulation, like Cesar and Hitler. ...
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