<h1 id="parallel-processing-is-extraordinarily-profound">Parallel Processing Is Extraordinarily Profound<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#parallel-processing-is-extraordinarily-profound"></a></h1>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectionism">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectionism</a></p>
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<p>It's a case against "localities" (sections) of the brain: <a href="https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/behrmannlab/Publications/BehrmannPlautTiCS2013.pdf">https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/behrmannlab/Publications/BehrmannPlautTiCS2013.pdf</a></p>
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<p>It's a robust explanation for consciousness (<a href="http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Multiple_drafts_model#Fame_in_the_brain">http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Multiple_drafts_model#Fame_in_the_brain</a>)</p>
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<p>To an extent, it explains the concept of <strong>mess</strong>:</p>
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<p>Sarah Perry’s <a href="https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/01/05/tendrils-of-mess-in-our-brains/">Tendrils of Mess in our Brains</a>. This is a sketch of a satisfying theory of what mess is: interference from multiple conflicting ordering principles</p>
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<li><a href="https://drossbucket.com/2021/09/13/speedrun-mess/">summarized by Lucy Keer</a></li>
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<h2 id="implications">Implications<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#implications"></a></h2>
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<li>Singular focus is effective for work, but doesn't characterize many diffuse modes of thinking, comparing, qualia
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<li>UIs can present multitudes</li>
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<li>Pattern completion effects mean that the right prime/hint is enough to anticipate the whole. Schemata are also crucial.</li>
<li>Subtle behaviors like text selection are processed without consciousness - probably mostly wiring the motor and perceptual functions together - you’ll forget they exist until they’re wrong (a variant of Cunninghams law)
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<li>via Chris: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tSMj5RoYdEI">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tSMj5RoYdEI</a></li>
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## Guide

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- [[Linear algebra as spreadsheet|projects.linear-algebra-spreadsheet]]
- [[Domain learning for computational microworlds|rethinking-media.microworld-languages]]
- [[Linux DE prototyping|projects.linux-desktop]]
- [[System Archaeology|projects.system-archaeology]]

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