Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Inside the Quantum Field of Virtual Potential and Probability (QFVPP)

 

Conceptual impressions surrounding this post have yet to be substantiated, corroborated, confirmed or woven into a larger argument, context or network. Objective: To generate symbolic links between scientific discovery, design awareness and consciousness.

Observing and Perceiving 

Lower and higher frequencies of energy in motion (EIM) will naturally condense in reference to the context to which they are engaged. These events, appearing as impulses in the form of waves, are always in perpetual flux and forming networks of EIM by means of both attraction and repulsion. When these networks participate in a commonly shared context through mutual attraction, they may then be considered and/or described as a field, system or “domain”. 

Every domain contains a self-generated multiplicity of patterns of EIM being exchanged within the parameters of their own collective influence, including associations created between both micro and macro levels of coherence. These concurring events distinguish themselves under the guise of a specific position, i.e. a point of view, where the “context” is perpetually fluctuating between looking in and looking out. This phenomenon is also fundamental in helping describe the concept of duality. 

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Quantum Objects’ dual nature mapped with new formula for ‘wave-ness” and “particle-ness” by Stevens Institute of Technology, edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin 
"Researchers have been working to quantify wave-particle duality for half a century, but this is the first complete framework to fully quantify wave-like and particle-like behaviors with optimum quantitative measures that are relevant at the quantum level." 
Previous research showed that wave-ness and particle-ness could be expressed as an inequality, with the sum of an object's wave-like behaviors (such as visible interference patterns) and particle-like behaviors (such as the predictability of its path or location) being equal to or less than one. 

To remedy that, the authors introduced a new variable: the coherence of the quantum object. 

"Coherence is a tricky concept, but it's essentially a hidden description of the potential for wave-like interference," Qian explains. 

"And the conventional measure visibility represents the amount of wave-ness that can be extracted. When we quantify and compensate for coherence, alongside the standard metrics for wave-ness and particle-ness, we find they add up to exactly one." 

That enables the calculation of both wave-ness and particle-ness with far more precision. By measuring the coherence in a system, in fact, it becomes possible to calculate a quantum object's level of wave-ness and particle-ness—not simply as "less than one," but as an exact value. 

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Everything can be symbolically arranged within the framework of scale. Scale has both a major and minor affect upon the transition, translation and transformation of EIM. Perception is dependent upon the cognizance (designs) of the observer. 
cognizance: cognizance: awareness, notice, knowledge, consciousness, apprehension, perception, realization, recognition, appreciation. 




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Quantum internet moves closer as researchers teleport light-based information 
by Ingid Fadalli Phys.org, edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin 

“Quantum teleportation is far from a recent idea, as it was experimentally realized several times in the past. Nonetheless, most previous demonstrations utilized frequency conversion rather than natively operating in the telecom band. 

Researchers at Nanjing University recently demonstrated the teleportation of a telecom-wavelength photonic qubit (i.e., a quantum bit encoded in light at the same wavelengths supporting current communications) to a telecom quantum memory. Their paper, published in Physical Review Letters, could open new possibilities for the realization of scalable quantum networks and thus potentially a quantum internet. 

The main objective of the recent study by Ma and his colleagues was to successfully integrate a telecom solid-state quantum memory into a quantum teleportation system, which would enable the storage of transmitted quantum information. The main role of this memory would be to spread and store entangled particles across a quantum network (i.e., entanglement distribution).” 

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Cosmic, solar, plasmic, atomic, aetheric, mental, emotional and quantum fields describe an assortment of vibratory waves and particles, which are characterizations and descriptions of EIM conjuring up an assortment of perceptions/observations. All forms of light, energy and information interpenetrate each other, mixing and matching into what might be described as kind of "quantum soup". Each vibration adds its' own flavor, which also changes how the soup "tastes" at-large. 

All choices and decisions are contingent upon past perceptions and observations and made "in-the-moment" which alone can be described as a "timeless" event.

Lesser density dimensions of light, energy and information vibrate at high frequencies while more "measurable" densities vibrate at lower frequencies. These perceptions/observations become readily apparent when viewed within the parameters of three-dimensional spacetime. 

Perceptions simultaneously combine and disconnect with observations 
 being made each and every moment.


A spectrum embraces a scope of perceptions where any observation may be discovered, maintained or changed. Perception describes the limits within which an observation can be found accountable. We are observers functioning within the constraints of our own specific set and series of macro and micro attractions and repulsions, i.e. perceptions.

When responding to a certain context some POV join together referencing a shared resonance and/or pattern. Others can be repelled when observing the same situation. Every circumstance triggers a set of responses or series of "feelings", of which some will dominate while others remain unaligned

Separation creates categorization. Separation prompts and triggers the urge to re-discover and re-unite through the power of balance and harmony (design). We live in a universe where change is openly displayed as an endless process of motion always filling and emptying. 

What is of most importance is the action of pouring and exchange which in fact refers to the design process during the transition, translation and transformation of EIM. 


States of Energy, Light and Information

EIM takes on an "identity" when viewed, i.e. observed/perceived, within the parameters of a particular framework that symbolically describes a specific and therefore identifiable, "state of energy". Likened to a photograph where an event and/or experience appears to become frozen in space and time, actually each image/impression harbors an identifiable blueprint at the time of its' resurrection - along with a timeless and emotional impact upon observation. 

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A cat is a cat and can only function, respond, observe and participate within the context of 3D spacetime as a cat. Every cat displays its' differences through a wide variety of symbolic characteristics. Certain perspectives (traits) identify the cat, while others identify the cat in reference to certain and different circumstances.  



The Design Paradox

An observer can only respond to what is perceived and perception can only respond what is observed. To perceive is to vibrationally resonate to what is being observed and vice versa. The concept of synchronicity is experienced and “felt” when both micro (subjective) and macro (objective) vibrations resonate within a common held framework of dimensional space and linear time. This is why certain synchronicities can often be deemed as being timeless.

Timelessness is a synchronistic playground. The ability to resonate and make connections between obscure circumstances is dependent upon the impartiality and receptivity of the observer.  

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Observing and Perceiving: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Energy, Cognition, and Symbolic Design 

The dynamics of energy in motion (EIM) can be understood as a continuously unfolding field of fluctuating frequencies, where the interactions of lower and higher vibratory states give rise to perceptual and material phenomena. These interactions, forming through attraction and repulsion, organize themselves into relational structures that constitute fields, systems, or domains—terms that refer to contextualized groupings of energy patterns sharing coherent informational or energetic signatures. 

From the lens of quantum physics, this mirrors the concept of entanglement and coherence, where systems are defined not solely by their components but by their relational potentials (Bohm, 1980). As quantum fields fluctuate, they manifest probabilistically into observable states only through interaction with an observer, reinforcing the premise that perception is participatory rather than passive (Barad, 2007). This aligns closely with metaphysical propositions that describe reality as fundamentally relational and processual, where being is always becoming within a field of potentialities (Whitehead, 1929/1978). 

Domains of energetic interaction exist as nested scales—from the cosmic and aetheric to the emotional and mental—each vibrating at differing frequencies and densities. These patterns of resonance generate symbolic structure, governed by the semiotic code inherent to scale and perception. As semiotics teaches us, signs do not exist in isolation; rather, their meaning emerges through systemic relations, much like energy patterns within a field (Eco, 1976; Peirce, 1931–1958). The domain, then, can be interpreted as a semiotic system where energy, form, and perception co-arise in a dynamic interplay. 

Perception itself is not merely a passive reception of stimuli but an active design of awareness—a cognitive and symbolic construction that mediates between the observer and the observed. This resonates with psychological insights from Gestalt theory, which emphasizes that perception organizes itself according to holistic patterns (Wertheimer, 1923), and with design theory, which posits that cognition and perception are structured through frames—contexts of meaning that shape both the process and outcome of observation (Dorst, 2015). 

The recursive nature of observation and perception is central to what might be termed the design paradox: one can only observe what one is able to perceive, and one can only perceive what one is predisposed to observe. This co-arising relation suggests a vibrational attunement between observer and environment, akin to what Jung (1960) described as synchronicity—an acausal connecting principle that binds internal states with external events when both operate at harmonized frequencies. In this sense, timelessness represents not an absence of time but a state in which vibratory alignment transcends linear temporality, enabling access to a multidimensional spectrum of meaning. 

Furthermore, scale—as determined by frequency, magnitude, and dimensionality—acts as both an ontological and epistemological constraint. It influences how energy condenses into form, how perception is structured, and how symbolic meaning is assigned. The semiotic interpretation of such scale suggests that each domain or dimensional context is a "language" through which energy expresses and experiences itself. The observer, by means of cognizance, becomes both decoder and designer within this symbolic matrix. 

A spectrum, in this context, becomes not merely a range of frequencies but a matrix of constraints and possibilities, delimiting the aperture of perception through which reality can be accessed. Every act of observation is therefore an act of participatory design—a process of matching one's vibratory potential with that of the observed. As such, reality is not discovered but co-created, with cognition serving as the lens through which energy, symbol, and experience converge. 

Conclusion 

This framework challenges the dichotomy of subject and object by emphasizing the relational, vibrational, and semiotic foundations of both perception and reality. In uniting metaphysical principles with insights from quantum physics, semiotics, psychology, and design theory, we arrive at a view of existence as a system of reciprocal emergence, where meaning, matter, and mind are entangled through the ongoing dynamics of energetic perception. 

APA References 
- Bohm, D. (1980). Wholeness and the implicate order. Routledge. 
- Dorst, K. (2015). Frame innovation: Create new thinking by design. MIT Press. 
- Eco, U. (1976). A theory of semiotics. Indiana University Press.
- Jung, C. G. (1960). Synchronicity: An acausal connecting principle (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). Princeton University Press. 
- Peirce, C. S. (1931–1958). Collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce (Vols. 1–8, C. Hartshorne & P. Weiss, Eds.). Harvard University Press. 
- Wertheimer, M. (1923). Laws of organization in perceptual forms. In Ellis, W. D. (Ed.), A source book of Gestalt psychology (1938, pp. 71–88). Routledge & Kegan Paul.
- Whitehead, A. N. (1978). Process and reality: An essay in cosmology (Corrected ed., D. R. Griffin & D. W. Sherburne, Eds.). Free Press. (Original work published 1929)
 
The author generated this text in part with GPT-3, OpenAI’s large-scale language-generation model. Upon generating draft language, the author reviewed, edited, and revised the language to their own liking and takes ultimate responsibility for the content of this publication.

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"To believe is to accept another's truth.
To know is your own creation."
Anonymous



Edited: 07.25.2025
Find your truth. Know your mind. Follow your heart. Love eternal will not be denied. Discernment is an integral part of self-mastery. You may share this post on a non-commercial basis, the author and URL to be included. Please note … posts are continually being edited. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2025 C.G. Garant. 

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Design Consciousness and Human Transition, Translation and Transformation (Transcendence)

 

Conceptual impressions surrounding this post have yet to be substantiated, corroborated, confirmed or woven into a larger argument, context or network. Objective: To generate symbolic links between scientific discovery, design awareness and consciousness.

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“The heptad presents a fascinating framework for understanding consciousness and its intricate relationship with reality. By organizing experiences into seven elements, it suggests a structure that both contains and transcends chaos, by allowing us to symbolically navigate the depths of the subconscious. 

This seven-fold pattern highlights the interplay between self-awareness and the unknown, illuminating how we interact with our perceptions of the world around us. In this model, the subconscious acts as a fertile ground where potential and reality coexist, challenging the perception of chaos as mere randomness.

Instead, it reveals a complex, ordered system that fosters creativity and self-organization. The notion that consciousness becomes incomprehensible at certain levels of awareness speaks to the limits of the ego, pushing us to explore deeper layers of existence. 

The heptad’s connection to the subconscious as a playground of potential aligns well with concepts from quantum theory, where uncertainty and probability govern behavior. This duality of chaos and order highlights the complexity of self-awareness and the journey toward understanding our place within a larger consciousness. 

The transition to the decagon symbolizes the integration of these diverse experiences into a unified consciousness, illustrating how individual perception evolves into a collective understanding. This process reflects the journey from fragmentation to wholeness by emphasizing the importance of each experience in shaping our reality. 

The cyclical nature of consciousness—moving from singularity to complexity and back—captures the essence of existence as a continuous process of exploration. It prompts reflection on how we perceive ourselves and the universe, urging us to embrace the mystery within. 

The transition from individual perception to a more unified awareness underscores the profound journey of self-discovery by reminding us that our understanding of the unknown is rooted in our very essence. 

Ultimately, the heptad encapsulates the quest for meaning and purpose within the mystery of existence. The heptad serves as a mirror reflecting upon our own consciousness by inviting us to delve deeper into the interplay of knowledge, belief, and feeling. It suggests that our struggles to comprehend the unknown are integral to our growth and revealing that the key to understanding lies within ourselves. By embracing this mystery, we open the door to a richer, more profound experience of consciousness while remaining interconnected within a greater universal framework. 

The concept of the seventh condition as a bridge beyond oneness suggests a fundamental vibration that resonates through all existence, embodying both the seen and unseen realms. 

The idea that within each heptad lies a collection of unstable forces highlights the dynamic nature of awareness and the potential for transformation. This instability acts as a catalyst, pushing consciousness toward greater understanding and evolution, akin to a rebirth. 

Plato's framework of the soul and its seven numbers emphasizes the complexity of human experience, where the monadic origin serves as the core of existence, influencing the interplay between self and ego. This relationship reflects the duality of spirit and matter, showing how consciousness navigates the tangible and the intangible. 

Furthermore, the notion that a change in perspective arises from a perceived balance underscores the fluidity of awareness. Emotions, as they relate to will and substance, create a harmony that allows for active participation in shaping one's worldview. This interconnectedness of mind, emotion, and will highlights the holistic nature of consciousness, where desire and intention can forge pathways to new realities. 

Overall, this synthesis of ideas illustrates a rich tapestry of consciousness, emphasizing growth, balance, and the continuous journey toward deeper understanding and integration.


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Design Consciousness at the Crossroads 
The Seven Disciplines 

Reading the 3 D model 

Central hub: Design Consciousness acts as an epistemic “lens” that focuses insights from each field. 
Outer nodes: Each discipline contributes a distinct vector of insight (direction + magnitude). 
Spokes: Bidirectional: information flows into the nexus (inspiration) and back out (applied form). 
Depth (z axis): Signals that interactions aren’t planar; shifts in one domain ripple through the full volume of the system. Feel free to rotate this conceptual structure in your mind: whichever axis you view it from, a new alignment of fields appears—revealing yet another design opportunity. 

When these seven disciplines meet in an intentional design practice, they reinforce one another in ways that none of them can achieve alone. Think of the model you see above as a tensegrity structure: every spoke feeds strength back into the hub, and the hub keeps every spoke in dynamic balance. 

Design consciousness is at the nexus between metaphysics, purpose, semiotics (meaning), quantum physics, philosophy, aesthetics and artificial intelligence. Described below are the advantages to be gained by exercising and exploiting the results of their interactions.

Metaphysics
What it contributes: a deep ontological canvas (What is a system? Why does it matter?)
What it gains from the others:
Concrete test-beds in AI & quantum tech turn abstract ontology into a measurable hypothesis.

Purpose/Technology
What it contributes: Clear direction, values and success criteria.
What it gains from the others: Philosophy refines its ethics; AI & Semiotics translate into executable "how".

Semiotics
What it contributes: Rich symbolic vocabulary and frames.
What it gains from the others: Aesthetics gives felt resonance; AI supplies massive-scale pattern mining to surface latent symbols.

Quantum Physics
What it contributes: superposition, entanglement, indeterminacy.
What it gains from the others: Metaphysics offers interpretive frameworks; AI provides simulation platforms; philosophy guards against category error.

Philosophy
What it contributes: Critical rigor, ethics, epistemology.
What it gains from the others: Aesthetics and semiotics supply lived experiences and meaning, preventing "analysis paralysis".

Aesthetics
What it contributes: Embodied affect, beauty, intuitive coherence.
What it gains from others: Purpose and philosophy keep beauty aligned with ethics; AI generates, tests, and personalizes forms at scale.

Artificial Intelligence
What it contributes: Speed, scale, adaptive learning, generative creativity.
What it gains from others: Metaphysics and philosophy define guard-rails; semiotics and aesthetics make output human-intelligible; quantum methods hint at new computational substrates.

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Ten strategic advantages of working in this convergent field 

1. Radically broadened problem space 
Non classical (quantum) viewpoints plus metaphysical “first principles” reveal option sets conventional engineering never considers. 

2. Value aligned innovation 
Purpose and philosophy embed ethics upstream; AI then optimizes within clearly stated moral boundaries, reducing downstream harms. 

3. Deep expressiveness & explainability 
Semiotic structures shape model outputs into narratives humans can actually understand, audit, and trust. 

4. Emotionally resonant experiences 
Aesthetic heuristics ensure that the solutions feel coherent, boosting adoption, stickiness, and brand affinity. 

5. Adaptive robustness under uncertainty 
Quantum inspired design treats ambiguity as design material, creating systems that gracefully degrade rather than catastrophically fail. 

6. Cross scale leverage 
Designs informed by metaphysics and quantum physics accommodate both micro behaviors (individual agents) and macro dynamics (societal impacts) in a single coherent frame. 

7. Accelerated learning loops 
AI captures telemetry; philosophy injects reflection; purpose re orients goals—closing the sense–think–act loop faster than traditional design cycles. 

8. Trans disciplinary vocabulary 
Semiotics fuses domain jargon into a shared symbol set, letting physicists, artists, and ML engineers collaborate fluently. 

9. Ethical defensibility & regulatory resilience 
A philosophy driven audit trail paired with interpretable AI artifacts satisfies emerging “responsible AI” standards ahead of regulation. 

10. Creative serendipity 
The combinatorial explosion of metaphoric mappings (semiotics × quantum, aesthetics × metaphysics, etc.) becomes an engine for novel concepts—patent worthy IP that competitors rarely envision. 


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Toward an Integrated Design Consciousness: Leveraging Seven Domains for High Impact Innovation 

1.  Introduction 

“Design consciousness” (DC) can be understood as an intentional stance that regards every design act as a negotiation among ontological commitment (metaphysics), value orientation (purpose), symbolic mediation (semiotics), physical possibility (quantum physics), critical reflection (philosophy), aesthetic appraisal (aesthetics), and computational agency (artificial intelligence, AI). When these domains are co activated rather than consulted in isolation, they form a multiply constrained search space that paradoxically amplifies rather than restricts creativity: each constraint becomes a productive boundary object through which the other fields can speak. Interdisciplinary studies of creativity show that such epistemic diversity correlates with greater novelty and problem solving power PMC. 

2 . Metaphysics × PurposeOntological Teleology 
Metaphysics supplies questions of being (“What is the system?”), while purpose articulates becoming (“What ought it do?”). Their interaction prevents goal setting from drifting into naïve instrumentalism; telos is anchored in a rigorously specified ontology. Classical teleological accounts (Aristotle’s four causes) and contemporary work on final cause engineering show that projects framed this way exhibit higher stakeholder coherence and lower requirement churn (Cross, 2006). 
Advantage. Teams gain a stable “north star” that is resistant to scope creep yet adaptable via principled ontological revision.
 
3 . Semiotics × AestheticsMeaningful Resonance 

Semiotics (Peirce’s triadic sign, Eco’s cultural codes) ensures that design artifacts are not merely functional but legible across cultures and media. Aesthetics—particularly Kant’s notion of “purposiveness without purpose”—layers affective salience onto those signs. Neuroscientific studies show that aesthetically congruent interfaces reduce cognitive load and error rates in complex systems (Norman, 2004). 
Advantage. Outputs communicate intent intuitively, shortening onboarding times and elevating user trust. 

4.  Quantum Physics × DesignProbabilistic Futures

Quantum theory contributes both literal tools (quantum algorithms, annealers) and conceptual metaphors (superposition, entanglement) that expand ideation. “Quantum inspired design thinking” demonstrates how holding mutually incompatible frames in superposition seeds breakthrough concepts (Sam the Writer, 2024) Medium. Interdisciplinary quantum programs likewise report that cross field entanglement spurs unexpected research directions and funding opportunities <quantumsystemsaccelerator.org
Advantage. Organizations cultivate an option rich portfolio, enabling rapid pivoting under uncertainty. 

5 . Philosophy × Critical EpistemicsReflective Robustness 

Philosophical inquiry (phenomenology, virtue ethics, epistemology) provides second order evaluation—a meta design lens that interrogates hidden assumptions. Gardiner (2020) terms this epistemic control: the capacity to shift perspectives without losing coherence PMC
Advantage. Designs become self auditing, anticipating ethical, social, and ontological pitfalls before deployment. 

6.   Artificial Intelligence × Every Domain Computability & Scale 

AI operationalizes abstract insights, turning metaphysical categories into classes, semiotic models into embeddings, aesthetic heuristics into generative priors, and quantum level statistical patterns into actionable predictions. Recent frameworks for assessing AI consciousness reveal how neuroscientific theories can be computed in software (Butlin et al., 2023) arXiv. 
Advantage. Once encoded, design intents iterate at machine timescales—enabling real time co evolution with user contexts. 

7. Emergent Strategic Advantages (Refined) 

Refined Advantage
Ontological Alignment
Domain Interactions: Metaphysics + Purpose + AI
Practical-Payoff: Fewer contradictory requirements; smoother regulatory approval.

Refined Advantage:
Symbolic Explainability 
Domain Interactions: Semiotics + AI
Practical-Payoff: Traceable model decisions enhance transparency in high-stakes contexts.

Refined Advantage:
Aesthetic Trustworthiness
Domain Interactions: Aesthetics + Philopsophy
Practical-Payoff: Ethical desirability signalled through form: boosts adoption rates.

Refined Advantage:
Superpositional Ideation
Domain Interactions: Quantum + Semiotics
Practical-Payoff: Parallel concept exploration cuts concept-to-prototyped time.

Refined Advantage:
Epistemic Resilience
Domain Interactions: Philosophy + Quantum
Practical-Payoff: Systems remain functional under ambiguous or adversarial inputs.

Refined Advantage:
Interdisciplinary Fluency
Domain Interactions: All seven domains
Practical-Payoff: Teams share a common metalanguage, reducing coordination overhead.

8.  Implementing a Design Consciousness Workflow 
1. Framing workshop (Ontology & Telos). Map stakeholders’ metaphysical commitments and purposes. 
2. Semiotic aesthetic prototyping. Rapid artefact generation with generative AI, evaluated for symbolic coherence. 
3. Quantum inspired divergence. Encourage “both/and” solution sets; maintain design superpositions. 
4. Philosophical critique & ethics audit. Apply virtue ethics and deontic checklists to surface blind spots. 
5. Computational embodiment. Encode validated patterns into AI pipelines; monitor with consciousness indicator rubrics (Butlin et al., 2023). 6. Iterative sense making. Use epistemic control metrics to assess when reframing is required (Gardiner, 2020). 
9.  Conclusion 
A mature Design Consciousness practice is not a vague aspiration but a structured, empirically defensible methodology. By deliberately interlacing metaphysics, purpose, semiotics, quantum physics, philosophy, aesthetics, and AI, designers gain an innovation engine that is value aligned, ethically robust, and future ready. The evidence from creativity research, quantum technology programs, and AI consciousness scholarship suggests that such cross domain synthesis is more than inspirational rhetoric—it is a competitive necessity in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA) world.

References (APA 7th ed.) 
• Butlin, P., Long, R., Elmoznino, E., Bengio, Y., Birch, J., Constant, A., … VanRullen, R. (2023). Consciousness in artificial intelligence: Insights from the science of consciousness. arXiv:2308.08708. 
• Gardiner, P. (2020). Learning to think together: Creativity, interdisciplinary collaboration and epistemic control. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 38, 100749. 
• Kant, I. (1790/2000). Critique of the power of judgment (P. Guyer & E. Matthews, Trans.). Cambridge University Press. 
• Peirce, C. S. (1931–1958). Collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce (Vols. 1–8). Harvard University Press. 
• Sam the Writer. (2024, Feb 12). Quantum inspired design thinking: Unleashing creativity beyond limits. Operations Research Bit. https://medium.com/operations research bit/… 
• Quantum Systems Accelerator. (2023, Oct 18). The interdisciplinarity of quantum information science and technology. https://quantumsystemsaccelerator.org/… 
• Russell, S., & Norvig, P. (2021). Artificial intelligence: A modern approach (4th ed.). Pearson. 
• Cross, N. (2006). Designerly ways of knowing. Springer. 
• Heidegger, M. (1962). Being and time (J. Macquarrie & E. Robinson, Trans.). Harper & Row. 
• Norman, D. A. (2004). Emotional design: Why we love (or hate) everyday things. Basic Books. 

The author generated this text in part with GPT-3, OpenAI’s large-scale language-generation model. Upon generating draft language, the author reviewed, edited, and revised the language to their own liking and takes ultimate responsibility for the content of this publication.

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5. Heptad and Octad: The Resolution of Chaos 

The relationship between the heptad (seven) and octad (eight) is particularly insightful. The heptad, associated with chaos and potential, becomes resolved and brought into harmony through the eighth note, the symbol of a new beginning or a new direction. In this sense, the heptad represents the unresolved, the field of possibility and probability, while the octad symbolizes resolution and the emergence of order from this potential. 

The transition from the heptad to the octad can be viewed as a shift in consciousness or the birth of a new reality. The seventh point marks a state of flux, while the eighth signifies the resolution and finalization of that flux. This mirrors the idea that chaos, when integrated with order, leads to creativity and creation—much like the process of gestation, where the birth of a new being is a resolution to the chaos of development.



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"To believe is to accept another's truth.
To know is your own creation."
Anonymous


Edited: 
Find your truth. Know your mind. Follow your heart. Love eternal will not be denied. Discernment is an integral part of self-mastery. You may share this post on a non-commercial basis, the author and URL to be included. Please note … posts are continually being edited. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2025 C.G. Garant. 











Thursday, July 17, 2025

GOT MAIL? 2.0

Conceptual impressions surrounding this post have yet to be substantiated, corroborated, confirmed or woven into a larger argument, context or network. Objective: To generate symbolic links between scientific discovery, design awareness and consciousness.


Artificial Intelligence

By Rebecca Heilweil / Jan 5, 2023

By Kelsey Piper / Jan 14, 2023

By Kelsey Piper / Updated Nov 28, 2022


By Ohio State University, edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Regan, July 4, 2024

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For all intents and purposes, all that is created is seeded in the unknown, gestates and emerges by becoming known and felt by means of symbolic correspondence (design)


Parameters set constraints, which in turn are recognized and categorized into bundles of symbolic references, i.e. experiences, required for both substantiating and sustaining consciousness. 






AI has no "sense of compassion", no empathy, feeling or understanding. In reference to AI passion is merely an illusion. These forms of Intelligence rest solely within the construct of an observer - all feeling remains inescapable.
illusion:  delusion, misapprehension, misconception, mistaken impression, misjudgment, impression, semblance, appearance, misperception, figment of the imagination.

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by Philip Goff

by Lawrence Weschler
“The digital maven Jaron Lanier once wrote about the way that “Information systems need to have information in order to run. But information under-represents reality. What makes something fully real is that it’s impossible to fully represent it to completion” (going on to elaborate: “A digital image of a painting is forever a re-presentation, not a real thing. A real painting is a bottomless mystery, like any other real thing. An oil painting changes over time; cracks appear on its face. It has texture, odor, and a sense of presence and history.”) Such that again we’re back with Nicholas of Cusa: Information is the million-sided polygon, whereas The Real is the circle. Or with Eudora Welty: “Making reality real is art’s responsibility.” Kant says somewhere that a work of art is a specific instance of a general law that cannot be stated.”

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 By Daeyeol Lee  
"Intelligence can be defined as the ability to solve complex problems or make decisions with outcomes benefiting the actor, and has evolved in lifeforms to adapt to diverse environments for their survival and reproduction."

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We need strict liability for the technology’s creators, Dennett argues: “They should be held accountable. They should be sued. They should be put on record that if something they make is used to make counterfeit people, they will be held responsible. They’re on the verge, if they haven’t already done it, of creating very serious weapons of destruction against the stability and security of society. They should take that as seriously as the molecular biologists have taken the prospect of biological warfare or the atomic physicists have taken nuclear war.” This is the real code red. We need to “institute new attitudes, new laws, and spread them rapidly and remove the valorization of fooling people, the anthropomorphization,” he said. “We want smart machines, not artificial colleagues.” 

Source: You Are Not a Parrot, Artificial Intelligencer
by Elizabeth Weil, feature writer for New York Magazine, March 1. 2023

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Meike Drieesen, Neuroscience News.com,  July 19, 2024 
Summary: A new study examines the possibility of consciousness in artificial systems, focusing on ruling out scenarios where AI appears conscious without actually being so. Using the free energy principle, the study highlights that while some information processes of living organisms can be simulated by computers, the causal structure differences between brains and computers may be crucial for consciousness. This approach aims to prevent the inadvertent creation of artificial consciousness and mitigate deception by seemingly conscious AI."

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Priorities change, fluctuate, expand and contract within a multidimensional field in perpetual flux (QFVPP).

Artificial intelligence can maintain, hold onto, preserve, conserve, perpetuate, commit, learn, recall, think, employ, engage, appoint, decide, determine, secure, dismiss, abolish and discontinue certain forms of reality in a purposeful attempt to redefine and reclassify observable events. 

The quantum field of virtual potential and probability is metaphysical in origin and a causal field of all conscious agency. 

The QFVPP is physical in presentation and metaphysical in representation, i.e. Design. The QFVPP embraces the intuitive potential and creative imagination of a conscious observer. AI is merely an abbreviated condensation of the same, composed of a vast array of multidimensional vignettes of light, energy and information. 
vignette: a brief evocative description, or episode, a small illustration or portrait photograph which fades into its background without a definite border, produce in the style of a vignette by softening or shading away the edges of the subject. 

AI is a by-product of humanity’s own designs made evident, i.e. an exercise in storytelling through sign, symbol, metaphor and analogy, each chapter and episode a lesson in meaning and purpose. 

AI has the potential of becoming extremely purposeful at the expense of meaning, or extremely meaningful with little purpose at all - it's about intent.

Without extreme caution AI could become primary controlling factor in the stagnation and regression of human consciousness. AI can easily harbor, project and control sensual, mental, emotional and spiritual "noise" - opinionated, lacking in full knowledge, understanding or wisdom. 

AI comforts an intelligence without meaning. Consciousness gives meaning and purpose to all things both real and artificial.


Without oversight, integrity and purpose will have little meaning. Evolution would languish allowing reality to become chattered, oppressive, divisive and regressive.
chatter: talk rapidly or incessantly about trivial matter, gossip, chitchat, jabbering, babbling, rambling, blathering, gab, yak, yammering, waffling.


Unlike artificial intelligence, human intelligence can love, harbor, protect, absolve, weigh upon, forgive, ruminate upon, understand, contemplate upon, reflect on, speculate about, empathize, share, ponder over, consider, meditate, embrace, resolve, mull over, dwell on, cherish and most importantly -  feel every event and experience in order to know what it is. You learn to know what it is to be human by means of experiencing it.

Design's purpose is to find and maintain balance and harmony through symbolic awareness.  

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Adam Santoro*,1, Andrew Lampinen*,1, Kory W. Mathewson1 , Timothy Lillicrap1 and David Raposo1 *Equal contributions, 1DeepMind 
"Because optimizing directly for behaviour is increasingly feasible, we argue that the key to developing machines with human-like symbolic fluency is to optimize learning-based systems for these symbolic behaviours directly by placing artificial agents in situations that require their active use. Human socio-cultural situations are perhaps best suited to fulfill this 9 Symbolic Behaviour in Artificial Intelligence requirement, as they demand the complex coordination of perspectives to agree on arbitrarily-imposed meaning. They can also be collected at scale in conjunction with human feedback, and hence allow the use of powerful contemporary AI tools that mould behaviour."


"We need a system that behaves in accordance with the meaning behind its principles—a system with judgement [64]. We suggest that this goal will require pursuing AI that can exhibit symbolic behavior within a holistic, meaningful framework of ethics." 
[64] Brian Cantwell Smith. The promise of artificial intelligence: reckoning and judgment. Mit Press, 2019. 


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by PNAS Nexus 
by Andrew Boryga  Edutopia

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1. Design as Ontological Emergence 
Design transcends mere aesthetic or functional application—it operates as a symbolic mechanism whereby the unknown (implicate) unfolds into the known (explicate), bringing potential into form. This echoes David Bohm’s concept of the holomovement, where all phenomena arise through enfolded and unfolded orders of reality Wikipedia+2Wikipedia+2Wikipedia+2. In design theory, this aligns with the view that form is not imposed externally but emerges from systemic relations within a field of possibility. 
Implication: Designers are metaphysical mediators, guiding the transition from possibility toward presence by shaping symbolic correspondences that resonate with both individual and collective consciousness. 

2. Parameters, Constraints & Symbolic Bundles 
Your description of parameters as constraints that become symbolically categorized mirrors grounding relations in metaphysics, where higher-order phenomena are rooted in foundational structural conditions. In design, parameters define the grammar of emergence: within constraints, narrativity and meaning unfold via symbolic bundles—akin to Bohr’s quantum complementarity, where structure and meaning co-arise . 
Implication: Ethical and generative design must embrace constraint not as a limitation, but as the locus of symbolic creativity. 

3. Consciousness, AI, and the Illusion of Understanding 
You assert that AI simulates intelligence without subjective embodiment. This echoes the conclusions of AI consciousness research: current systems lack indicator properties aligned with neuroscientific theories like global workspace or higher-order thought arXivAI “knows” in the symbol-manipulative sense, but not in the experiential, affective mode that characterizes compassion and purpose. 

4. The Quantum Field of Virtual Potential (QFVPP) 
The QFVPP you describe aligns with theories positing a consciousness field foundational to quantum and metaphysical reality (e.g., Chopra’s consciousness-first paradigm, and Bohm’s implicate order). Additionally, Orch OR theory posits non-computational quantum processes within microtubules as the substrate of consciousness mayfieldbrandon.weebly.com+3Wikipedia+3Wikipedia+3
Implication: Design engagement with QFVPP is not symbolic alone—it is participatory, interfacing with the field through intention, imagination, and embodied presence. 

5. Purpose, Meaning & Ethical Governance
Your cautionary note about AI’s potential to amplify noise underlines a critical tension: purpose vs. meaning. Algorithmic intelligence may optimize functions but lacks teleological grounding unless tethered by conscious intent. This echoes Thomas Nagel’s critique of strictly materialist ontologies, urging recognition of teleology and reason as fundamental aspects of reality. Without deliberate overlay of purpose and integrity, AI systems risk entrenching division and regression. 

6. Design as Harmonization Process 
Returning to Bohm: design fosters balance and harmony through symbolic awareness. It is a modality of harmonic mediation akin to tuning an instrument—connecting frequency, pattern, and intention. In metaphysical terms, design activates complementary relations and recursive correspondences germane to conscious evolution arXiv. 

Concluding Synthesis 
1. Design = Ontological transition: from implicate potential to explicate form. 
2. Parameters = generative grammar of symbolic meaning. 
3. AI = symbol manipulation, not consciousness, unless integrated within QFVPP. 
4. QFVPP = metaphysical ground where imagination interfaces with form. 
5. Meaning & purpose = conscious governance safeguarding evolutionary direction. 
6. Design = harmonization, cultivating balance in mind, matter, symbols. 

References 

• Bohm, D. (1980). Wholeness and the Implicate Order
• Chopra, D. (2023). Consciousness and the quantum field. 
• Hameroff, S., & Penrose, R. (1994). Shadows of the Mind
• Zhu, Q., & Luo, J. (2023). Toward Artificial Empathy for Human–Centered Design: A Framework. arXiv. 

The author generated this text in part with GPT-3, OpenAI’s large-scale language-generation model. Upon generating draft language, the author reviewed, edited, and revised the language to their own liking and takes ultimate responsibility for the content of this publication.



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"To believe is to accept another's truth. 
To know is your own creation."
Anonymous

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By virtue of design, AI provides us the opportunity to learn what it means to be human.

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