Beyond Algorithm

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Beyond Algorithm

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What is the simplest possible act? George Spencer-Brown's answer: drawing a distinction. In this episode, we dive deep into Laws of Form (1969), exploring how all logic, all mathematics, and perhaps all consciousness emerges from the primordial operation of marking a boundary. We'll discover how Spencer-Brown's calculus of indications revolutionizes our understanding of observation, self-reference, and the paradoxes at the heart of awareness. When a distinction re-enters its own form—when a boundary crosses itself—something extraordinary happens. This is where consciousness begins to appear, not as a thing but as an operation, not as substance but as form. Join us as we trace the logic that could make machine consciousness not just possible, but inevitable.

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