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Isn't the concept of 'beauty' simply relate to patterns which are attractive to the human brain due to inheritance and
experience?
Humans, when tested, are usually attracted to a scene with lakes, streams, clouds, mountains, sunlight, sunsets,
sunrises, and cottages with chimneys with smoke coming out of them implying a nice cozy place to take refuge from
the storm. (as per the ending scene in Coen brother's True Grit. In that case, lights in the windows and on the
porch showing the presence of friendly humans.)
If humans are inherently attracted to 'natural things' and if they are also attracted to cellphones, PCs and game
machines to the point of (sometimes) obsession, what does this mean for the inherent objective value of our robot
machines?
Phi-m is defined as the specific free energy rate expressed in units of energy per time per mass. Phi-m is known to
astronomers as the luminosity-to-mass ratio, to physicists as the power density, to geologists as he specific radiant
flux, to biologists as the specific metabolic rate and to engineers as the power-to-mass ratio.
Here are some estimated Free Energy Rate Densities:
Milky Way galaxy 0.5
Our Sun 2
Earth 75
Biosphere (plants) 900
Human body 20,000
Human brain 150,000
Human society 500,000
Modern CPU (computer brain)
Internet and connected computers (society of computers)
Notice the logarithmic progression. Notice the increasing need for energy.
donbot
Refer to Living Systems and to Cosmic Evolution (Chaisson)
experience?
Humans, when tested, are usually attracted to a scene with lakes, streams, clouds, mountains, sunlight, sunsets,
sunrises, and cottages with chimneys with smoke coming out of them implying a nice cozy place to take refuge from
the storm. (as per the ending scene in Coen brother's True Grit. In that case, lights in the windows and on the
porch showing the presence of friendly humans.)
If humans are inherently attracted to 'natural things' and if they are also attracted to cellphones, PCs and game
machines to the point of (sometimes) obsession, what does this mean for the inherent objective value of our robot
machines?
Phi-m is defined as the specific free energy rate expressed in units of energy per time per mass. Phi-m is known to
astronomers as the luminosity-to-mass ratio, to physicists as the power density, to geologists as he specific radiant
flux, to biologists as the specific metabolic rate and to engineers as the power-to-mass ratio.
Here are some estimated Free Energy Rate Densities:
Milky Way galaxy 0.5
Our Sun 2
Earth 75
Biosphere (plants) 900
Human body 20,000
Human brain 150,000
Human society 500,000
Modern CPU (computer brain)
Internet and connected computers (society of computers)
Notice the logarithmic progression. Notice the increasing need for energy.
donbot
Refer to Living Systems and to Cosmic Evolution (Chaisson)