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What it Comes Down To

Kenneth Collins k.p.collins at worldnet.att.net
Wed Jul 31 23:05:21 EST 2002


"NDT" is an acronym for "Neuroscientific Duality Theory", which is a
unified theory of nervous system function, cognition, affect and
behavior, which explains how and why prejudice happens, and includes
concrete biological 'mechanisms' for the phenomena of creativity,
curiosity and volition, a Maths treatment of memory 'addressing'
[storage, retrieval and cross-correlation], and more, including
'language' and the way it interfaces with the much-larger
information-processing that occurs within nervous systems, all of
which reduces directly to the proven Neuroscience experimental
results.

NDT shows how everything that happens within nervous systems reduces
to one thing: the minimization of the topologically-distributed
excitatation and the maximization of topologically-distributed
inhibition [shorthand: TD E/I-minimization].

the integrative  capacity of this 'principle' derives in the fact
that the one-way flow of energy from order to disorder that is what's
described by 2nd Thermo [WDB2T] permeates physical reality.

to the degree that a nervous system achieves TD E/I-minimization,
behavioral by-products of TD E/I-minimization are manifested which
'blindly' and automatically 'climb' the energy gradient that's is
WDB2T, which 'carries' an organism into relatively-energy-rich
environmental circumstances, which, on average, optimizes the
organism's survival propensity.

that behavior is produced only as a by-product of TD E/I-minimization
is the 'duality'.

in the mix, there are 'servo-mechanisms' which are vigilant, in
generalized ways, with respect 'caveats' [in case 'wild' things
happen as the energy gradient that is WDB2T is 'climbed'.

as Humans 'climb' the energy gradient that is WDB2T, the paths they
find augment Humanity-wide capacity for 'climbing' the energy
gradient that is WDB2T.

which is how 'Progress' happens.

but, because it's not been generally comprehended, it's also how
'human'-inflicted Tragedy happens.

which is why i'm 'persistent' with respect to augmenting
comprehension with respect to this stuff.

when it's comprehended, the 'duality' 'disappears', leaving unity.

i've an old hypertext doc [DOS - Windows] that discusses the basics.
if you want it, please msg privately.

k. p. collins

Andrew Austin wrote in message ...
>What`s an "NDT" ?






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