We may finally have an extension to the
original Gaia theory. We humans could be
instrumental to bringing about a massive
upgrade of the planetary operating
system to version Gaia 2.0. The
conceptual similarities of the world
wide web and the human brain are
astounding. The wiring of the Internet is
much like a rudimentary brain and some
of the interactions that take place on
it are similar to the processes that we
observe in the brain.
Both neural networks exhibit a
scale-free fractal distribution with
some weakly connected units and some
strongly connected ones which are
arranged in hubs of increasing
functional complexity. Both networks are
holonomic, which means that information
can reach any given node within the
network by passing through only a small
number of other nodes. This facilitates
the global propagation of information
within the network and gives each and
every unit the functional potential to
be directly connected to all others. The
Syntellect Hypothesis, which is the main
focus of the book "The Syntellect
Hypothesis: Five Paradigms of the Mind's
Evolution" refers to a phase transition
of a complex intelligent system to
self-awareness of a living conscious
superorganism, when intellectual synergy
of its components reaches threshold
complexity to become one super-mind. This
metamorphosis is associated with
emergence of higher-order self-awareness,
and dimensionality of a new
consciousness structure. As a bio- species
merging with its advanced technology,
human-machine civilization is now on the
verge of the Syntellect Emergence -
becoming one Global Mind.
-Excerpt from
The Syntellect Hypothesis: Five Paradigms
of the Mind's Evolution by Alex Vikoulov
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