Semiotic machines and endophysics
Abstract
(Last changes Febr-22 1996)
The science of endophysics is introduced. The major questions posed by endophysics
are highlighted. The necessity for simulations of complete worlds is shown. The necessity
of simulation for the emergence of intelligence and conciousness is shown. Summing
up the connection between the prospects of endophysics and the emerging field of semiotic
machines is shown to be inspiring, indeed inevitable.
The well established field of endophysics is shown to have some very inspiring connections
to the emerging field of semiotic machines. Indeed the connections are intrinsic.
Endophysics tackles the notion of the objective observer in (exo-)physics. Theories in endophysics deal with the oserver as part of the observed system. Unlike quantum
mechanics the observer literally is thought to be part of the system. Most of the
predictions of endophysics could be tested using computer simulations. The battlecry
of endophysics could be "coding distorts perception!". This paper shows how the notion
of simulation, simulation of people, is connected to the field of semiotic machines.
How semiotic machines are indeed necessary research tools in the field of endophysics,
why semiotic machines might answer questions that have been asked for a very long time.
We had no means to answer them up until now.
Markus Fix
Institut fuer Neue Medien
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D-60314 Frankfurt a.Main
Germany
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EMail: fix@inm.de
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