Addy Pross

Yes, this is very interesting because the problem, biology has given, of course, physicists hard burn for a century. I mean, Schrodinger and Wigner and Bohr, They basically said life doesn't make sense according to the known physical principles. And I think it was Schrodinger that hinted that there may be laws of physics that need to be discovered yet to be able to explain all of this.

Yes, this is very interesting because the problem, biology has given, of course, physicists hard burn for a century. I mean, Schrodinger and Wigner and Bohr, They basically said life doesn't make sense according to the known physical principles. And I think it was Schrodinger that hinted that there may be laws of physics that need to be discovered yet to be able to explain all of this.

But it turns, you know, now I'm going to say something cruel, that between physics and biology, there's this other little subject called chemistry that can help bridge between the two. And I think the kinetic dimension is suddenly allowing that physical biological connection to come together.

But it turns, you know, now I'm going to say something cruel, that between physics and biology, there's this other little subject called chemistry that can help bridge between the two. And I think the kinetic dimension is suddenly allowing that physical biological connection to come together.

Yeah, this is a wonderful question. And I think... What we can see through this approach is the beginning of cognition because we're saying inherently the DKS system is cognitive. If cognitive means an awareness of the environment, it is aware. There's a definition of cognition that is a system that is able to store, access, and and act on information.

Yeah, this is a wonderful question. And I think... What we can see through this approach is the beginning of cognition because we're saying inherently the DKS system is cognitive. If cognitive means an awareness of the environment, it is aware. There's a definition of cognition that is a system that is able to store, access, and and act on information.

But that's exactly what a D-care system does. The energy and material that are coming in are, if you like, information input, and it acquires that information and responds to that information. So we can see essentially the beginning of cognition in in the way that a DK system behaves. By definition, it is cognitive.

But that's exactly what a D-care system does. The energy and material that are coming in are, if you like, information input, and it acquires that information and responds to that information. So we can see essentially the beginning of cognition in in the way that a DK system behaves. By definition, it is cognitive.

And then we come to the tricky bit that one couldn't have predicted that this internal sense, this since the inner sense that we have comes about as a result of self-awareness. Because in order to be able to deal better with the outside, you've got to look after your inside. You've got to be aware of what's happening inside of you. Your internal state is relevant to your ability to

And then we come to the tricky bit that one couldn't have predicted that this internal sense, this since the inner sense that we have comes about as a result of self-awareness. Because in order to be able to deal better with the outside, you've got to look after your inside. You've got to be aware of what's happening inside of you. Your internal state is relevant to your ability to

respond and react to the external environment. So there's a growing tendency of self-awareness that comes about naturally, if you like, through this evolutionary process. By knowing ourselves, look what we humans have done. We know ourselves to the extent that we understand all of the physiological processes, the metabolic processes that are going on within our bodies. Amazing.

respond and react to the external environment. So there's a growing tendency of self-awareness that comes about naturally, if you like, through this evolutionary process. By knowing ourselves, look what we humans have done. We know ourselves to the extent that we understand all of the physiological processes, the metabolic processes that are going on within our bodies. Amazing.

But apparently, one can argue that the cell, the bacterial cell, already is aware of its own state and response to changes in the environment through... interacting with the environment and its state may change. And of course, phenomena like, you know, changing, locating, moving toward chemo taxes, moving towards food.

But apparently, one can argue that the cell, the bacterial cell, already is aware of its own state and response to changes in the environment through... interacting with the environment and its state may change. And of course, phenomena like, you know, changing, locating, moving toward chemo taxes, moving towards food.

It's an awareness of its environment and its internal state says, I'm hungry, go get some food.

It's an awareness of its environment and its internal state says, I'm hungry, go get some food.

Yeah. Look, actually, this way of thinking has helped me reach the conclusion that sometimes there's a tendency for philosophers to say that everything we see around us may be illusory. It may not exist. But I actually say now that that can't be right because –

Yeah. Look, actually, this way of thinking has helped me reach the conclusion that sometimes there's a tendency for philosophers to say that everything we see around us may be illusory. It may not exist. But I actually say now that that can't be right because –

If we, everything, nature has given us all of these tools to persist and we, our understanding of the environment is important for our persistence. So it is there for a purpose. Consciousness, our mental activity apparently takes up something like 20% of our energy, a huge amount. amount of energy is put into our cognitive state, nature wouldn't do that if there wasn't some return for that.

If we, everything, nature has given us all of these tools to persist and we, our understanding of the environment is important for our persistence. So it is there for a purpose. Consciousness, our mental activity apparently takes up something like 20% of our energy, a huge amount. amount of energy is put into our cognitive state, nature wouldn't do that if there wasn't some return for that.