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July 14, 2002

Another Theory of Everything

The Marriage of Complexity and Integrity

Integrating Complexity, Integrity and Energy

Energy, Dirt, Sex, Dreams and Other Godstuff

Marilyn Hamilton BA CGA PhD

1. Why do complexity theory and integral frameworks fight?

They attempt to argue at different levels of scale.

Each has a contribution to make to explaining our existence.

Complexity theory explains the workings of emergence.Emergence powers evolution in a self-organizing way.

Integral theory explains the meta-patterns that have emerged.Integral theory has keen eyes for the relationships between emergents.

The linkage between complexity and integrity is energy; ie. field theory.

2. Complexity creates the framework (protocols) of CAS

survive

connect with environment

reproduce (replicate, generate)

This is more scientifically verifiable qualities of CAS than Wheatleys identity,information and relationships

but I see the relevance of these qualities (see below)

o identity = agents, container

o information relates to energy of exchanges

o relationship relates to exchanges and the resultant container

Complexity identifies the elements of a CAS

agents

exchanges containers

Container emerges from interaction of agents (ie. agents and exchanges)

Interactions of A & E creates/uses energy.

This creates the container

this creates a field


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Each level of emergence transforms energy to a different level of expression

e=mc2

Each energy set (level) bifurcates into a different algorithm

theory = when agents have connected often/densely enuf then new properties

emerge because of changes of state in the container

Each level of emergence creates new containers

energy (zero point) - universes

energy field(s) - galaxies

geo chemical molecules

bio life forms

nous -- consciousness/minds

spirit formless knowing existence

Containers are emergents not givens, but they form the crucibles for the next stage of

emergence.

containers emerge from attractors (point, periodic, strange)

containers are holonic systems

the emergence of containers is affected by the life conditions

life conditions help determine what aspects of containers will be selected(Darwin) and contribute to continued survival and replication

The success/likelihood of container survival depends on

CAS factors

ALL of context (turtles up and down)

extant conditions in closest contexts

Chaos theory appears relevant because we can never know the total context of any given

system; thus

small effects > big changes

massive entanglement is real

3. Integral theory notices the patterns that emergence has produced:

energy (zero point)

energy field(s)

geo (elements)

bio (genes)

nous (memes)

spirit (light, reflection?)

Integral theory reflects the meta-patterns of existence:

evolutionary, developmental (Great Chain of Being, Darwins Theory ofEvolution, de Chardins geo/bio/nous)


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inner/outer (subjective/objective)

individual in context (individual/group)

contextual

holonic

4. Field theory might help explain emergent transformations (andbifurcations)

energy transforms as container heats up ie. more exchanges between agents

exchanges occur naturally when system/container is unstable

container is unstable at beginning of container formation/emergence and end of

container/emergence ie. birth/death

difference matrix helps diagnose state of the container and therefore its stability

disturbance leads to instability if conditions for CAS are not met (Blooms bees);

eg. if food source depleted, change direction for finding food; system develops

adaptation technique of diversity generators to connect with its environment so itcan survive so it can regenerate (selfish genes??)

if conditions for maintaining CAS continue, CAS will continue and adapt in small

selective stages

if conditions change drastically so CAS cant survive, connect with environment

or reproduce, CAS will change or die

this shows up in the Difference Matrix (Olson, Eoyang)

5. Conclusions/Implications:

Spirit is emergent not implicate

Wilber has it right about the pre-trans fallacy within the nous stage

dont make the same mistake of applying pre-trans fallacy to zero point and spirit

level

Integration

Wilber has it right that differentiation and integration are necessary for continuous

evolution

if system fails to do either then blocks evolution (at any level)

Integration can be experienced with complete (or close) alignment of energy, geo,

bio, nous, spirit: experience of ONE, resonance, interconnected all, nirvakalpi inall 2 quads at all levels of emergence (for individual); all 4 quads (for group)

Imitation

each level of existence has emerged when the container has discovered how toproduce instructions to replicate itself

these instructions are exponentially greater than the levels preceding it.

these instructions are scientifically verifiable as Wilber has set out:

o injunction (do this)

o experience (collect data)

o verify (compare results)


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the instructions are about how do we agree to be together in this container?

the instructions look like this at each container stage:

o energy (zero point): yin/yang (shift the allocation of energy from field to

field so energy flows

o energy field(s): atomic relationships.

o geo: molecular relationships > elementso bio: cellular relationships >genes

o nous: behavior relationships >memes

o spirit: memetic relationship > dreams? gleams? (light, reflection?)

Co-Creativity

when we are able to resonate vertically, horizontally, diagonally and share acrossCAS

co-creativity is the emergence of a new system of holonic cooperation; many

levels, experiments before one will be most selected (like early hominids beforehomo sapiens sapiens emerges)

Time

The experience of time changes at each emergent level:

o energy (zero point): no time

o energy field(s): non-local time

o geo: arrow of time forward in local time

o bio: time re-stored in life cycles; vertical transmission thru genes

o nous: time experienced vertically, horizontally, diagonally

o spirit: timeless

Time is holonic so that as container learns to transform time travel ispossible???

Post Script Corollaries:

exchanges and connections are vital at every stage studying how they are made= pattern recognition

imitation is a pattern of replicating instructions to reproduce the CAS at every

level

instructions for CAS are critical to all emergence

emergence selects for the best instructions to replicate instructions

emergence is always playing, experimenting, responding, creating

dont confuse sequence of emergence with unit of emergence

dont confuse unit of emergence with level of emergence

dont confuse ecology of emergence with unit, scale or level of emergence

dont confuse emergent order with implicate order


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dont confuse deep knowledge of one level of emergence with another; ie dont

make category errors

dont make time-based category errors

use scientific method to verify realities: energetic, geo, bio, nous, spirit ++

(injunction, collect data, verify)

Addiction is a maladaptive behavior of CAS

depends totally on support from context

if context withdraws support, then addict (at any level of scale) must changebehavior

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