CAUSALITY/WELD

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On The Nature Of The Gods, which critically examines Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic perspectives on matters of theology and cosmology

Specifically it focuses upon the presentation of Stoic cosmology and theology by Quintus Lucilius Balbus in book 2, in particular one of the arguments for the existence of the gods presented by Balbus, which we can call the argument from intelligence. It might be viewed as a variant on a cosmological argument, working from an effect to the necessary existence of a cause. In this case, the existence of human intelligence, and claimed impossibility of that resulting from a cause that is not itself intelligent, leads to the conclusion of the existence of a divine intelligence.

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Cicero On The Nature Of The Gods book 2 - Argument From Intelligence - Sadler's Lectures

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.⊹(﹙˓˗ˏˋ⟡ˎˊ˗˒﹚)⊹₊ฅ≽(•⩊•マ≼
⭒₊⊹( NO AI🚫)⊹₊⭒
˖ ࣪☆⊹ ࣪   ˖ ࣪⊹ ࣪ ★ ⋆.˚ ⊹ ࣪
࣪ ˖⋆˚★ ₊ ⊹　 ࣪˖ ࣪ ₊ ࣪ ˖　
. ݁　⊹ ࣪ ˖　　　 ࣪ ˖
　　. ݁　　　 ݁
　　.

꧁·͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩̥͙⦓⟡⦔*̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥‧͙꧂

Causal!ty in Mot!on ⚛️

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.⊹(﹙˓˗ˏˋ🕘ˎˊ˗˒﹚)⊹₊ฅ≽(•⩊•マ≼
⭒₊⊹( NO AI🚫)⊹₊⭒
˖ ࣪☆⊹ ࣪   ˖ ࣪⊹ ࣪ ★ ⋆.˚ ⊹ ࣪
࣪ ˖⋆˚★ ₊ ⊹　 ࣪˖ ࣪ ₊ ࣪ ˖　
. ݁　⊹ ࣪ ˖　　　 ࣪ ˖
　　. ݁　　　 ݁
　　.

˗ˏˋ⚞⦒⦕⦑🕘⦒⦖⦑⚟ˎˊ˗

Original illustration is by c_nastik (nastya 🦋☔️).

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.⊹(﹙˓˗ˏˋ🌟ˎˊ˗˒﹚)⊹₊ฅ≽(•⩊•マ≼
⭒₊⊹( NO AI🚫)⊹₊⭒
˖ ࣪☆⊹ ࣪ ˖ ࣪⊹ ࣪ ★ ⋆.˚ ⊹ ࣪
࣪ ˖⋆˚★ ₊ ⊹　 ࣪˖ ࣪ ₊ ࣪ ˖　
. ݁　⊹ ࣪ ˖　　　 ࣪ ˖
　　. ݁　　　 ݁
　　.

˗ˏˋ⚞⦒⦕⦑🌟⦒⦖⦑⚟ˎˊ˗

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..(﹙˓˗ˏˋ⟣𖢻⟢ˎˊ˗˒﹚)⊹₊ฅ≽(•⩊•マ≼
⭒₊⊹( NO AI🚫)⊹₊⭒
˖ ࣪☆⊹ ࣪ ˖ ࣪⊹ ࣪ ★ ⋆.˚ ⊹ ࣪
࣪ ˖⋆˚★ ₊ ⊹　 ࣪˖ ࣪ ₊ ࣪ ˖　
. ݁　⊹ ࣪ ˖　　　 ࣪ ˖
　　. ݁　　　 ݁
　　.

˗ˏˋ⚞⦒⦕⦑⟣𖢻⟢⦒⦖⦑⚟ˎˊ˗

This lecture discusses key ideas from the medieval Christian philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, 1st part, question 27, "The Causes Of Love", and examines his discussions in article 2, which centers on whether and how knowledge can be a cause of love.

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Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae - Knowledge As A Cause Of Love

This lecture discusses key ideas from the medieval Christian philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, 1st part, question 27, "The Causes Of Love", and examines his discussions in article 3, which centers on whether and how likeness (similitudo) is a cause of love, particularly between similar people. He addresses the issue raised by the classical proverb "potter against potter" and discusses several different modes of likeness

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Medium Article: https://medium.com/@jsmith0475/what-holds-an-ai-together-063fcb26c876
"What Holds an AI Together? The case for vertical causality in machine intelligence," by Dr. Jerry A. Smith, argues that contemporary artificial intelligence systems are fundamentally incomplete because they rely solely on horizontal causality, which governs the sequential flow of actions and feedback across time. This reliance on the temporal axis results in systems that are locally competent but lack global coherence, leading the author to introduce the concept of vertical causality. Vertical causality describes simultaneous, structural dependencies—such as the underlying architecture, goal representations, and identity models—that sustain the system and ground its purpose at every moment action occurs. The author explains that achieving genuine artificial agency requires integrating both dimensions in a "duplex ecosystem," where vertical structures define the space of possible behaviors while horizontal processes explore it. Consequently, robust AI alignment should focus not just on sequential checks but on the architecture itself, ensuring that essential commitments are structurally operative rather than merely procedural outcomes.

What Holds an AI Together?

In-Depth Explorations of Neuroscience-Inspired Architectures Revolutionizing AI.

a/k/a CHRIS CYPHER
[FUTURE_WITCH\TRICK]
author of 'LANTERNGLASS'
and
'an UNASSEMBLED VERSE'
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Correlation ≅ Causation
Perception ≅ Reality

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