Patternism
How Patterns Define Intelligence, Consciousness, and EvolutionBy Thuc Cong Nguyen
Length8h 47m
About this audiobook
What if intelligence isn’t uniquely human? Patternism: How Patterns Define Intelligence, Consciousness, and Evolution offers a radical shift: intelligence is the ability to find and use patterns, while consciousness is the ability to recognize—and break—patterns within oneself. Seen this way, consciousness is not beyond biology but a natural extension of intelligence. Listeners will explore evolution as an intelligent process, the four universal principles of life—Representation, Recognition, Reproduction, and Randomization—and how neurons, AI, mathematics, and even music can all be reduced to patterns and their paradoxes. Patternism reveals a bold new philosophy: that patterns are as fundamental to reality as space and time.
Audiobook details
GenrePhilosophy, Science and Nature
Length8 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 12, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title + Epigraph
20Chapter 3.3 Mechanism 1. Repetition
2Chapter 1.0 A Complete Theory of Intelligence
21Chapter 3.4 Mechanism 2. Prediction
3Chapter 1.1 The Patternist Approach
22Chapter 3.5 Mechanism 3. Natural Selection
4Chapter 1.2 The Game
23Chapter 3.6 Mechanism 4. Categorization
5Chapter 1.3 Universal
24Chapter 3.7 Universal Tools
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6Chapter 1.4 The Ladder of Complexity
25Chapter 3.8 The Divide
7Chapter 2.0 A Theory of Patterns
26Chapter 4.0 A Theory of Theories
8Chapter 2.1 What is a Pattern?
27Chapter 4.1 What is a Theory?
9Chapter 2.2 Spatial and Temporal Patterns
28Chapter 4.2 Foundational Principles
10Chapter 2.3 Living Patterns
29Chapter 4.3 Constructing Reality
11Chapter 2.4 Complexity
30Chapter 4.4 The Universal Method
12Chapter 2.5 Existence
31Chapter 5.0 A Viable Set
13Chapter 2.6 The Differentiation of Outcomes
32Chapter 5.1 Merely Viable
14Chapter 2.7 A Semi-Consistent Universe
33Chapter 5.2 Principle 1. Representation
15Chapter 2.8 Medium Independence
34Chapter 5.3 Principle 2. Recognition
16Chapter 2.9 The Paradox of the Pattern
35Chapter 5.4 Principle 3. Reproduction
17Chapter 3.0 The Search for Patterns
36Chapter 5.5 Principle 4. Randomization
18Chapter 3.1 Adaptive Systems
37Chapter 5.6 A Fundamental Theory
19Chapter 3.2 Pattern Recognition
38APPENDIX: Tests of Self
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