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The Cartesian product as a virtual governor
A virtual governor is a system-level preference embodied in the relationships between the members of the system.
 • Benjamin Lyons
The rule of law in physics, economics, and games
I’ve long been intrigued by the apparent rule of law in the physical world.
 • Benjamin Lyons
Physiological signals are about body coordination
The interoception-and-allostasis theory of everything says that the behavior of an agent is all about regulating its interoceptive signals, or signals…
 • Benjamin Lyons
Rationality is an engineering feat
Rationality is something you make, not something you are
 • Benjamin Lyons
What does math economize on, and why?
The set of prime numbers can be used to accomplish an important task because you can use the elements to generate all the natural numbers except for 1…
 • Benjamin Lyons
Interoception Sharing Is Caring
An organism’s behavioral and psychological processes are all about regulating its physiological state. Interoception is the body’s sense of its…
 • Benjamin Lyons
How does a Slinky figure out how to walk down the stairs?
If you set a Slinky at the top of a set of stairs and give it a push, it’ll walk down the stairs to the bottom in a remarkably elegant and seemingly…
 • Benjamin Lyons
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