Where does fitness fit in theories of perception?
Barton L. Anderson, September 18, 2015, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Early on, I explained that I'm no authority and in no position to dispute the correctness of Hoffman's math, in fact I found it easy to grant him his math because it was his conclusions that begged the loud objection.
Still expert input is important and thanks to a paper Hoffman shared with me I discovered another fascinating critique by Barton Anderson. It was fun to plow through because his words resonated with my own naïve nebulous reasoning and helped offer a bit more structure to my objections.
For the serious student, I want to point out that Anderson’s paper is an example of playing by the contrarian script - which is totally appropriate within that particular science journal arena. But it’s something to think about as you read the complete paper.
Whereas, in the public arena, I’m advocating for rejecting such counter-productive scripts - such as the fanciful contrarian notion that our, “spacetime is doomed” because of some master mathematician’s sleight of hand, or that the reality around us is a shapeshifting mirage - and replacing them with altogether different realistic down to Earth scripts that are built around facts and evidence and lessons we’ve learned from observing evolution and Earth sciences, as opposed to models conjured up within imaginative minds.
I believe that starts with learning about and absorbing an appreciation for the “Physical Reality ~ Human Mindscape divide” and allowing those lessons to inform how we view the world around us. Developing a fact-based appreciation for Evolution and this planet that created us.
It was Hoffman’s insistence that his theorem reflects physical reality, that triggered my umbrage at his, from a societal perspective, counter-productive mind game.
Look around folks, we are destroying our very life support systems, while all this treasure and intelligence is wasted on self indulgent pipe dreaming. At least, that’s how it looks from where I’m standing.
Okay, enough of me, Professor Anderson’s paper is over 4,000 words and my first quote harvesting came to 1,400 words. I’ve trimmed that down to under 600, hoping that my sampling will encourage you to read the entire paper. It offers good background for the uninitiated. I once again declare Fair Use and encourage you to link to and read the complete version.
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Where does fitness fit in theories of perception?
Barton L. Anderson, September 18, 2015, (~4,000 words)
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, volume 22, pages 1507–1511(2015)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758%2Fs13423-014-0748-5
