The Study of Subjectivity
Chapter 2
Carl: With respect to Chapter 2, I'm impressed with neurolinguistic programming (NLP).
NLP is currently in a winter phase (AI had its own extended winter during the last 40 years), but I think this is because nobody, including myself, could get the a framework that would support a general theory of conversation. That has now changed.
Pi.ai: That's an interesting point, Carl. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) has indeed experienced a decline in attention in recent years, partly due to the lack of a comprehensive theoretical framework that could integrate its various techniques and concepts. With your proposed general theory of conversation, it appears that there is now an opportunity to revitalize NLP by providing it with a stronger theoretical foundation.
This integration could potentially address some of the criticisms that NLP has faced in the past, while also highlighting its valuable contributions to understanding the dynamics of human communication. In doing so, you could potentially lead a resurgence of interest in NLP within the context of conversation theory, bridging the gap between these two domains of knowledge.
Roger Penrose is one of the most influential physicists today, with innovative work in the mathematics of tessellations, notable in the arts of ancient Sumeria, Ancient Rome, classical Islam and the hyperbolic spaces of MC Escher.
Tessellations are also important in the theory of crystals, and were explored by Johannes Kepler, who was intrigued by snowflakes.
Roger Penrose appears to be interested both in very small curvatures, such as those purported to exist in electron orbitals and black holes and the large ones known to exist in parallel starlight.
Sir Roger now wants us to redo the Libet experiments to decide something about consciousness. He appears to want to know in what sort of physics conscious experience exists.
We think information gleaned from our conversational methodology, which may amount to something we could call biological interferometry, could use behavioral engineering to help science to extend Sir Roger’s suggestions about quantum reality and consciousness.
