Wow, that was a lot. Let's take a moment and reflect on what we just explored as we briefly plunged into the worlds of not only Church, Borge, and Bohm, but also of that of Friston, exploration inspired by the seminal work of Whitehead.
As we saw, new discoveries about quantum physics opened the door to asking fundamental questions about reality, a door that Whitehead bravely walked through. His ideas were disorienting but also liberating, as he sought to develop a new understanding in a world far more complex and mysterious than we had previously assumed based on the old mechanistic models of science.
Church used that liberation to create a new mathematical framework using meta-abstractions to empower a creative imagination, that which became the foundation for the programming languages which underpin our new creative economy.
Borges used that liberation to free the imagination from the constricts of linear logic so that we could begin to think in a more spatial way – a liberation that helped inspire the hyperlinked global information system we simply call the 'Web', a platform for learning that opens the door to new ways of thinking.
Bohm used that liberation to reimagine reality where the visible, physical dimension is recognized as a mere momentary expression of a deeper invisible reality that is filled with flowing formless energy – mysterious quantum fluctuations that physicists are now calling 'quintessence'.
An infinitely complex mystery that continually surprises us, as Friston pointed out, challenging us to then make new meaning – a process that is at the core of who we are and what the world is as an integrated learning system.
Our very nature, then, is to learn. Our challenge, then, is to discover how to better unleash this hidden potential – this mysterious thing we have been bravely calling Creative Genius.
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