https://archive.opentheory.net/2017/05/why-we-seek-out-pleasure-the-symmetry-theory-of-homeostatic-regulation/ Speculations on the Frontiers of Science and Culture Wed, 31 Oct 2018 04:40:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://archive.opentheory.net/2017/05/why-we-seek-out-pleasure-the-symmetry-theory-of-homeostatic-regulation/#comment-98744 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 04:40:52 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/?p=1145#comment-98744 […] which I argue is symmetry– in deep ways, and has built our brain-minds around principles of homeostatic symmetry. This naturally leads to a high variability in our valence, as our homeostatic state is perturbed […]

]]> https://archive.opentheory.net/2017/05/why-we-seek-out-pleasure-the-symmetry-theory-of-homeostatic-regulation/#comment-96245 Mon, 04 Jun 2018 05:27:45 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/?p=1145#comment-96245 […] centers’ function; how various drugs change our mood; why music is so affectively compelling; why we seek out pleasure) as well as falsifiable predictions (the world’s first method for measuring emotional valence […]

]]> https://archive.opentheory.net/2017/05/why-we-seek-out-pleasure-the-symmetry-theory-of-homeostatic-regulation/#comment-95040 Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:32:47 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/?p=1145#comment-95040 […] set up in such a way that we stochastically seek out pleasant states of mind. (I think this is a contingent fact about humans, not a universal for intelligent […]

]]> https://archive.opentheory.net/2017/05/why-we-seek-out-pleasure-the-symmetry-theory-of-homeostatic-regulation/#comment-80200 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 19:27:50 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/?p=1145#comment-80200 […] collective has been doing a lot of work touching on brain dynamics, resonance, and symmetry: see here and here (video). Increasingly, a new implicit working ontology I’m calling […]

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