Mind Scale

The range from tiny to vast superintelligent minds and the question of how welfare and cost scale relative to each other

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

hypothesis

cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edge

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

mindsconcept0.827
Mental or cognitive entities that may or may not depend on brains.
Cognitive scalingconcept0.811
Process by which low-level competencies scale to larger problem-solving abilities across levels of organization.
scaleconcept0.805
A formal context with a suggestive interpretation used in conceptual scaling.
Levels of Scaleconcept0.787
The property that living structures contain centers at a beautiful range of sizes at well-marked levels with definite jumps, where each level helps the next; jumps should not be too great (ideally 2:1 to 4:1, less than 10:1)
dichotomic scaleconcept0.777
Scale with two attribute values that are negations of each other (e.g., pass/fail).
How to define consciousness and cognition across biological scalesquestion0.776
Core open question: whether cognition is a scaled property present in all living systems or emerges only at certain complexity levels.
Human Scaleconcept0.772
The quality of spatial dimensions that feel comfortable and nurturing to human beings.
Scaling of the cognitive Selfconcept0.770
The process by which smaller agents join into a larger emergent Self with expanded cognitive light cones, mediated by gap junctions.