Implication of Mathematics in Human Experience from an AI Perspective

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Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens - TRANSCEND Media Service

From Sexual Attraction to Existential Preoccupations of Discipline Practitioners

Introduction

29 Apr 2024 – Scientists (and notably mathematicians) pride themselves on their objectivity and tend systematically to deprecate anything characterized as subjective or experiential. There is therefore a case for exploring how scientists engage with the experiential since this is the reality of life for many. There is a particular irony to the fact that practitioners of a wide range of disciplines would claim — outside the framework of their discipline — to appreciate the experiential and variously to indulge in subjectivity. It then follows, as explored here, that of particular interest is the manner in which sexual attraction and intercourse are framed by scientists with contrasting frameworks of expertise.

Rather than simple curiosity, the concern here is with the implication of those disciplines for the frameworks through which their practitioners view the subjective reality of those who do not benefit from their insights. This concern may well extend to policy-makers and legislators who are typically not elected for their expertise in a wide range of disciplines. Potentially especially problematic is the extent to which sexual attraction and its consummation are a major preoccupation for many and are particular concern in any form of public relations and marketing. One typical condemnation of strategic proposals is that their presentation is not sufficiently “sexy” — whatever that is held to mean. Such appreciations are necessarily deprecated as irrational from the perspective of most disciplines.

It follow that proposals for global governance (and the strategic response to crises) are systematically undermined by the value associated with the experiential in contrast with the objective and rational. This concern is of particular relevance to the manner in which sexual attraction and intercourse can be seen as the fundamental drivers of global dynamics and the problematic consequences to which these currently give rise. Such consequences in terms of burgeoning populations are beyond question in any rational terms — or rather such rationality on the part of eminent authorities is discounted as indicative of hidden agendas. The irony is all the greater in that there is widespread recognition of the sexual “scandals” with which those in authority continue to be associated, and the speculation which that may evoke (Planetary Impalement by Stakeholder Capitalism? 2023; Problematic Sexual Paradoxes of Pandemic Response, 2021).

This exploration follows from an earlier exercise highlighting AI perspectives on balancing integration and identity faced by strategic complexity (Mathematical Modelling of Silo Thinking in Interdisciplinary Contexts, 2024). The silos of that exercise could be recognized as the disciplines here. As with the following, the articulation of the argument is developed with extensive use of ChatGPT (and specifically its Scholar.ai plugin) as an experimental presentation in its own right. The responses to prompts are presented below in grayed zones for clarity.

The argument concludes with reference to the insights that mathematics might offer to the experiential prospect of collapse, whether in the case of a civilization, a culture, a group, or an individual. This is consistent with widespread at this time with regard to societal collapse — the collapse of civilization as currently known (Paul R. Ehrlich, et al, Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280, 2013, 1754; Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization, Island Press, 2006).

Given the manner in which the prospect of renewal tends to be framed in terms of “renaissance”, and the sexual implications of that metaphor, a question is how mathematicians can reframe their recognition of creativity with such experiential implications.

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