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In 1947, Perls introduced what would become the cycle of experience. He called it Organismic/World Metabolism as a description of the process underlying the achievement of internal balance. He believed that there exists an instinctive cycle which reflected the “cycle of the interdependency of organism and environment.” (Perls, 1969, 44; 69)
This cycle was a self-regulating experiential cycle that maintained the internal equilibrium of each individual. Because self regulation for human beings involves some form of consciousness that includes moral regulation, the moral regulation, by it’s very nature, “must lead to the accumulation of unfinished situations in our system and to interruption of the organismic circle. (Perls, 1969, 45) Hence, we have an instinctual cycle that seeks to complete itself. However, through internal and/or outside influences, the completion of this cycle can be short-circuited, creating an incomplete cycle. This incomplete cycle, if necessary to return the organism to equilibrium, will continue to recycle until the original need is satisfied. Such situations result “in a ‘fixed Gestalt’ or ‘unfinished experience/situation’ which interferes with good contact with self, others, or the environment in the present.” (Clarkson, 2000, 7)
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La Mancha Negra: Why This ‘Mysterious Black Goo’ Has Plagued Venezuela for Nearly 40 Years
Since 1986, the strange, black sludge has been terrorizing city streets, supposedly causing deaths and inspiring myths. Is it oil seepage? An offering from aliens? Political sabotage? Or something more sinister?
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Unraveling the Mystery of Scalar Waves: A Comprehensive Overview
Unlike conventional EM waves, scalar waves are believed to be non-Hertzian, meaning they do not travel through space in the same way as traditional electromagnetic waves. Scalar waves are often described as standing waves, meaning they do not move through space but exist as stationary patterns of energy.
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Shared Situational Awareness (SSA) means two or more people have a commonly understood mental model – a mental image of what’s happening & what is going to happen in the future. There is a latent opportunity to use Tools, such as AI, to advance SSA. Note that this is a non-linear space.
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The iminant future of HCI/AI will be heavily defined by bidirectional Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI), Brain-to-Brain Interfaces (BBI) and ubiquitous sensors, all hooked up to the Internet of Bio-Nano-Things (IoBNT) that guides pervasive and unobtrusive ambient intelligence.
