Music as primordial change
PsyArXiv Preprints August 27, 2023 preprint DOI: osf:w7kdp_v1 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Keywords | Consciousness Digital physics Memory Music Primordial change Meta-science Computational neuroscience Cognitive neuroscience Emotion Systems neuroscience Evolution Cultural psychology |
| Key points | Argues that music is equivalent to a fundamental encoding of change in a digital universe, that consciousness is what it feels like to have dopamine levels change in an organic brain, and that consciousness emerges from an agent with sufficient memory and context. Memory is described as existentially primordial and required for any change or consciousness. |
Abstract
A short and informal essay considering the significance of music or musical melodies. Music is considered as being equivalent to a fundamental encoding of change in a digital universe. Consciousness is also proposed as being what it feels like to have dopamine levels change in an organic brain. Consciousness is considered as emergent from an agent with sufficient memory and context or a threshold of a vast number of associations in memory. Memory is, thus, noted as existentially primordial and required for any change or consciousness.