The Caveman in the Box Trilogy
The Caveman in the Box Trilogy is a scientific model that showcases
the origin, creation and evolution of inherent information. It is simply
the study on the Genesis of Information. It is a thought experiment
designed to demonstrate how the very first human on earth learned to
acquire information based on the following basic scientific questions:
1. How did information emerge into the early minds of the very first humans?
2. Who supplied our primitive ancestors with information?
3. Where did it originate? Where did it come from?
4. Was the source of information a who or a what? Was it god, space aliens or something else?
The experiment was initiated using three specialized boxes where different subjects were put into test. In the first box, a newborn son of a caveman was placed just after birth. The box was a well designed state of the art fully automated experimental room where food, water, and everything that the child needs for his survival, growth and development are all technologically provided just like the sustenance naturally acquired by newborn inside the womb or by living things inside earth's biosphere. In this box, the child will never be allowed ever to see anyone or hear anything for the rest of his life. He will be totally isolated from the physical world from birth to adulthood.
Parallel to this same scenario was another box - the box of the boy's father, the first human on earth. In this box, the second subject was also placed in isolation from birth to adulthood. The only difference between this box and the first box was that the father's box was the natural world, a place surrounded by living organism like plants and animals, and non-living objects.
In the third box, the subject, which was a four legged creature, was also isolated from birth to adulthood with the same environment as his adult master. The only difference between this box and the caveman father's box was that the subject was a dog — a lower life form.
From these scenarios, more questions were raised like:
Who among the three will acquire more information?
Who will never acquire any information at all?
Will they become aware of themselves?
Will they become aware of their own surrounding?
Will they figure out that they are alive?
Will they understand the things surrounding them? How?
How many pieces of information will they acquire?
How will they know and understand them?
How did they acquire the ability of associating physical objects with mental images or vice versa?
Which minds will stay empty forever?
Which brains will give rise to consciousness and self-conscious?
They are open questions that can be rationally answered by common sense observations, systematic inferences, comparative analysis, and scientific experiments. Questions that can redefine the meaning of consciousness in its simplified form.
In attempt to define consciousness in its simplified form, Lawsin invented the catch phrase “the Human Mental Handicap”. It asserts that “No human can ever think of something without labeling or associating such something with an object, a word, a description or another thing.”(Definition-1, Lawsin 1988). Humans acquire information in two and only two ways: by choice or by chance. The acquisition becomes tangible when it is matched, named, tagged, or labelled. This type of associative, comparative, or a one to one correspondence act of labeling, tagging or codexating is an indicator one is conscious. Consciousness is not Awareness as most people think. Consciousness is Recognition.
Lawsin also defined consciousness in a simple equation: If x is conscious with y then x is conscious, else, if x is by itself alone, then x is not conscious. In other words, he said, if I am conscious with my dog then I am conscious. If I exist alone by myself, without my dog and anyone else surrounding me, then I will never become conscious. Thus, consciousness is made up of two basic elements: X and Y. If one of the two variables is missing, then consciousness is not present. This means to be conscious one must recognize oneself or ones surroundings, from where, the surrounding might be another person. Thus to become conscious, two things must be present: a being and a surrounding, or, a being and another being. (Definition-2, Lawsin 1988).
There are many animals that don't have brains but are conscious. Some of these animals are the:
Lawsin also defined consciousness with the following Collaborative Determinants:
1. Any species with babies are conscious beings.
2. Any species who lives in houses, caves, nests, undergrounds are conscious beings.
3. Any species who sleeps are conscious or once conscious beings.
4. Any species who recognizes other objects are conscious beings.
5. Any species who defends themselves are conscious beings.
6. Any species who mates are conscious beings.
7. Any species who gradually transforms from "a seed to a tree" are conscious beings.
(Definition-4, Lawsin 1988)
1. How did information emerge into the early minds of the very first humans?
2. Who supplied our primitive ancestors with information?
3. Where did it originate? Where did it come from?
4. Was the source of information a who or a what? Was it god, space aliens or something else?
The experiment was initiated using three specialized boxes where different subjects were put into test. In the first box, a newborn son of a caveman was placed just after birth. The box was a well designed state of the art fully automated experimental room where food, water, and everything that the child needs for his survival, growth and development are all technologically provided just like the sustenance naturally acquired by newborn inside the womb or by living things inside earth's biosphere. In this box, the child will never be allowed ever to see anyone or hear anything for the rest of his life. He will be totally isolated from the physical world from birth to adulthood.
Parallel to this same scenario was another box - the box of the boy's father, the first human on earth. In this box, the second subject was also placed in isolation from birth to adulthood. The only difference between this box and the first box was that the father's box was the natural world, a place surrounded by living organism like plants and animals, and non-living objects.
In the third box, the subject, which was a four legged creature, was also isolated from birth to adulthood with the same environment as his adult master. The only difference between this box and the caveman father's box was that the subject was a dog — a lower life form.
From these scenarios, more questions were raised like:
Who among the three will acquire more information?
Who will never acquire any information at all?
Will they become aware of themselves?
Will they become aware of their own surrounding?
Will they figure out that they are alive?
Will they understand the things surrounding them? How?
How many pieces of information will they acquire?
How will they know and understand them?
How did they acquire the ability of associating physical objects with mental images or vice versa?
Which minds will stay empty forever?
Which brains will give rise to consciousness and self-conscious?
They are open questions that can be rationally answered by common sense observations, systematic inferences, comparative analysis, and scientific experiments. Questions that can redefine the meaning of consciousness in its simplified form.
In attempt to define consciousness in its simplified form, Lawsin invented the catch phrase “the Human Mental Handicap”. It asserts that “No human can ever think of something without labeling or associating such something with an object, a word, a description or another thing.”(Definition-1, Lawsin 1988). Humans acquire information in two and only two ways: by choice or by chance. The acquisition becomes tangible when it is matched, named, tagged, or labelled. This type of associative, comparative, or a one to one correspondence act of labeling, tagging or codexating is an indicator one is conscious. Consciousness is not Awareness as most people think. Consciousness is Recognition.
Lawsin also defined consciousness in a simple equation: If x is conscious with y then x is conscious, else, if x is by itself alone, then x is not conscious. In other words, he said, if I am conscious with my dog then I am conscious. If I exist alone by myself, without my dog and anyone else surrounding me, then I will never become conscious. Thus, consciousness is made up of two basic elements: X and Y. If one of the two variables is missing, then consciousness is not present. This means to be conscious one must recognize oneself or ones surroundings, from where, the surrounding might be another person. Thus to become conscious, two things must be present: a being and a surrounding, or, a being and another being. (Definition-2, Lawsin 1988).
There are many animals that don't have brains but are conscious. Some of these animals are the:
- Sea Star
- Sea cucumber
- Jellyfish
- Sea Sponge
- Sea Lilies
- Sea Urchins
- Sea Anemone
- Sea Squirts
- Corals
Lawsin also defined consciousness with the following Collaborative Determinants:
1. Any species with babies are conscious beings.
2. Any species who lives in houses, caves, nests, undergrounds are conscious beings.
3. Any species who sleeps are conscious or once conscious beings.
4. Any species who recognizes other objects are conscious beings.
5. Any species who defends themselves are conscious beings.
6. Any species who mates are conscious beings.
7. Any species who gradually transforms from "a seed to a tree" are conscious beings.
(Definition-4, Lawsin 1988)
"I can label x with y, therefore, I am conscious!" ~ Joey Lawsin
About the Author:
Joey Lawsin is an engineer, educator, and visionary who has coined several terms and theories related to the origin, creation, and evolution of everything. He describes himself as an intuitive revisonist, an empirical truist, and an independent thinker. He has written several books on topics such as information codexation, inscription by design, originemology, autognorics, and the single theory of everything. He is also interested in the fields of science, religion, philosophy, and technology. He is a pioneer and innovator who challenges many conventional views and norms. He has an unusual pet. Its name is gnos, a physarum polycephalum.
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