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Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer
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<h2 id="summary">Summary</h2> <p>The term human biocomputer, coined by Lilly, refers to the "hardware" of the <a href="/facts/Human_anatomy/WP1QbDTn">human anatomy</a>. This would include the <a href="/facts/Brain/EKla9NkJ">brain</a>, <a href="/facts/Internal_organs/FUYsLaxz">internal organs</a>, and other human organ systems such as <a href="/facts/Cardiovascular/WXwudzzc">cardiovascular</a>, <a href="/facts/Digestion/sjUBmhBS">digestive</a>, <a href="/facts/Endocrine/PDvN5cpj">endocrine</a>, <a href="/facts/Immune/vLPpzSNL">immune</a>, <a href="/facts/Integumentary_system/vCEm01JG">integumentary</a>, <a href="/facts/Lymphatic/SL1xvRhq">lymphatic</a>, <a href="/facts/Muscular/dmxrL8pH">muscular</a>, <a href="/facts/Nervous_system/CDxRKU2U">nervous</a>, <a href="/facts/Reproductive/nNu0F5Dy">reproductive</a>, <a href="/facts/Respiratory/IG8v5JEr">respiratory</a>, <a href="/facts/Skeletal/FXc9Y2lF">skeletal</a>, and <a href="/facts/Urinary/CJxvtE0S">urinary</a> systems. The biocomputer has <a href="/facts/Stored-program_computer/CwcIk5S8">stored program</a> properties, and <a href="/facts/Metaprogramming/ujbjjJTY">self-metaprogramming</a> properties, with limits determinable and to be determined.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h3>Definitions</h3> <p>The following definitions are used in the book: </p> <ul><li>Mind, which is defined as the sum total of all the programs and metaprograms (and even supraself metaprograms) of a human biocomputer.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> This is the software and is looked at as the opposite of the hardware.</li> <li>Brain, which is defined as the visible, palpable living set of structures to be included in the human biocomputer.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>Stored program, which is defined as a set of instructions which are placed in memory storage of the biocomputer, and which control the biocomputer when orders are given for that program to be activated.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> These programs can be activated by the same biocomputer, another biocomputer, or a situation outside of the biocomputer.</li> <li>Metaprogramming, which is defined as a set of instructions, descriptions, and implementations of related thoughts and actions (programs). Self-metaprogramming involves the creation, revision, and reorganization of programs and metaprograms.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Organization</h3> <p>The functional organization of the human biocomputer described in the book is:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Level</th><th>Description</th><th>Parts</th></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Above and in biocomputer</td><td>unknown</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Beyond metaprogramming</td><td>supra-species-metaprograms</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>To be metaprogrammed</td><td>supra-self-metaprograms</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>To metaprogram</td><td>self-metaprogramawareness</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>To program sets of programs</td><td>metaprogramsmetaprogram storage</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Detailed instructions</td><td>programsprogram storage</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Details of instructions</td><td>subroutinessubroutine storage</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Signs of activity</td><td>biochemical activityneural activityglial activityvascular activity</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Brain</td><td>biochemical brainneural brainglial brainvascular brain</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Body</td><td>biochemical bodysensory bodymotor bodyvascular body</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>External reality</td><td>biochemicalchemicalphysical</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The levels of the human biocomputer are explained thus: Levels from one to two are the boundaries between external reality and the body. Certain energies and materials (heat, light, sound, food, and secretions) pass through this boundary in special places. Levels two to three are the boundaries of body and brain, in which special structures such as blood vessels, nerve fibers, and cerebrospinal fluid pass. Levels four through eleven are in the brain circuitry, and is the software inside the biocomputer. Levels after ten are termed unknown. This is to allow an openness for future scientific research, and discoveries. This is also to illustrate the unwillingness to subscribe to any dogmatic belief, to encourage creative, courageous and imaginative investigation, to emphasize the necessity for unknown factors on all levels, and to point out the <a href="/facts/Heuristic/BcBEkv9c">heuristic</a> nature of this schema.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="reception">Reception</h2> <h2 id="editions">Editions</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_C._Lilly/bAuEjvcd">Lilly, John C.</a> (1987) [1968, Communication Research Institute]. <i>Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer: Theory and Experiments</i> (Reprint ed.). Julian Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-517-52757-X.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eight-circuit_model_of_consciousness/nEW0G7t9">Eight-circuit model</a> – Philosophical concept by Timothy Leary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Laws_of_Form/rLNKFWqD"><i>Laws of Form</i></a> – 1969 non-fiction book by G. Spencer-Brown</li> <li><a href="/facts/Neurologic_(book)/WNvuGXeg"><i>Neurologic</i></a> – 1973 book by Timothy Leary and Joanna Harcourt-Smith</li> <li><a href="/facts/Reality_tunnel/EoUxVEYb">Reality tunnel</a> – Theory of personal perception</li></ul> <h3>Citations</h3> <h3>Works cited</h3> <ul><li>Jahromi, N. (2013). "In the Tank". <i>Nation</i>. 297 (15): 27–32.</li> <li>Kaboli, S. (2016). "On wholeness and the implicate order in crystals and its implications for consciousness studies". <i>Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy</i>. 12 (2): 137 <i>ff</i>.</li> <li>Lilly, John C. (2004). Potter, Beverly A. (ed.). <i>Programming the Human Biocomputer</i> (Abridged ed.). Ronin Publishing. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1579510657.</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Davis, E. (2019). <i>High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies</i>. MIT Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-907222-90-0.</li> <li>Gordon, Theodore (2024). "The Buchla Music Easel: From Cyberculture to Market Culture". In Teboul, Ezra J.; Kitzmann, Andreas; Engström, Einar (eds.). <i>Modular Synthesis: Patching Machines and People</i>. Taylor & Francis. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-040-01572-8.</li> <li>Harshman, C. L.; Harshman, E. F. (2008). "The Gordian Knot of Ethics: Understanding Leadership Effectiveness and Ethical Behavior". <i>Journal of Business Ethics</i>. 78 (1–2): 175–192. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10551-006-9318-8">10.1007/s10551-006-9318-8</a>. <a href="/facts/JSTOR_(identifier)/YTeVmaJ7">JSTOR</a> <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25075599">25075599</a>.</li> <li>Hart, J. (2012). <i>Modern Eclectic Therapy: A Functional Orientation to Counseling and Psychotherapy</i>. Springer US. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-4684-1158-4.</li> <li>Hughes, Paul (2012). "Super Free Will: Metaprogramming and the Quantum Observer". In Pinchbeck, Daniel; Jordan, Ken (eds.). <i>Exploring the Edge Realms of Consciousness: Liminal Zones, Psychic Science, and the Hidden Dimensions of the Mind</i>. North Atlantic Books. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-58394-488-2.</li> <li>Scott, B. (2021). <i>Cybernetics for the Social Sciences</i>. Brill. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-90-04-46449-0.</li> <li>Silva, Jason (April 14, 2017). <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/hacking-the-tripping-mind-a-fantastic-voyage-through-inner-space">"Hacking the Tripping Mind: A Fantastic Voyage Through Inner Space"</a>. <i>The Daily Beast</i>. Retrieved 2024-08-17.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Jahromi (2013), p. 30. - Jahromi, N. (2013). "In the Tank". Nation. 297 (15): 27–32. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Kaboli (2016), n. 3. - Kaboli, S. (2016). "On wholeness and the implicate order in crystals and its implications for consciousness studies". Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy. 12 (2): 137 ff. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Lilly (2004), p. 41. - Lilly, John C. (2004). Potter, Beverly A. (ed.). Programming the Human Biocomputer (Abridged ed.). Ronin Publishing. ISBN 978-1579510657. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Lilly (2004), p. 42. - Lilly, John C. (2004). Potter, Beverly A. (ed.). Programming the Human Biocomputer (Abridged ed.). Ronin Publishing. ISBN 978-1579510657. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Lilly (2004), p. 43. - Lilly, John C. (2004). Potter, Beverly A. (ed.). Programming the Human Biocomputer (Abridged ed.). Ronin Publishing. ISBN 978-1579510657. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Lilly (2004), p. 32. - Lilly, John C. (2004). Potter, Beverly A. (ed.). Programming the Human Biocomputer (Abridged ed.). Ronin Publishing. ISBN 978-1579510657. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Lilly (2004), p. 180. - Lilly, John C. (2004). Potter, Beverly A. (ed.). Programming the Human Biocomputer (Abridged ed.). Ronin Publishing. ISBN 978-1579510657. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Lilly (2004), p. 68. - Lilly, John C. (2004). Potter, Beverly A. (ed.). Programming the Human Biocomputer (Abridged ed.). Ronin Publishing. ISBN 978-1579510657. <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Lilly (2004), pp. 68–69. - Lilly, John C. (2004). Potter, Beverly A. (ed.). Programming the Human Biocomputer (Abridged ed.). Ronin Publishing. ISBN 978-1579510657. <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>