A Model for Perceptual States

Explore a mathematical model for 3D perception from 2D data in this 22-minute conference talk by Paul Baird from Université de Bretagne Atlantique. Delve into the concept of associating a combinatorial graph with its "geometric spectrum," where eigenstates correspond to local realizations of the graph in Euclidean 3-space as "invariant" frameworks. Discover how geometry emerges from structure rather than being imposed upon it. Examine the potential for constructing a model universe based on these structures, where state realization enacts change and time is hypothesized as the realization of temporal states. Consider the emergence of coherent time through a "survival of the fittest" principle. Contemplate the idea of conscious entities as systems possessing "higher order universality," capable of processing potential information to enact their own change.