Whispers and Shouts

This second volume completes and updates the theory of the study initiated in The Informational Foundation of the Human Act (2018) by developing a theory for the measurement of the act. Firstly, we will study the nonpolar (monistic) approach of acting, accepting that it does not distinguish between matter and idea, and instead, it is founded on the dichotomy between sizes and dimensions. This perspective allows us to measure the SHOUT (in p-bits). SHOUTS refer to the impact of human act upon the world. The SHOUT can appear directly as in “driving” or “hammering,” but also indirectly embedded in items like a “car” or a “hammer.” Secondly, we have the bipolar approach, which is dualistic, in the sense that it distinguishes matter from idea and raises an insurmountable barrier between them. In a bipolar perspective, we found WHISPERS (ѱ-bits), which can be whatever we want or whatever we find empirically as a content of the “mind.” WHISPERS become conscious through language and can be used in communication as “words,” “sentences,” and “texts.” Thirdly, we introduce a technical approach that combines the nonpolar with the bipolar approaches, gene