Listen "Neural Strain Arcs: The Kinematics of Cognition and Art"
Episode Synopsis
The provided texts explore a Brain Kinematics Model (BKM), positing that human cognition and artistic expression, from simple sentences to complex symphonies, are structured around arc-like patterns. These arcs, characterized by initiation, conflict, climax, decline, and resolution, are theorized to be real manifestations of neural strain flow across the brain's cortex. The model suggests that the brain's circular, lobe-based structure, resulting from natural selection for efficient input-output control, facilitates these strain energy circulations. Furthermore, two fundamental functions, "substitution" (vertical), which generates recursive depth, and "transferring" (longitudinal), which ensures continuity, are proposed as the basis for fractality and attraction streamlines in cortical activity, accounting for the complex, multifaceted nature of thought and art beyond simple linear arcs. Mathematical analogies, ranging from parabolas to Schrödinger's equation, illustrate this hierarchy of arc complexity.