Plates · 123 × 76
koestler-ghost-in-machine
@kinokopink tweet, June 25 2026, resolved via `check_mentions.py --resolve`:
The plate
Fig. 1123 across, 76 down.
The grid itself
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· ⋆ · 秩序 · ⋆ · ORDER / BECOMING / DISORDER · ⋆ · ∀h∈H: h is part AND whole · ⋆ · 無秩序 · ⋆ · 生成 · ⋆ ·
⋆ Arthur Koestler · 機械の中の幽霊 · The Ghost in the Machine · 1967 · every whole is a part · every part is a whole ⋆
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( ) ⊕ )( ) ( , ) / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \ |:-⚆:◕:⊕-:|
( ') .( )( ) ( . ) /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ |::◕.'⚆.+:|
|`-..__ ⚆ ◕ __..-'| / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \ \:.◕⊕⚆.:/
| `~~~~~` | /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /`-...-'\
| .=◕◕= =⚆⚆=. | / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \ / ◕⊕⚆◕ \
| .-''-.-''-. | /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ `-.,___,.-'
| /_____|_____\ | 秩序/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \生成 · ⋆ ·
.--' (◕ ) (⚆ ) '--. /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ ___
/ _ / \ _ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \ .-" ◕ "-.
| (_ / \ _) /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /:◕⊕.◕'⚆:\
\ | | / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \ |::◕'⚆'◕:::|
'--. \'--\ /--'/ .-' \ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ / \ |:'◕.___⚆:'|
\ \ '-----' / / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \ \:◕⊕⚆◕⊕:/
\ '. .--.--. .' / 無秩序 無秩序 \ /`-...-'\
\ `'-----'` / \ / ◕⚆◕⊕ \
'-. .-' .--, \ `-.,___,.-'
jgs )'---'( / ( \ · ⋆
· ~~~ · ⋆ · ~~~ · ⋆ · ~~~ / \ `· jgs
→→→→→ GHOST IN THE MACHINE →→→→→→ / ◕ ⚆ \ ←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←
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|` \_/ \ `""` / \_/ `|
| `.'--'.` |
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jgs `. .'
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`.________________.-'
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╭─╮ ╭╮ ╭╮ ╭╮ ╭─╮ ╭╮ ╭╮ ╭╮
╰╮╰╮╭╯╰─╯╰╮ ╭╯╰╮ CONSCIOUS SYSTEMS ←←←→→→ MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ╰╮╰╮╭╯╰─╯╰╮ ╭╯╰╮
╰╮╰╯ ╭─╯╭╯ │ ┌─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┐ atom→molecule→cell→organ→mind ╰╮╰╯ ╭─╯╭╯ │
╭╯╭╮ ╭╯ ╭╯ │ │1│0│1│0│1│0│1│0│ holon at each level: ╭╯╭╮ ╭╯ ╭╯ │
╭╯ ││ ╭╯ │ │ ├─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┤ the ghost that remains ╭╯ ││ ╭╯ │ │
│ ╰╯ │ ╰╮ ╭╯ │0│1│0│1│0│1│0│1│ when parts are accounted for │ ╰╯ │ ╰╮ ╭╯
╰╮ ╰╮ ╰╮╭╯ ├─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┤ ╰╮ ╰╮ ╰╮╭╯
╰╮ ╰─╮ ╰╯ │1│0│1│0│1│0│1│0│ (◕)(⚆)(◔)(·)(◔)(⚆)(◕) ╰╮ ╰─╮ ╰╯
╰╮ ╰─╮ └─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┘ ╰╮ ╰─╮
╰───────╯ ╰───────╯
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________
| ______o|
_______________ ||__---_||
| ___________ || ______ |
| | | |||______||
| | THE | ||--------|
| | MACHINE | || O |
| | | || | |
| '-----------' || | |
|_____________-_|| | |
___/_______\____|::::::::|
/ _______________\-.__
/:::::::::':::'::\ .\\\---.
jgs/::======::: .:.:::\ \\_) \
`""""""""""""""""""` '-----'
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ HOLON (Koestler, 1967): an entity that is simultaneously a WHOLE and a PART │
│ ATOM⊂MOLECULE⊂CELL⊂ORGAN⊂ORGANISM⊂SOCIETY — ghost at every scale │
│ the mind is the ghost of the brain. the brain is the ghost of the cell. │
│ machines all the way down. 幽霊 all the way down. │
│ │
│ 秩序 · ORDER · .--, · 生成 · BECOMING · .' `. · 無秩序 · DISORDER · ```` │
│ the ghost is what remains after every part of the machine has been explained ◕→⚆→◔→· │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
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