I feel like the natural test to do is: do experiments, and see if different people see the same little people doing the same things. That would move the observations from subjective to objective perspective.
Testing the theory of whether psychedelics are just inside our heads or whether our consciousness travels somewhere objectively really is why this Tales From The Trip video is my favorite videos. Both men see the same blue woman which is very interesting!
https://youtu.be/P_34oNWmNsc?si=_k2CG5b-TVuDaFvM
I just recently intentionally made the decision to keep the equation input in FuzzyGraph (https://fuzzygraph.com) plain text (instead of something like stylized latex like Desmos has) in order to make it easy to copy and paste equations.
You should also be able to reliably generate working code with LLMs, but you can't. They aren't a good tool until they actually work when they are supposed to.
The hexagrams can be modeled with only 6-bits, but this does not contains enough information for a proper reading of I Ching which also need to account for line changes. So there are really 4 lines: young yin, old yin, young yang, old yang.
A fundamental part of I Ching reading is the implication that each present state is in the process of transforming to another.
Spot on! This is exactly why a simple Math.random() > 0.5 binary flip isn't enough for a proper simulation.You are right that we are mathematically dealing with base-4 logic (6, 7, 8, 9), not just base-2.While there are only 64 hexagrams ($2^6$), there are actually 4,096 possible casting results ($4^6$) when you account for the moving lines. My algorithm is designed specifically to capture the distinct probabilities for all 4 states.
This is a great project btw! I've long been fascinated by the 易经 especially the different probability distributions associated with the different methods of generating the lines. It's been a while but I used to have an actual set of yarrow stalks!
Thank you! That means a lot coming from someone who appreciates the probability mechanics behind it.
Since you have experience with the actual stalks, I think you'll like the update I just pushed: I’ve fully integrated the classic Wilhelm/Baynes text to ensure the reading has that authentic, traditional grounding you mentioned.
I also added a way to generate a visual card of the result—trying to bring back a bit of that 'tangible artifact' feel of the physical ritual. :)
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Slight correction: I'd only refer to it as a "Single-File Web App" if it has no external dependencies (where as the "HTML Tool" definition allows for external dependencies loaded from CDNs).
I wouldn't call either of these tools that either. Using View Source reveals that there's a pretty obvious build step and confronts you with massive minified blobs. There's no way a person is going to be able open that HTML as a "single file" in their text editor to pick up development where it was left off. (In that regard, the HTML tools in the linked post are closer to the definition, even when they're written to load a module from a CDN.)
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