TO: Giulio Tononi, M.D, Ph.D., Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 6001 Research Park Blvd, Madison, Wisconsin 53719
FM: Bruce E. Camber
RE: Your homepage(s): Research (PubMed – 281), Integrated information theory (IIT), Wikipedia, YouTube: What’s the Essence of Consciousness?, Closer to the Truth, 2024

This page: https://81018.com/tononi/ Reference(s): 81018.com/conscious-being/#22a

First email: 11 March 2025

Dear Prof. Dr. Giulio Tononi:

You have, of course, meticulously consider the place and importance of phi. Might you find it interesting to consider the four primary irrationals together, originating at the same time, and a proposed geometry linking the four within the octahedron? We’ve known about the four hexagonal plates, intrinsically part of every octahedron. In 2001 I discussed it with John Conway of Princeton. You can readily see it here: https://81018.com/octahedron/. You may also it helpful to note the deeper structures of the tetrahedron: https://81018.com/tot-2/ plus sphere stacking — https://81018.com/stacking/ — and the role of the sphere in the models of the universe: https://81018.com/sphere/. It is all quite fascinating.

Of course, your comments would be highly appreciated especially in light of consciousness. I have commented here — https://81018.com/conscious-being/#22z and in the article and references:

“Information Theory and Consciousness: Theories like the Integrated Information Theory (IIT) by Giulio Tononi (2004) quantify consciousness through “Φ” (phi). Numbers are used, but do not compute as a “structure” of consciousness.^[22]“

Though I have too many things opened on my desktop, on my desk, on the floor, and even on top of books in the shelves, I will slowly engage more and more of your writing! Thank you all for your scholarship and intellectual contributions.

Most sincerely,
Bruce

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