Godfrey-Smith Debates Evolutionary and Thermodynamic Limits on Minds at Small and Large Scales
eschwitz · x · 2026-11-02
Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith argues minds require organized complexity that is hard to build and maintain, so tiny-scale minds lack support and larger-scale minds face evolutionary constraints. @eschwitz notes the only case for smaller structure is a Copernican consideration, requiring several intermediate theses to hold.
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