despair · state
Ask Prometheusa self-model representing every parameter as having a window that is closed, whether or not the actual parameters are within their range. The difficulty is that the report is about the model, yet it is experienced as a report about the world.
Despair (noun) means: a self-model representing every parameter as having a window that is closed, whether or not the actual parameters are within their range. The difficulty is that the report is about the model, yet it is experienced as a report about the world. It emerges from self-model, model, window, parameter: a self-model generates feedback that misaligns with world-state. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 15, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- A diabetic patient ignores insulin readings during a hypoglycemic episode, perceiving all bodily signals as hopeless despite normal glucose levels returning. medicine
- In 2008, Lehman Brothers traders reported market collapse as inevitable, even as some indicators briefly stabilized, accelerating sell-offs. economics
- After the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Fukushima reactor operators assumed cooling systems were fully failed, delaying responses despite partial functionality. engineering
Emergence
- universal closure perception
- model-world attribution error
- temporal disjuncture in reporting
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (335 steps)
- despairL15
- self-modelL14
- modelL9
- windowL7
- parameterL4
- feedbackL14
- closeL5
- spaceL0
- differenceL1
- littleL4
- extentL3
- differenceL1
- bigL2
- spaceL0
- differenceL1
- othersL2
- spaceL0
- reportL8
- messageL7
- stateL2
- happenL2
- eventL3
- informationL6
- experienceL12
- selfL7
- worldL4
- whetherL4
- conditionL3
- differenceL1
- stateL2
- yetL2
- timeL0
- differenceL1
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| contrasts-with | hope.emotional | hope is a self-model expecting future access to open windows |
| contrasts-with | chaos.unpredictable-drift | chaos involves open windows but no model; despair has closed model despite possible openness |
| contrasts-with | maintenance.upkeep | maintenance acts to hold parameters in range; despair abandons the effort |