01 October 2026

ECSU updates (October 2026)

September at ECSU — Dr. Kazuma Takada, a JCSS paper award, psilocybin EEG paper out, and the 37% rule in Kyoto

Illustration of the 37% rule: candidates arrive one by one; reject the first 37% while noting the best, then pick the first one better than that.

External work building on ours

Kelso on the motionable mind. J. A. Scott Kelso’s open-access EPJST paper The motionable mind (DOI 10.1140/epjs/s11734-025-01875-7) engages coordination dynamics and mind–matter coupling, citing Irruption work from the unit (OA PDF).

Levin on ingressing minds. Michael Levin’s open-access paper in Philosophies — Ingressing Minds: Causal, Non-Physical Patterns In-Form Natural, Synthetic, and Hybrid Embodiments (DOI 10.3390/philosophies11050161) — lists Irruption Theory among peer non-physicalist models of mind, thanks Tom in the acknowledgments, and cites Egbert et al. 2023 (Froese coauthor).

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