Michael Johnson

Biography

Michael is a philosopher and neuroscientist researching minds, nervous systems, why humans are beautiful, and what the future may hold. Major works include Principia Qualia (which introduced the Symmetry Theory of Valence), Neural Annealing, and Principles of Vasocomputation. Michael writes at opentheory.net.

Research Areas

• Physics

• Consciousness

• AI

Selected Publications

• Johnson, M.E. (2023). Qualia Formalism and a Symmetry Theory of Valence

• Johnson, M.E. (2023). Principles of Vasocomputation: A Unification of Buddhist Phenomenology, Active Inference, and Physical Reflex (Part I)

• Johnson, M.E. (2022). It From Bit, Revisited

• Johnson, M.E. (2019). Neural Annealing: Toward a Neural Theory of Everything

• Johnson, M.E. (2016). Principia Qualia