Hey David - thanks much for pointing me back to Terry Deacon . . . I had not checked recently to see what he is up to, and the video you note was a great presentation.  It took a while for me to find a large enough data pipe that I could download the file (hence my late comment).

In general I am a big fan of Terry's - I first met him in 2005.  His work has advanced nicely since then, and he is the only other person I know of (beside myself) who is essentially chases this big question of "human consciousness" in what hopes to be a scientific context.  When I first saw his work, I thought it mostly reflected what I already saw in Vilmos Csanyi's work (already mentioned to you), which I then later mentioned to him (not sure he "enjoyed" this comparison).

A couple of things about his presentation:
- early in his presentation, he implies a "psychological and biological" solution to this matter
    • he never fully develops this . . . but that is exactly what I do in my work.
- he glosses over Fibonacci series as a path to understanding the relationships he talks about
    • again a point he does not develop, but which my work uses and develops (but as fractal geometry - another face of the same thing).
- at the end he is asked about the likely role of sleep and dreams for spontaneous reconnection within the  psyche (ideation)
    • again, not developed - but which clearly points to Jungian psychology . . . which I use rather extensively in my work.

Okay - I know "So What!?"  I bring this up, as you mentioned in your viewing on my presentation you noted that you followed/ agreed with it "up to a point" . . . and this "point" got me wondering, just where does it fall apart for you.
I know you may not recall looking at my presentation (http://vimeo.com/evolv) . . . but I couldn't help wondering.

Regards

Marcus