Daniel Boyd

This book presents new insights into the nature of the human mind as a product of the brain. It does so by discussing how biological and technological information systems differ from their counterparts with physical functions, presenting Emergent Information Theory as a solution to the mind-body problem and overarching framework for all biological and technological information systems. Emergent Information Theory is a new theoretical approach to the specific type of information and emergence exploited by biological neural networks and digital systems. One of the conclusions of this theory is that these entities and processes are non-physical and exist in an information dimension connected to but distinct from the three dimensions of physical space. It is in this information dimension that our minds exist, making it ultimately more our home as sentient beings than the physical realm inhabited by our bodies. This book presents existing scientific and philosophical evidence that leads to this conclusion, followed by application of the theory to biological and technological information systems. The author concludes with a call to action for further research. This fascinating text will be of interest to any researcher of consciousness, the mind-body problem, or AI, as well as those working in related areas such as physical neuroscience and systems theory.

HAMLET ON THE HIGH SEAS When Captain Jacobus Hooke, Master of theDread Pirate Frigate DEBACLE, meets up with Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, the action never stops. Get ready for laughter and excitement, as a hard-workingPirate Captain accidentally kidnaps the Melancholy Dane and findshimself saddled with a princely hostage no one wants to ransom SwordfightsStrumpetsSea BattlesLiterary AllusionsSurprise EncountersSuper StormsAnd Just Plain Silliness Whether you know Shakespeare and HAMLET, or you just enjoy a good adventure story, this one will keep you turningthe pages. Inspired by one brief reference to pirates in the play, Daniel Boyd creates a high seas adventure like no other.

DANIEL BOYD'S AESOP'S TRAVELS HE HAD THE MIND OF A CHILDAND THE HANDS OF A KILLER AESOP'S TRAVELS A Crackerjack Tale of the Old WestThey rode out with Aesopon a journey of Murder and Revenge. The BartenderThe Old ScoutThe OutlawThe Gambler They rode with AesopTO STOP HIM FROM KILLING AGAIN "My only regret is that Daniel Boyd hasn't been writing formany years. If he were as prolific as Donald Westlake or MickeySpillane or even Max Allan Collins, I would have an entire shelfdedicated to him."- Mark A. Wyatt, AMAZON "... Life and death and men on the borderline between thetwo... told by a man who reads both BLACK MASK magazineand HAMLET, and knows the essentials of each."- Steve Lewis, MYSTERY*FILE "... Will keep readers turning pages, shaking heads, andthoroughly enjoying a wild ride."- ROUNDUP Magazine

MEXICO, 1936: HIDDEN GOLDSHOTGUNS NAZISA MEXICAN POSSEANDTWO DRIFTERS HEADING INTO HELL "A tale of gold and greed and doing the right thing. Mexican bandits, a harrowing desert journey, one heck of a gun battle, and a narrator who knows how to tell a tale about greed and loyalty. Highly recommended." - Bill Crider, POP CULTURE MAGAZINE "If you're in the mood for a Gold Medal adventure novel, 'NADA delivers." - Dr George Kelley, Ph. D. "Action, told as if the teller of the tale were in the same room with you." - Steve Lewis, MYSTERY*FILE "Quiet tension, skillfully sustained from first chapter to last." - Richard Roesberg

What if there really was a Garden of Eden - a place with a history before the first people we know of? A civilization cursed and banished underground for breaking their own commandment to live in balance with the Earth. When an evil coal operator discovers that the "sacred" carbon can burn forever, he will sacrifice the land and the people to extract the full deposit. When he awakens and releases a hell the surface world cannot imagine, the only thing that stands in the way of the ecological disaster, is a disgraced, ex-pro baseball pitcher and a community of courageous coal miners. Carbon is a supernatural horror story intertwined with environmental issues so timely they appear to come from the day's headlines, just barely scratches the surface of Carbon, the all new graphic novel from Daniel Boyd. Set in the southern West Virginia coalfields, Boyd dedicated Carbon to "those that toil in darkness - coal miners" and said that whatever side of the debate over the industry you fall on, miners are the often unseen heroes.

'TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS - - and two robbers hired by a local crime boss manage to heist half a million dollars from an armored car. But getting the money and getting away with it are two different things, especially with a blizzard coming down, the cops in hot pursuit, and a double-crossing gambler and a murderous park ranger threatening to turn this white Christmas blood red.

This book presents new insights into the nature of the human mind as a product of the brain. It does so by discussing how biological and technological information systems differ from their counterparts with physical functions, presenting Emergent Information Theory as a solution to the mind-body problem and overarching framework for all biological and technological information systems. Emergent Information Theory is a new theoretical approach to the specific type of information and emergence exploited by biological neural networks and digital systems. One of the conclusions of this theory is that these entities and processes are non-physical and exist in an information dimension connected to but distinct from the three dimensions of physical space. It is in this information dimension that our minds exist, making it ultimately more our home as sentient beings than the physical realm inhabited by our bodies. This book presents existing scientific and philosophical evidence that leads to this conclusion, followed by application of the theory to biological and technological information systems. The author concludes with a call to action for further research. This fascinating text will be of interest to any researcher of consciousness, the mind-body problem, or AI, as well as those working in related areas such as physical neuroscience and systems theory.