>[!warning] >This content has not been peer reviewed. We can [[Sensing|sense]] information. We can [[Memory|save information into memory]]. And we can [[Relating|relate]] information by creating [[System|Systems]]. These three functionalities are foundational logic onto which all processing builds. Processing happens continuously in the [[Present]]. [[Extrapolating]] is a special type of processing that projects the process of relating information into the future. The counterpart to this is [[Reflecting]]. Which is a special type of processing that relates information about the past. --- ## RRT Formalization **Logic:** The combination of [[Sensing]] ($\sigma$ selection), [[Relating]] ($\rightarrow$ chains), and [[Memory]] ($\tau$ persistence). **Constraint:** All [[Internal Processing|Processing]] happens in the [[Present]] and consumes [[Energy]]. ___ ## In the Equation **"The Work"** [[Internal Processing|Processing]] is the total [[Energy]] expenditure required to perform [[Sensing]], [[Relating]], and [[Memory]] functions while maintaining the inequality $\Phi_{\epsilon} \geq \Phi_{\min}$. ------ ["Between Stimulus and Response There Is a Space. In That Space Is Our Power To Choose Our Response"](https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/02/18/response/)