Consciousness, Persistence, and the Emergence of Future-Oriented Systems William Cook mentalrootkit.net ⸻ Abstract This paper argues that intelligence and consciousness are not anomalous byproducts of an otherwise indifferent universe, but emergent expressions of a deeper anticipatory structure inherent to reality itself. By distinguishing between reactive systems and anticipatory systems, it is proposed that the evolution … Continue reading Anticipatory Intelligence as a Property of the Universe