Emotions Are Not "Feelings": They Are Data Signals with Structure, Charge, and Direction — Emotional Cybernetics Technical Monograph

Key Points

• The aim is to redefine emotions as structured data signals with measurable parameters, rather than mere feelings.
• Defined emotions through four measurable parameters: Intensity, Direction, Charge, and Distortion Level.
• Explored how each parameter affects behavior and perception.
• Differentiated Emotional Cybernetics from traditional therapy by presenting it as signal engineering.
• Identified that Intensity influences reaction speed and perception distortion.
• Established that Direction governs the movement of emotional signals and behavioral differences.
• Showed Charge affects system dynamics (expansion or contraction) without moral considerations.
• Demonstrated that high Distortion Level (Δ) results in altered perception, leading to hallucinated reality.

Abstract