Post by @yoginho@spore.social

2023-09-18 11:47 UTC

@axoaxonic@synapse.cafe I'll have to read this more carefully. Thanks for sharing! The abstract gives me strong vibes of map-instead-of-territory though, and the rotten whiff of the Laplacian demon is also succinctly present. I've written about why that ugly demon must die (and should never be allowed to come back again) here: https://www.expandingpossibilities.org/4-death-to-the-demon.html.

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@axoaxonic@synapse.cafe 2023-09-18 13:07

@yoginho@spore.social I'm pretty sure the author leans towards believing the universe is fundamentally computational, -- because there are so many things are algorithmically compressible, which are unlikely to be generated by random analog systems -- so definitely keep an eye out for biases and implicit assumptions like Laplace's demon, but it's at least a detailed explanation of that point of view. He mentions it that could be nondeterministic, mostly random and analog with occasional order, but if it is deterministic it has to be algorithmic p.s., I'm interested to read more of your project. Its focus on agency made me think of Karen Barad's "agential realism" theory https://www.dukeupress.edu/Meeting-the-Universe-Halfway/

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