The minimal explanation for what is going on still requires that something must hold the state of the universe and execute its transition function. This prime mover, the basic Turing machine ticking away in the void is a debt that freaks me out.
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Replying to @Plinz
Instead of "the void" Ed Fredkin used to refer it as "other".
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Replying to @NickPalladinos
Yes, he told me... and since his particular digital physics has so many epicycles, he is drawn to the suspicion that there are intentional beings in the other. But now we are stuck with the same autogenesis problem, one level higher.
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