Computationalism (the idea that everything in existence is fully characterized by states and transition functions) is
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Replying to @Plinz
States = matter/location - Transition functions = energy/relationships between matter/locations Maybe?
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Replying to @thewiseturtle
Matter and energy are not primary. They are concepts that we use as parts of a model of the apparent physics engine we find ourselves in. There is only information (discernible differences) that indicates changes in other information (transitions).
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Replying to @Plinz @thewiseturtle
This is appealing philosophy and perhaps even the beginnings of a theory but there's a lack of evidence, right? It also seems like another case of every generation seeing the world through the lense of their technology du jour.
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I think it is simply the only theory that can generate all observables from first principles. Epistemologically, we cannot get more basic than discernible differences (information) and regular changes (computation). We can explain how we got to matter and energy from there.
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