@The_Lagrangian ah yes that should about include everything within this universe
I'm fond of the idea that [epistemic status: experimental]
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@The_Lagrangian computation steps do not need to "happen" physically but Exist as mathematical relations in the platonic realm
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yeah I used to be a strong Tegmarkian as well but I'm less on that side nowadays space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/m
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@The_Lagrangian Why the shift? I was definitely Not Okay for a while after you explained Tegmarkian universes way back when
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I am more concerned nowadays on focusing only on models of the world that explain future experience
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as mentioned, Tegmarkian thought explains everything, therefore nothing- it does have a side benefit of...
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...dissolving questions of existence *beyond* specifying a model that predicts experience though
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oh also that evidence of psych/neuro reasons for math make math as "reality" seem less likely
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@The_Lagrangian that's a library of babel problem: once you've mapped out all the structure there is, there is no void left
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@The_Lagrangian math being rooted in brain structure does not make the platonic realm less plausible, just much less salient
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@The_Lagrangian this is a personal metaphor though, let me see if I can fit it in a few tweets
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@The_Lagrangian consider theories as an index to reality, much like an index is to a library
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@The_Lagrangian reality is human-perceived, books are human-written, both processes are narrative generation
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