Computers run on social facts, not mathematics.pic.twitter.com/IPPG8Ia32f
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That’s key for my understanding
I like the term inter-subjective for this. Roughly, something subjective, but held in common through a social system (e.g., a border).
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Jaron Lanier makes a similar point (to aliens, our computers might seem to be space heaters). But: successful computation transforms reality
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So because those "social facts" can ultimately transform the physical universe through effective computations they cannot be arbitrary.
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