It seems really interesting to consider connections between "computation" (or thought/creativity) and the physics of the universe. This is also related to the q

It seems really interesting to consider connections between "computation" (or thought/creativity) and the physics of the universe. This is also related to the question of Platonism, ie. does mathematics exist outside of our own contemplation? For a long time I thought this was ridiculous, but recently I've been seriously wondering if the mere _structure_ of calculation (mathematical discourse as we understand it) could in fact be also driving the shape (what we see) of the universe. To some extent this is obviously true: mathematics does seem to underlie the physics we observe, unreasonably so. Does this suggest that the universe is a giant thought?