> That the universe is the best simulator of itself? What is this even supposed to mean? Also, "pipe" and "water" are ridiculously high level constructs, categ

> That the universe is the best simulator of itself? What is this even supposed to mean? Also, "pipe" and "water" are ridiculously high level constructs, categorisations made by humans. Neither says anything about structures inherent to the universe. I mean that when working with symmetries, information flow, and fundamental building blocks, certain structures just tend to pop up naturally. Hence fractals and geometrically shapes in places where you might not expect them. Or how laws of thermodynamics suddenly seems to be everywhere in biology all of a sudden now that we started looking[0][1]. [0] http://ecologicalsociology.blogspot.de/2010/11/geoffrey-west-on-scaling-rules.html http://ecologicalsociology.blogspot.de/2010/11/geoffrey-west... [1] https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-thermodynamic-answer-to-why-birds-migrate-20180507/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-thermodynamic-answer-to-why...