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I think 'nature' would be confusing here, since we also use it for the concrete, manifest nature. As used here, and in many other phrasings, and by analogy wit
by kybernetikos 8y ago
I think 'nature' would be confusing here, since we also use it for the concrete, manifest nature. As used here, and in many other phrasings, and by analogy with religon, 'god' is probably meant to be the principles and forces underlying manifest nature.
- akvadrako 8y agoAnd if nature was a programmer, I don’t see how that’s different from god.
- qubex 8y agoIn your paradigm ”nature” is what ”god” ”programmed” with his ”quantum language”.
- akvadrako 8y agoNot really. I think nature = universe = god. Again, a bit speculative.
- PinkMilkshake 8y agoDeepak Chopra, is that you?
- extralego 8y agoI’d assert that nature == universe == god is an incredibly sober rationalization. As a literary interpretation, it’s acute.
- jonnybgood 8y agoMore like Baruch Spinoza: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Spinoza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Spinoza
- andai 8y agoJews hate him!
- posterboy 8y agoQC is a description of how we think and perceive, necessarily, which may be product of the environment, and using a notion of the later to give a circular definition may be useful as food for thought, but nothing to talk about, really. Edit: ... unless applying or extending the theory, in which case the pan-ultimate macro scale is probably out of scope for now.
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- hanspeter 8y agoI think it requires some level of creationistic thinking to not recognize these principles and forces as nature itself.
- kybernetikos 8y agoNobody is saying that they aren't part of nature. The distinction is between nature-the-principles and nature-manifest. Together these comprise Nature. The law of gravity is a different kind of thing to a rock. It is not a physical object, it describes the ways physical objects behave. The number 3 is a different kind of thing to 3 apples. It is not a physical-natural object, it describes aspects of nature. Its the difference between the rules of chess and the board and pieces. Both are essential parts of the game 'chess' but we can usefully distinguish them when we want to be more precise.