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There's really no reason to assume one way or the other that the universe has a reproductive mechanism, whether sexual or asexual, or some other way. The parent
by Zarath 8y ago
There's really no reason to assume one way or the other that the universe has a reproductive mechanism, whether sexual or asexual, or some other way. The parent comment was just so sure that:
- Consciousness belongs to self-replicating agents only
- The universe does not/cannot replicate
These are both silly assumptions. In fact, I'd be more surprised if the universe didn't replicate in some form.
- visarga 8y agoI don't understand why you say that the self-replication requirement is silly. Without self replication there can be no evolution. It would be much less probable that a sentient entity appeared without an evolutionary mechanism. About universe replication, it's just a supposition, I am not opposed to it but I just don't find the reason to take it seriously yet. There would also be other requirements, such as the ability to process information which I don't see how it would work at universe scale considering the light-speed limit. It the universe were sentient, then it would think at a very low speed. Maybe the universe self replication mechanism could be us (or more probably a more advanced civilisation)? Supposing such a civilisation could learn to control the conditions for the creation of black holes, that would also fit with the anthropic principle. Or maybe they learn to create universe simulations, either way, it's sci-fi for us at this moment.