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Saying a physical phenomena is 'humanities rather than science' is such a stupid statement. Reality is just a complex computer.

• colordrops 8y ago
  > Reality is just a complex computer. > stupid statement.
  • natalyarostova 8y ago
    Humanities is distinct from science, to the extent that it's information generated by a specific life-form (humans), and is specific to our specific language and hardware we evolved and implemented. Studying a great novel, or moral dilemmas, are ultimately about how we process, transmit, and infer information generated by other humans, and shared through extremely high-dimensional, but less structured, contexts, such as language, novels, literature, etc. To say a physics phenomena is more 'humanities' is a strange statement, and it's hard to understand what they are getting at.
    • colordrops 8y ago
      I'm just referring to the statement that "reality is just a complex computer". That's nonsense.
      • natalyarostova 8y ago
        Is it tho? It's so far the best model we have of how ~reality~ forms and molds around us.
        • colordrops 8y ago
          > It's so far the best model we have Is it? According to who?