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“.. the fundamental ontology of the world consists of a vector in Hilbert space evolving according to the Schrödinger equation. The laws of physics are determin
by afturkrull 6y ago
“.. the fundamental ontology of the world consists of a vector in Hilbert space evolving according to the Schrödinger equation. The laws of physics are determined solely by the energy eigenspectrum of the Hamiltonian. The structure of our observed world, including space and fields living within it, should arise as a higher-level emergent description ..”
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- PeterWhittaker 6y agoIt's a statement of pure materialism: Nothing exists outside solutions to that equation. All subjective human "artifacts" we struggle to identify, e.g., consciousness, are emergent properties of their material substrates. Souls, if they exist (heh), are subject to the same physical laws as bubbles, sand, and frogs.
- xwolfi 6y agoSouls? What is this religious idiocy even doing here. There s no if, ofc information doesnt continue to evolve coherently after it's thinking processor disappears. Why would there be an immortal information processor centered around continuing human thoughts ? So we can debate MAGA politics with Cro-Magnons? "Souls" psch
- User23 6y agoEmergence is a handwave of colossal proportions that is easily revealed by asking "what is this emergence and where does it come from?" If you're going to be a pure materialist you don't get to just say oh it magically comes from nowhere, you have to show the mechanism. The cellular automata guys can be seen as giving that an intellectually honest shot, but I bet plenty of them are actually dualists anyhow.