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And the reason for this, as we all know, is because the universe runs on distributed computers with no global state, where each computer simulates its own local

And the reason for this, as we all know, is because the universe runs on distributed computers with no global state, where each computer simulates its own local physics and connects only to other nearby computers, and thus the so-called speed of light is simply the emergent rate that data may travel across the network.

archibaldJ 5y ago
No, has to be more subtle than that. The rate the simulators transmit data are irrelevant to our timeframe (since we’re a part of the computation). I believe it’s more like a centralized interpreter with decentralized (NP) evaluation strategies. The limit reflects the minumium size of a recursive expression.
- archibaldJ 5y ago
  I meant NTM*, that is to say, assuming many-world interpretation where the way your conscious experience of your life makes quantum measurements by (somehow) following the shorest accpeting computation of the NTM. Your life is thus meaningful as everything you experience from birth to death is literally the solution. Consciousness (at least in this world) can perchance then be understood as the artifact of a feedback loop constructed by a (meta-circular) interpreter that converts the topologies of molecules into qualia, which then makes adjustment to the reflective tower (with physiological-changes-in-brain&body as correspondence). Time perception then is the same consequence that follows relativity ie a direct result of this speed limit that reflects the minumium size of a recursive expression (but concerning only the viscosity and turbulence of neurotransmitters in relative to eletric signals?)
agumonkey 5y ago
It's funny, as a programmer i had similar interpretations. Universe is like a processor and the c is the frequency limit. There was a talk with lawrence krauss I think, where he explained that at galaxy scales, everything is distributed, there's not one reality but an infinity since no point in space can be aware of far points in the universe. I also wonder if there would be ways to tweak C.
- joombaga 5y ago
  This short story might tickle your fancy. https://qntm.org/admin https://qntm.org/admin (I also highly recommend their book "There Is No Antimemetics Division" if you're at all interested in SCP Foundation)
  - TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
    Good story! What is SCP Foundation?
  - snak 5y ago
    Nice one, thanks for sharing.

archibaldJ 5y ago

No, has to be more subtle than that. The rate the simulators transmit data are irrelevant to our timeframe (since we’re a part of the computation). I believe it’s more like a centralized interpreter with decentralized (NP) evaluation strategies. The limit reflects the minumium size of a recursive expression.

archibaldJ 5y ago
I meant NTM*, that is to say, assuming many-world interpretation where the way your conscious experience of your life makes quantum measurements by (somehow) following the shorest accpeting computation of the NTM. Your life is thus meaningful as everything you experience from birth to death is literally the solution. Consciousness (at least in this world) can perchance then be understood as the artifact of a feedback loop constructed by a (meta-circular) interpreter that converts the topologies of molecules into qualia, which then makes adjustment to the reflective tower (with physiological-changes-in-brain&body as correspondence). Time perception then is the same consequence that follows relativity ie a direct result of this speed limit that reflects the minumium size of a recursive expression (but concerning only the viscosity and turbulence of neurotransmitters in relative to eletric signals?)

agumonkey 5y ago

It's funny, as a programmer i had similar interpretations. Universe is like a processor and the c is the frequency limit. There was a talk with lawrence krauss I think, where he explained that at galaxy scales, everything is distributed, there's not one reality but an infinity since no point in space can be aware of far points in the universe. I also wonder if there would be ways to tweak C.

joombaga 5y ago
This short story might tickle your fancy. https://qntm.org/admin https://qntm.org/admin (I also highly recommend their book "There Is No Antimemetics Division" if you're at all interested in SCP Foundation)
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
  Good story! What is SCP Foundation?
- snak 5y ago
  Nice one, thanks for sharing.