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All matter is information, all information is functional, and perception is therefore the lazy evaluation of the universe. (in the Greg Egan edition of this th
by inopinatus 5y ago
All matter is information, all information is functional, and perception is therefore the lazy evaluation of the universe.
(in the Greg Egan edition of this thesis, the speed of light emerges as a property of evaluative propagation through a functional universe, and new forms of consciousness are encountered living within the Lisp machine of the cosmos)
- amelius 5y ago> All matter is information, all information is functional, and perception is therefore the lazy evaluation of the universe. If the universe is deterministic, then there is no information (everything can be computed from the initial conditions).
- lmarcos 5y agoAren't then the initial conditions information?
- AA-BA-94-2A-56 5y agoAnd aren’t the lambdas that evaluate the information information as well?
- kleene_op 5y agoWhere the heck is the bottom? Is there even one? Do the lambdas just loop back unto themselves??
- goldenkey 5y agoOur universe is a busy beaver program. The longest running BB programs are self-modifying. Any program that reserves static areas necessarily loses out on potential runtime.
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- inopinatus 5y agoThe assumption - that initial conditions exist - is in contradiction with the axiom that all information is functional. Or to put it less stiffly, the universe can't be computed separately from itself, since it includes the evaluation of itself. Both statements are in contrast with a classical deterministic universe, such as a cellular automaton. However, in this framework, we can hypothesise that terminal conditions exist, and not just by running your Lisp machine with GC disabled