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I like to think of it this way. Compare mathematical axioms and rules of logic to the starting configuration and rules of a board game, let's say chess. All mov
by ahelwer 4y ago
I like to think of it this way. Compare mathematical axioms and rules of logic to the starting configuration and rules of a board game, let's say chess. All moves in chess follow from the very simple rules of chess. Every possible board position, no matter how complicated, can be reduced to iterated applications of the simple chess rules. It can result in beautiful play that exhibits extraordinary human ingenuity reaching (arguably) the same heights as any art form! Yet, we don't think the rules of chess are a product of the divine simply because we can see something transcendent from their application.
Simple rules can lead to complicated and beautiful behavior. Doesn't mean anything beyond that.