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Maybe substitute "physicalistic" (as opposed to computational) for "mechanistic". I think there is something to the idea that physical layout could be tuned to
by jchanimal 4y ago
Maybe substitute "physicalistic" (as opposed to computational) for "mechanistic". I think there is something to the idea that physical layout could be tuned to use various waves (electromagnetic, fluid pressure, etc) for signaling. So it may not all be axons and dendrites, it might also work like a big capacitor / resonator, transmitting macro information through every worthwhile sidechannel. Who's to say all those side-channels are known to current science?
- eurasiantiger 4y agoFor all we know, we could have an interited quantum-coherent base pair linking us to all other living entities.
- User23 4y agoOr, if many-worlds is true, our entangled parallel selves!
- tick_tock_tick 4y agoI'm a firm believer in quantum immortality.
- User23 4y agoI assume you've seen this[1] story about quantum immortality, but other readers may not have. [1] https://www.tor.com/2010/08/05/divided-by-infinity/ https://www.tor.com/2010/08/05/divided-by-infinity/