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Notably, chemistry is the lowest-level "layer of abstraction" on physical reality where this is true. Unless you consider category or set theory "real". I for
by uoaei 4y ago
Notably, chemistry is the lowest-level "layer of abstraction" on physical reality where this is true.
Unless you consider category or set theory "real".
I forget whether it was on Complexity podcast from SFI, or on Prof. Sean Carroll's Mindscape podcast, but this insight can be attributed to Dr. Sara Imari Walker.
- layer8 4y agoIt certainly was mentioned on Mindscape, now that I think of it. In principle it is also true for atoms, or even just atomic nuclei, being composed from a finite set of elementary particles, but they decay too quickly beyond a certain size.