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Is it? Says who? This is an untirely unfalsifiable assumption. I personally don't share it. "It from bit"[0], I say, mathematics is fundamental, physical re
by jbotz 4y ago
Is it? Says who? This is an untirely unfalsifiable assumption. I personally don't share it. "It from bit"[0], I say, mathematics is fundamental, physical reality is just our perception of the underlying math.
[0] Title of a paper by John Wheeler. Can't find it right now, but if you google "it from bit" you'll find a lot of commentary on it.
- GoblinSlayer 4y agoThe concept of fundamentality doesn't exist in mathematics, and it's by design. What is fundamental, Tailor series or Fourier transform? Mathematics doesn't care, it simply has no such concept.
- GoblinSlayer 4y agoFound commentary on "it from bit". It looks like an attempt to resurrect antirealism (participatory universe). The reason why antirealism was buried is because there's too much realism in quantum physics, so it won't fly.