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Is it a coincidence that you are in the middle of your surroundings? No, they are directly related. All the objects, and measurements, are defined by humans ac
by pphysch 3y ago
Is it a coincidence that you are in the middle of your surroundings?
No, they are directly related. All the objects, and measurements, are defined by humans according to human experience.
- whatshisface 3y agoBut the upper and lower limits are not defined by human experience.
- pphysch 3y agoOf course they are! Very limited, derivative human experience, in the realm of squinting at numbers coming out of exotic research instruments and theories thereof -- but still human experience.
- whatshisface 3y agoA being the size of the solar system would not be able to see any farther into the universe than we can with our telescopes, because it's about what light has reached the solar system and not at all about our sense of scale in interpreting it.
- pphysch 3y agoYes, assuming this being is constrained to human senses + technologies. But why would we assume that?
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- Nevermark 3y ago“Creatures” in the Game of Life operate at roughly the level of that automata world’s minimum distance. Their is no a priori reason we would be in the middle.