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And isn't the fact that the universe seems to be a result of computation in fact just because we are abstracting it with mathematics?

• vidarh 3y ago
  What else would it be but computation? Coming up with something that isn't computation in some form or other is exceedingly hard. I'm not even sure it's meaningfully possible.
  • amelius 3y ago
    Computation call still have non-determinism. For example, the computation gives e.g. 2 possible options at every step (both physically valid). Then a "consciousness" decides which of the 2 options it prefers, and that's the part we'll see and the other part of the tree is simply not observed. So you can compute it to some extent, just not fully.
    • vidarh 3y ago
      That doesn't address what I said at all. If you assert dualism, like what you did here as an attempt to inject "non-computation" all you do is give rise to infinite regress. E.g. how do you propose this "consciousness" would decide in a way that is not itself computation?