tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155928.post6822183597518572120..comments2023-05-30T09:25:44.467-06:00Comments on Complexes: Things as they really areCarloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05026482014739987226noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155928.post-25683942101975143912010-02-08T18:52:06.048-06:002010-02-08T18:52:06.048-06:00Thanks for the comments, Keith!Thanks for the comments, Keith!Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026482014739987226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155928.post-88701997361047802642010-02-08T18:00:48.559-06:002010-02-08T18:00:48.559-06:00Carlos, I have just discovered your work and I am ...Carlos, I have just discovered your work and I am very excited about it, so I will be contacting you. Specifically considering this post - I am sure you are aware that finding common themes between eastern philosophy/ metaphysics and modern physics is quite trendy (first made famous by Fritjof Kapra’s ‘Tao of Physics’). The usual idea is that modern physics suggests all things are connected (at the quantum scale via wave function interaction) and I know you are aware of Wheeler’s interpretation of ‘it from bit’ and the ‘observer generated universe’ which seems to place humans (especially physicists) in a special cosmological position! A rather stronger argument, though, is that all things are what they are entirely because of the semantic (meaningful) information which orders matter/energy in space/time. Indeed the universe is the implementation of meaning (information, space/time and energy/matter are the three elements of existence). The meaning is not spontaneously created out of nothing (as it appears), but rather the history of the universe from big-bang onwards has been one of self-assembly of meaning by means of filtering (analogous to resonance which selects a frequency for amplification) - a process of physical evolution in which packages of information act as environments for each other (an idea close to that of the Principia Cybernetica crowd). This process is evolution by natural selection when it operates on life. Through these ‘resonances’, the universe is assembling ever-increasing complexity - life is part of this process and has accelerated it, arguably we humans have boosted it further. In this way we are very much part of the whole universe - we are highly concentrated localisations of meaningful information. We are part of a hierarchy of complex systems constructed out of the information of the universe - order filtered out of the randomness. All is complex system and necessarily dynamic and therefore a) non-permanent and b) inseparable from its surrounding environment (upon which its meaning depends). These two conclusions are core teachings of the Buddhists.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15334350689415572171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155928.post-72301605065654683402010-02-08T17:59:10.743-06:002010-02-08T17:59:10.743-06:00Carlos, I have just discovered your work and I am ...Carlos, I have just discovered your work and I am very excited about it, so I will be contacting you. Specifically considering this post - I am sure you are aware that finding common themes between eastern philosophy/ metaphysics and modern physics is quite trendy (first made famous by Fritjof Kapra’s ‘Tao of Physics’). The usual idea is that modern physics suggests all things are connected (at the quantum scale via wave function interaction) and I know you are aware of Wheeler’s interpretation of ‘it from bit’ and the ‘observer generated universe’ which seems to place humans (especially physicists) in a special cosmological position! A rather stronger argument, though, is that all things are what they are entirely because of the semantic (meaningful) information which orders matter/energy in space/time. Indeed the universe is the implementation of meaning (information, space/time and energy/matter are the three elements of existence). The meaning is not spontaneously created out of nothing (as it appears), but rather the history of the universe from big-bang onwards has been one of self-assembly of meaning by means of filtering (analogous to resonance which selects a frequency for amplification) - a process of physical evolution in which packages of information act as environments for each other (an idea close to that of the Principia Cybernetica crowd). This process is evolution by natural selection when it operates on life. Through these ‘resonances’, the universe is assembling ever-increasing complexity - life is part of this process and has accelerated it, arguably we humans have boosted it further. In this way we are very much part of the whole universe - we are highly concentrated localisations of meaningful information. We are part of a hierarchy of complex systems constructed out of the information of the universe - order filtered out of the randomness. All is complex system and necessarily dynamic and therefore a) non-permanent and b) inseparable from its surrounding environment (upon which its meaning depends). These two conclusions are core teachings of the Buddhists.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15334350689415572171noreply@blogger.com