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This reminds me of an Alan Watt's talk on alternating levels of order and chaos in nature.
by jes 3y ago
This reminds me of an Alan Watt's talk on alternating levels of order and chaos in nature.
- passion__desire 3y agoTo add some spice to your observation. I read somewhere that "This statement is false" can act as a oscillator, a "clock" going tick-tock, at the deepest level of reality.
- andybak 3y agoOk. I need to know more.
- passion__desire 3y agoWell actually, it was a comment on a blogpost (I don't know what it was about). It said since if our world is a simulation, then it needs a computer to run on. And every computer needs a clock. So this statement changing its truth value could act as a clock.
- jes 3y agoPlease say more!
- sandman1906 3y agoDo you remember the title of it?
- pluijzer 3y agoWeb of Life Here is the youtube video and transcript. I think the parent poster refered to section IV, around 19:20 in the video. https://www.organism.earth/library/document/out-of-your-mind-3#ch4 https://www.organism.earth/library/document/out-of-your-mind...
- jes 3y agoPerfect. Appreciate the ref.
- andybak 3y agoOn the theme of "Unexpected Alan Watts" I'd like to recommend the game "Everything" which after a slightly bizarre start develops into a "achieve subgoal, get an Alan Watts audio clip as a reward" gameplay loop. It's fantastic.
- jes 3y agoWill check it out! Ty!