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{{a| | {{a|philosophy|}}Scientific [[reductionism]] taken to its logical conclusion, being a conclusion that is so plainly ''illogical'' you think it would cause pause for thought, but because [[reductionist]]s are so terrified of [[post-modernism]], people tend to swallow it and just go with it, no matter how insane its consequences. It is not a [[paradox]]: it is a [[falsification]]. | ||
Determinists reason, [[deduction|deductively]], that seeing as the universe is wholly and exclusively a material thing, and is governed by immutable laws of physics and [[causation]] — but is it? — anything that will happen to any part of the universe can, with enough computational horse power and the right amount of [[information]], be calculated in advance.. The fact that something ''hasn’t'' been; that the trajectory of every atom in the universe has not, yet, been charted from its origin at the big bang to its final logical end point in the [[gnab gib]], being the same [[singularity]] with which our universe began. only with the arrow of time reversed — simply reflects the inadequacy of our computational apparatus and our approach to [[Signal-to-noise ratio|data]]-gathering. | |||
Since, if everything were solved, there would be no point to existence at all, this is a pretty desolate worldview. All that saves us from that place is a marginal degree of ignorance. ''Great''. | |||
Regular readers will know the [[JC]] thinks, that being the case, that [[post-modernism]] isn’t so bad. | |||
===Causal intervention and substrate neutrality=== | |||
So Roger White’s {{br|Complexity and Chaos}} is a fun read. Among its insights: | |||
{{Causal intervention and symbolic language}} | |||
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