|
In Tegmark's view, everything in the universe — humans included — is part of a mathematical structure. All matter is made up of particles, which have properties such as charge and spin, but these properties are purely mathematical, he says. And space itself has properties such as dimensions, but is still ultimately a mathematical structure. Time for someone to integrate himself into a padded collection
|
|
|
|
|
"I think I'm missing an electron."
"Are you sure?"
"Yup, I'm positive."
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
|
|
|
|
|
Does an electron's quark echo?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
|
|
|
|
|
I think he's made the fundamental error of confusing the map with the territory.
The reason mathematics models the universe so well is simply because we designed mathematics to be useful modelling the universe, through a succession of refinements.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
|
|
|
|
|
The cosmos is made of thought.
"I had always considered thought to be an electrochemical process that goes on in the brain. Therefore a thought would be comprised of matter, and energy. But if we can alter an experiment by thinking about it, which is another way of saying we can alter reality with a thought, then can we truly consider thoughts as being simply matter and energy? Couldn't we actually elevate thought to the same status as matter and energy?" -- The Spires of Tarkus by Dave McWhorter[^]
This space intentionally left blank.
modified 1-Feb-14 13:00pm.
|
|
|
|
|
Calculate me a universe and we'll take another look at your ideas.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
