Time is a quale in consciousness. See my paper The Quale of Time: https://philpeople.org/profiles/cosmin-visan
On Saturday 2 November 2024 at 04:53:37 UTC+2 Liz R wrote: > I've been looking at this recently, and insofar as I understand what you > and he are saying, I agree with you. This graphic in particular - which > happens to be how far I've got after reading ""The Concept of the Ruliad > <https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2021/11/the-concept-of-the-ruliad/>" > - seems to relate to a "Brunoesque" approach. > > https://content.wolfram.com/sites/43/2021/04/existence-of-universe-a-5.png > > Concerning Wolfram's arseholery and possible genius level, this isn't too > surprising when you consider what Isaac Newton was like (by all accounts). > > > On Saturday 2 November 2024 at 12:47:01 UTC+13 Russell Standish wrote: > >> https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2024/10/on-the-nature-of-time/ >> >> Stephen's "Ruliad" looks and smells to me like Bruno's Universal >> Dovetailer, and quite likely the same object that I call the >> "Nothing" in my book "Theory of Nothing". >> >> He seems to have rediscovered many of the things we've discussed on >> this list over the years. On the other hand, his concept of "branchial >> space" being knitted into something like the spacetime described by >> Einstein's equations seems novel to me, and smells about right, so I >> think he is worth listening to. Also his comments on computational >> irreducibility and bounded computational ability of observers is also >> rarely discussed (I leaned on those notions in my resolution of the >> White Rabbit problem), and his takes on those matters seem fresh to >> me. >> >> I know Stephen is a controversial figure - the only person I know to >> have met him personally described him as an arsehole, or words to that >> effect. My response to her is that he might be an arsehole, but he's a >> genius level arsehole. That was well before his NKS book. His biggest >> problem is not acknowledging contributions by others, effectively >> claiming vast tracts of academic knowledge for himself. >> >> -- >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) >> Principal, High Performance Coders [email protected] >> http://www.hpcoders.com.au >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/b4f4ee6f-a5b3-4655-a8d5-bbb9380c5a94n%40googlegroups.com.
