[Ron]
Due to the fact that biological life is present in the universe, one
could argue that reality is indeed a self reflecting system. What
that means or what that entails I'm not sure I know. But it does seem
to be an existing feature.
[Arlo]
Hey, I am all about self-referential systems (I prefer the term to
"self-reflecting", as the latter seems passive). Self-referentiality
seems to be a cornerstone of evolutionary progress (Hofstadter writes
a great deal on this). Its the nature of that "self-referentiality"
that's at issue. And I'd say there is a world of difference between a
complexity-emergent self-referentiality and a needy Deity who needs
"its magnificence" worshipped and so creates "man" to fill allay its vanity.
I'd also argue that in the MOQ, it is not only at the appearance of
"biological life" that the cosmos gains self-referentiality, but it
certainly does advance it a great deal from the inorganic level.
Indeed, I'd say that biological level is the result of (admittedly
simple and humdrum) self-referentiality on the inorganic level. Thus
there is (IMHO) not a difference in kind, but a difference in degree,
with the fundamental processes by which ALL MOQ levels emerge from
the previous level.
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