Some great SI'ers would agree with that.
Somehow, I believe the concept of "Entanglement supports this. I got entangled with this knowledge a while back without even realizing it at the time.
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How did it happen? By following George Gilder for tech investment ideas and noticing his sense of humor and by noticing the terribly unfair treatment he was getting because of his Faith by some obviously very smart "tech gods".
| To: Marty Lee who wrote (3913) | 5/4/2000 6:05:00 PM | | From: George Gilder | Read Replies (7) of 5853 | | | In many popular and academic physics texts, you can study Einstein's original hypothesis, debated with Bohr, that quantum theory implied non-locality (the Einstein, Rosen, Podolsky paper). Based on Einstein's speculation, CERN physicist John Bell later produced a Theorem that would allow the proposition to be tested. Alain Aspect and several others conducted famous experiments proving that Einstein was correct in his assumption that quantum theory implies non-locality or "entanglement" but wrong in his argument that this apparent "action at a distance" disproved quantum theory.
There may be more in the world than is contained in the ken of your philosophy.
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| To: Tae Spam Kim who wrote (3914) | 5/2/2000 3:19:00 PM | | From: George Gilder | 2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) of 5853 | | | Yes. The universe is hierarchical: top down not bottom up. In the beginning was the word, not the atom. The idea is primary, not the material embodiment. The algorithm precedes the computer, which is independent of its material embodiment. God precedes the cosmos, and the telecosm.
--GG |
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Apparently Marty Lee thought GG was disparaging the "tech gods". Claimed GG was espousing "Christian Epiphenomenalism". IDK - I think GG was encouraging the opposite. In my world, GG was onto something and I'm trying to catch up. IMO, if we don't catch up to these crazed nanny state "tech gods" we will have a terrible time trying to drive our own cars. It will not be great fun.
Epiphenomenalism: One of philosophy’s most disturbing ideas
Do our thoughts have any meaning whatsoever?
bigthink.com
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Epiphenomenalism is the idea that our conscious minds serve no role in affecting the physical world.
- On the contrary, our thoughts are a causally irrelevant byproduct of physical processes that are occurring inside of our brains.
- According to epiphenomenalism, we are like children pretending to drive a car — it can be great fun, but we are really not in charge.
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