Posted: Mar 21, 2017 11:01 am
John Platko wrote:I take it that he is just talking about Knowledge there, i.e. information chunks that have certain attributes. There is some of this in DNA, but he's saying the majority of Knowledge (that we can measure - i.e. excluding alien life forms etc.) comes from humans.
Well, he did specifically use the word physics, not the word knowledge. If he's conflating or equating the two then I think that's a bit ropey. Either way, he said physics and I can only judge what he says by what he actually says.
I still totally disagree in either case. It all sounds very anthropocentric.
Apologies for not addressing every single point you made. Please take it that if I haven't, it's because I'm pretty fine with the ones I haven't commented on. I wouldn't wish to give the impression that I'm being wholly dismissive or critical. I wouldn't be having this extended discussion if I thought it might not potentially come up with something.
At this point, I'm just not sure if it has yet. Well, no, it has, it's been fun. What I mean is, it doesn't seem to have come up with anything yet that's essentially different from the way I would have already seen or explained things.