Posted: Nov 06, 2018 10:26 am
newolder wrote:Simulations, computer language compilers and spoken languages are all emergent phenomena. It is not the case that simulations are 'fundamental' objects: they are demonstrably not the 'fundamental' objects of a physical universe.
What a strange statement to make. WHo do you think is suggesting otherwise. It's a given. The proposition discussed is whether what we take to be a physical universe is in fact a simulation of one. If it's a simulation there are no "fundamental objects" in it, only representations that seem to be fundamental.