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He is a genius! I so envy his ability to say so much with so little :smile:

This is an absolute classic Leunig. :smile: https://willungagallery.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/385_original.jpeg

From the legendary Michael Leunig: :smile: https://www.musingsbylizzytish.com/cn/leunig-2.gif

I would agree with @"Gary Enfield" that alien origin is a long shot, and it just shifts the problem to another planet. I would agree with you that the...

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If all truth is relative, then so is absolute truth. So all truth is relative - end of story?

The opposite could also be argued - That life existed so long is because of the order / stability of the environment. I guess it depends on how much d...

Hi Adughep, and welcome to the forum. Yes maybe, I have heard some speculation that the atmosphere of Venus might contain life. Yes again, some of the...

One day soon, Sutherland says, someone will fill a container with a mix of primordial chemicals, keep it under the right conditions, and watch life em...

To say that evolution acts only on animate matter implies evolution has an ability to distinguish between animate and inanimate matter. Is this what y...

There is no solution to the OP from a dualist perspective. Not even a hint of a solution. There is a possible solution from a monist perspective. It w...

Obviously I'm not using it to refer specifically to biology! I'm saying everything evolves. You seem to overlook that you are made entirely of inanima...

We derive the information of the evolution of the universe from its present state. So the information of the 14 billion years or so of universal evolu...

Are you arguing that inanimate matte dose not evolve? If so what is your argument? Describe one instance of inanimate matter that has not evolved.

:up: That is correct. It is not really a material universe as the relationship of information and energy is matter. It is really an information and en...

Evolution is well established from observation of evolving organic systems like Covid19, so the proposition in the OP "without evolution" is not an op...

Yes, I knew you would understand it, so didn't bother to spell it out. Yes, I have always agreed with Enformation, with energy, information and matter...

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In mine, matter is the container of information and energy - in a relationship. Materialists believe matter to be fundamental, I do not. I was referri...

We are creating models that fit observation, so there will be different ways to do it. I do get what you are saying, but I personally tend to think in...

Information and energy are always embodied in matter. Even in transit from one mind to another they transmit over matter. I see it as a material unive...

If you happen to think of something let me know. I'm always interested in alternative views.

Please enlighten me?

Semantics. The emergent property of concrete is structural rigidity, which is not present in any of its component materials. But in their relationship...

The relationship here is sand and cement. The result is concrete - is concrete not an emergent property that neither sand or cement posses on their ow...

Would you disagree with relationship = emergence? Initially I did, but I couldn't find a logical flaw, perhaps you can?

This would be G*D? I'm seeing it more along the lines of the entire universe is constantly emerging due to the evolving relationship of information an...

"In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence occurs when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their own, p...

The relationship actualizes the potential. @"Kaiser Basileus" nailed it! Yes Einstein equated energy and mass. Whereas information describes volume an...

If a relationship is the minimum requirement for emergence, then the entire universe is constantly emerging.

What is the minimum number of parts required to constitute a system? I think two! enformation = matter. As per above post. What do you think?

I think you are correct. Its not the typical understanding of emergence, but if a relationship is a connection between parts, a cooperation, repulsion...

In my opinion it is also a very interesting and valid art form. It shows how emergence occurs. :up: If it was me, I would use the formula as the title...

Is this the result of one of your mathematical formulas ? " I have written many math programs over the years in connection with my interest in infinit...

Your welcome. :smile:

Every moment of life is an experience with its corresponding feeling. The interesting thing about this is that it is an internal feeling - one persons...

Happiness results from an experience that is pleasurable. It is the emotional pleasure that the experience provides that makes us happy. Conversely sa...

Thanks I'll check it out. The pop-up is working properly for me now.

We are - an evolving process of self organization, so this is spot on - we see the world in terms of our self organization, Talmud- circa 200CE :chin:...

Yes thanks that worked. Still the text at the bottom of the pop up couldn't be read. The content seems spot on however. :up:

Your blog is very interesting - a great variety of useful information. I'm sure many people like myself will appreciate it. You just never know with t...

This is more like it, in my opinion ( particularly the stuff highlighted in bold ). I am much more inclined to read something like this as you are uni...

What is wrong with - Enformationism posits that the fundamental substances of reality is not energy or matter but mind. :up: :up: Abiogenisis theory f...

This tends to be the trend these days, so it is I who is old fashioned and reductionist. I was really just thinking about the time most people ( inclu...

This seems good in the context of your own blog, and a continuation of your own narrative. If you don't mind, I would suggest you spend less time apol...

Could you provide a link please?

This is a very interesting question. From a constructivist point of view, we accumulate knowledge piece by piece and construct it to a self consistent...

Ha, Ha. :smile: Its interesting how people who gravitate toward deeper conversation, also prefer deeper music. Good thread, Its introduced me to some ...

Ill look forward to it. :up: This is roughly my understanding also. Information is fundamental, so the universe is an information processing system. I...

I like the new website. :up: It is difficult to condense complicated ideas into simple broadly understood concepts, but I think its worth the effort a...