Computational Universe

Some preliminary thoughts and arguments on the feasibility of ultimate norms, starting from a foundation of general computationalism

Elon Musk recently suggested that we likely do not live in a base reality, but in a simulation. He even puts the probability at a billion to one. Is he correct?

Could the structure the universe support brain-like activities at interplanetary distances?

I have a nagging suspicion that we misinterpret quantum mechanics. I am probably wrong, but I believe that quantum computers may always be outperformed by classical algorithms.

Atheists and enlightened religious people often talk past each other, because they associate quite different concepts with ‘God’. Let us attempt to sort them.

Spacetime might not be real, but weakly emergent. The computer that runs the universe does not index particles within a spacetime matrix, but only maintains a tensor network with quantized properties.

Computation might be the most important addition to philosophy in the last century, and it is probably best understood not through the Turing Machine, but through the Lambda Calculus. Here is an introduction for non-mathematicians.

Computation might be the most important addition to philosophy in the last century, and it is probably best understood not through the Turing Machine, but through the Lambda Calculus. Here is an introduction for non-mathematicians.

How is it possible that we can be conscious of a universe that at the same time computes us? How can we observe the progression of a universe that we are part of?

True Computation is only possible in a silicon substrate.

If you should happen to be interested in how to turn an abstracted version of basic electronic circuitry into a puzzle game, read on.

The most important consquence of accepting Bell’s inequality: The world is not a physics engine. Let us look how we need to modify our view of physicalism.

AI violates some of the basic metaphysical intuitions of Western thinking. Cultural opposition to AI is probably grounded in Christian dualism.