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Terry Bollinger's avatar

CJ: “The universe is something you engage with. Something you try to make sense of using the tools you have.”

Great conclusion and a great quote.

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Daniel Van Zant's avatar

Excellent stuff! This paradox is a great specific example of Map-territory relation where the saying "All models are wrong (but some are useful)" originated. You even alluded to this idea towards the end. Essentially any conceptual/mathematical/logical model is not a perfect map of reality nor will it ever be. All we can do is try to continue minimizing the discrepancies between the model and our world. Additionally when we are building something with a specific model in mind we can ensure that we are aware of the discrepancies and ensure that those discrepancies are irrelevant to what we are building. A great entrance to the rabbit hole on these ideas here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map%E2%80%93territory_relation

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