What is reality? And what could anyone possibly mean by its nature?
This video is my investigation into defining a notoriously vague concept.
Why fundamentality is not reductionism.
The ungrounded. Not the tiniest constituent, but the thing nothing else gets to take credit for.
Many idealists and materialists share one habit: assume reductionism, then declare it’s all consciousness, or all matter. (The “all information” crowd too.) Same reflex with a different hat.
What do connected, boundaryless topological 1-manifolds have to do with this all?
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—Curt Jaimungal
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