are we:
1. between two ends of oneness (omg im so transcendental im pure energy duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude)
or
2. partway through an evolution to infinite complexity (big bang ---- all matter divides more and more until planets, humans, animal, and blackholes are created and so on...)
idk whatever you wanna input
I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm just trying to pay the bills.
Quote from: Subtract Eight! on December 23, 2008, 06:14:00 AM
are we:
1. between two ends of oneness (omg im so transcendental im pure energy duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude)
or
2. partway through an evolution to infinite complexity (big bang ---- all matter divides more and more until planets, humans, animal, and blackholes are created and so on...)
idk whatever you wanna input
Everything is pretty much made of the same stuff in different combinations. you've got protons and neutrons and electrons, which together make up the physical materia of the universe. You can reduce this down to even smaller particles, to the point where things get a little weird.
However, when things get REALLY weird is when you start jumping up levels. Emergence works like this: You get a whole bunch of similar parts together and interacting with each other and SHIT STARTS HAPPENING. You get atoms interacting with each other and soon you have stars and galaxys and planets and such. You get weird organic molecules interacting with each other and replicating and soon you have massive diversity of life, more than you could ever imagine. You get neurons in close proximity and connecting in many patters and soon you got consciousness. You get consciousnesses interacting with each other and soon you got economics, culture, society. The cool thing about the inherent emergent complexity in the universe seems to be its just so EASY. You get the right parts under the right conditions and eventually you get another level of emergence. This universe seems to be perfect for that sort of thing. Infinite complexity is here, and its continuing to become more varied.
Go outside. srsly.
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Quote from: LMNO on December 23, 2008, 06:00:36 PM
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You remind me I need to get those posts cut and prepped for the blog.
How about...
3. No