On the Nature of Time

Re:On the Nature of Time by kouru225 on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @09:12PM (#41783498)

Ok but the act of writing it down would always take longer than the actual unfolding of the universe itself. Just like the halting problem, we can’t skip ahead at any point and we have no idea what will come next.

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Re:On the Nature of Time by worstspotgain on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @09:33PM (#41783599)

Sure, but the timebases are different. Maybe it took the butterflypeople a thousand butterflyweeks to write it out.

Let me restate the metaphysics a bit differently. Let's say there's no us, no butterflypeople, nothing at all. Entropy reigns supreme, no information is organized.

Now add the butterflypeople. They write the humanpeople's log book. Information exists in organized form. The humanpeople's bits have been divined out of the great entropic nothing. Maybe that's all it takes?

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Re:On the Nature of Time by garaetjjte on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @09:47PM (#41783671)

Reminds me of https://xkcd.com/505/

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