Re: [ontolog-forum] Digital Ontology and digital ontology

[paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx]

> Following an idea of Edward Fredkin, he concludes that the universe itself would then be an automaton, like a giant computer. I

I cant believe that anyone seriously thinks the universe *is* a computer,(especially scientists) but
 yes, it is a system, 
and yes, people tend to see /understand new things in terms of what they know  or believe true and associate them to what they recognise as familiar ,  a well established fact in cognitive science



>  S Weinberg, : "Wolfram himself is a lapsed elementary
> > particle
>
> .....
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