Jan 24, 2022·edited Jan 24, 2022Liked by Giulio Prisco
Martin Hauser suggests a fascinating way that the ancients may have built true randomness into a mathematical system (imagine the "I Ching" as the first computer...) and how that may suggest "free will" is built into quantum mechanics itself:
Interesting indeed. To me, the message to take away is that we shouldn't assume that the real number system is the best and the only mathematical model of physical space and time.
Space and time could be built of discrete units in some sense - or it could turn out that higher-order, denser Cantorian infinities like beth-2 (the power set of the real numbers) provide a better model of physical space and time. Future research will tell, and ideas inspired by Eastern traditions like mandalic geometry could play a role.
The idea of multiple time dimension is only loosely related, because you can introduce multiple time dimensions in a continuum of real numbers without having to invoke less or more dense mathematical spaces. As Hauser says, we can take Everett worlds as a case of multiple time dimensions. Rudy Rucker expands on this in "The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul" (paratime).
I really like the examples you used in your above linked piece on time beyond time - I've struggled with finding a way to explain that concept and you did it nicely. Thanks for that.
Martin Hauser suggests a fascinating way that the ancients may have built true randomness into a mathematical system (imagine the "I Ching" as the first computer...) and how that may suggest "free will" is built into quantum mechanics itself:
https://www.quora.com/profile/Martin-Hauser
His pinned article from 2017 is dense but worth a couple of reads. Really curious to hear your take on it.
Interesting indeed. To me, the message to take away is that we shouldn't assume that the real number system is the best and the only mathematical model of physical space and time.
Space and time could be built of discrete units in some sense - or it could turn out that higher-order, denser Cantorian infinities like beth-2 (the power set of the real numbers) provide a better model of physical space and time. Future research will tell, and ideas inspired by Eastern traditions like mandalic geometry could play a role.
The idea of multiple time dimension is only loosely related, because you can introduce multiple time dimensions in a continuum of real numbers without having to invoke less or more dense mathematical spaces. As Hauser says, we can take Everett worlds as a case of multiple time dimensions. Rudy Rucker expands on this in "The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul" (paratime).
See also:
https://turingchurch.net/time-beyond-time-out-of-time-81067a3e3da1
I really like the examples you used in your above linked piece on time beyond time - I've struggled with finding a way to explain that concept and you did it nicely. Thanks for that.
Thanks!
Seems interesting! Will read tomorrow and comment.