#decodingtheuniverse

Natura non facit saltus- Gottfried Wilhem #Leibniz - Profound Simplicity - I found the conclusion of #decodingtheuniverse as frightening as humbling - "inasmuch as life relies upon information processing, it, too, must be finite. Life cannot go on forever. It has at most 10 to the power of 120 operations left, and then...." No more spoilers.... (at Shibuya, Tokyo)

Behold! Human beings living in an underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den; here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move and can only see before them, being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads. Above and behind them the fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way; and you will see, if you look, a low wall built along the way, like the screen which marionette players have in front of them, over which they show the puppets... You have shown me a strange image, and they are strange prisoners. Like I ourselves.... to them, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows #Plato #TheRepublic #dope #decodingtheuniverse #charlesseife

#decodingtheuniverse - Charles Seife - How's the science of information is explaining everything, from our brains to black holes