Anders wrote:
All the interesting complexity is found in the specific cases, while the whole often has less complexity...
I would offer that it’s not the algorithmic complexity, but the interconnections that are “interesting”, and any (perceived) relationships in a block universe necessarily entail an observer. This is the “zen” running through Pirsig’s book about the meaning of meaning.
Anders wrote: All the interesting complexity is found in the specific cases, while the whole often has less complexity...
I would offer that it’s not the algorithmic complexity, but the interconnections that are “interesting”, and any (perceived) relationships in a block universe necessarily entail an observer. This is the “zen” running through Pirsig’s book about the meaning of meaning.