Many mechanisms of aggregation literally normalize random elements. Simple addition of two (or more) evenly-distributed linear values (say, dice) yields a normal distribution (aka bell curve).
And yes, human experience is all map—the actual state of the universe is imperceptible.
I replied on discord that I feel there’s maybe something more formalisable that’s like:
reality runs on math because, and is the same thing as, there’s a generalised-state-transition function
because reality has a notion of what happens next, realityfluid has to give you a notion of what happens next, i.e. it normalises
the idea of a realityfluid that doesn’t normalise only comes to mind at all because you learned about R^n first in elementary school instead of S^n
which I do not claim confidently because I haven’t actually generated that formalisation, and am posting here because maybe there will be another Lesswronger’s eyes on it that’s like “ah, but...”.
(Epistemic status: Not quite sure)
Realityfluid must normalize for utility functions to work (see 1, 2). But this is a property of the map, not the territory.
Normalizing realityfluid is a way to point to an actual (countably) infinite territory using a finite (conserved-mass) map object.
Many mechanisms of aggregation literally normalize random elements. Simple addition of two (or more) evenly-distributed linear values (say, dice) yields a normal distribution (aka bell curve).
And yes, human experience is all map—the actual state of the universe is imperceptible.
I replied on discord that I feel there’s maybe something more formalisable that’s like:
reality runs on math because, and is the same thing as, there’s a generalised-state-transition function
because reality has a notion of what happens next, realityfluid has to give you a notion of what happens next, i.e. it normalises
the idea of a realityfluid that doesn’t normalise only comes to mind at all because you learned about R^n first in elementary school instead of S^n
which I do not claim confidently because I haven’t actually generated that formalisation, and am posting here because maybe there will be another Lesswronger’s eyes on it that’s like “ah, but...”.