Einstein once asked “Did God have a choice in creating the universe?”
Implying that Einstein believed it was at least possible that the state of the entire universe could be derived from no sensory data what so ever.
Yeah, the idea that the laws of physics are logically necessary is sort of appealing… yet also probably completely wrong. (But then, how do I assign a probability to such a thing?)
Actually, from my understanding the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis implies this.
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Einstein once asked “Did God have a choice in creating the universe?”
Implying that Einstein believed it was at least possible that the state of the entire universe could be derived from no sensory data what so ever.
Yeah, the idea that the laws of physics are logically necessary is sort of appealing… yet also probably completely wrong. (But then, how do I assign a probability to such a thing?)
Actually, from my understanding the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis implies this.