I think a central point here is that “what counts as an observer (an agent)” is observer-dependent (more here) (even if under our particular laws of physics there are some pressures towards agents having a certain shape, etc., more here). And then it’s immediate each ruliad has an agent (for the right observer) (or similarly, for a certain decryption of it).
I’m not yet convinced “the mapping function/decryption might be so complex it doesn’t fit our universe” is relevant. If you want to philosophically defend “functionalism with functions up to complexity C” instead of “functionalism”, you can, but C starts seeming arbitrary?
Also, a Ramsey-theory argument would be very cool.
Didn’t know about ruliad, thanks!
I think a central point here is that “what counts as an observer (an agent)” is observer-dependent (more here) (even if under our particular laws of physics there are some pressures towards agents having a certain shape, etc., more here). And then it’s immediate each ruliad has an agent (for the right observer) (or similarly, for a certain decryption of it).
I’m not yet convinced “the mapping function/decryption might be so complex it doesn’t fit our universe” is relevant. If you want to philosophically defend “functionalism with functions up to complexity C” instead of “functionalism”, you can, but C starts seeming arbitrary?
Also, a Ramsey-theory argument would be very cool.