Why would the universe need to exist within the universe in order for it to exist? In the GOL example, why would the whole N∗N bits have to be visible to some particular bit in order for them to exist?
It took me a day, but I can see your view on this. I think my position is fairly well reasoned through in the other thread, so I’m not going to keep this going unless you want it to (perhaps your position isn’t represented elsewhere or something).
Why would the universe need to exist within the universe in order for it to exist? In the GOL example, why would the whole N∗N bits have to be visible to some particular bit in order for them to exist?
The bits exist but the view of the bits don’t exist. The map is not the territory.
It took me a day, but I can see your view on this. I think my position is fairly well reasoned through in the other thread, so I’m not going to keep this going unless you want it to (perhaps your position isn’t represented elsewhere or something).
Thanks for the concise clarification!