Heteromeles
@heteromeles.bsky.social
Semi random person on the internet. That heart on my logo was given to me by a young raven.
Here's another take on why (an) observer(s) may be needed to make the universe work, published recently in Quanta Magazine. Have fun with it, if that's your thing. www.quantamagazine.org/cosmic-parad...
Cosmic Paradox Reveals the Awful Consequence of an Observer-Free Universe | Quanta Magazine
Encouraged by successes in understanding black holes, theoretical physicists are applying what they’ve learned to whole universes. What they’re finding has them questioning fundamental assumptions abo...
www.quantamagazine.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here's another take on why (an) observer(s) may be needed to make the universe work, published recently in Quanta Magazine. Have fun with it, if that's your thing. www.quantamagazine.org/cosmic-parad...
I'm weird in that I believe there are at least two kinds of reality: subjective and objective. Subjective is what we individually perceive, objective is what's actually out there, so far as we can deduce from our observations. To me, colors are subjectively real, but you're objectively right.
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I'm weird in that I believe there are at least two kinds of reality: subjective and objective. Subjective is what we individually perceive, objective is what's actually out there, so far as we can deduce from our observations. To me, colors are subjectively real, but you're objectively right.
As for AGI, I think it’s worth reading Fran’s de Waal’s Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? We flounder badly at assessing human intelligence and flail even worse at animal intelligence. Intelligence appears to have many dimensions, and general
Intelligence may be paradoxical.
Intelligence may be paradoxical.
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
As for AGI, I think it’s worth reading Fran’s de Waal’s Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? We flounder badly at assessing human intelligence and flail even worse at animal intelligence. Intelligence appears to have many dimensions, and general
Intelligence may be paradoxical.
Intelligence may be paradoxical.
Panthentheism has been around in the alt-spirituality world for a long time. If you want to believe it, go right ahead. There’s no physical evidence of its reality, but it does agree with some mystical experience, especially in Buddhism.
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Panthentheism has been around in the alt-spirituality world for a long time. If you want to believe it, go right ahead. There’s no physical evidence of its reality, but it does agree with some mystical experience, especially in Buddhism.
If you want quantum woo, just assume that the classical model
Of quantum mechanics is accurate, that there is a Universal Observer which enables quantum woo, and that what you perceive as your consciousness is just The Observer peering out through your eyes. This is essentially panentheism.
Of quantum mechanics is accurate, that there is a Universal Observer which enables quantum woo, and that what you perceive as your consciousness is just The Observer peering out through your eyes. This is essentially panentheism.
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
If you want quantum woo, just assume that the classical model
Of quantum mechanics is accurate, that there is a Universal Observer which enables quantum woo, and that what you perceive as your consciousness is just The Observer peering out through your eyes. This is essentially panentheism.
Of quantum mechanics is accurate, that there is a Universal Observer which enables quantum woo, and that what you perceive as your consciousness is just The Observer peering out through your eyes. This is essentially panentheism.
Agreed. Cells do have quantum effects in them, in the way electrons move through the electron transport chain. That’s cabling, not consciousness.
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Agreed. Cells do have quantum effects in them, in the way electrons move through the electron transport chain. That’s cabling, not consciousness.
Agreed. Trump does take it to new heights by stiffing his own lawyers though. True aristocrats have priorities
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Agreed. Trump does take it to new heights by stiffing his own lawyers though. True aristocrats have priorities