Message from @diversity_is_racism
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PLATO POSITS AN INFORMATIONAL CAUSE/EFFECT RELATIONSHIP
So the pattern exists prior right
THAT IS: THE DEMANDS OF THE SITUATION DETERMINE WHAT FILLS IT
THE PATTERN "EXISTS" IN THE FORMS OF THE MATHEMATICS OF THE UNIVERSE
IT IS LOGICAL THAT CHAIRNESS WILL BE THERE
FOR THIS REASON, THERE IS AN INFORMATIONAL SUBSTRATE TO THE UNIVERSE
AND THEREFORE, THOUGHTS INFLUENCE MATTER (CF. HERMETICISM) MUCHAS DEEDS DO
BUT WHAT MATTERS IN THE LONG TERM
IS HOW WE USE PHYSICALITY TO INFLUENCE THE PATTERNS AROUND US
I.E. WHAT IS ACHIEVED IN AN IDEALISTIC SENSE
THAT IS: THE DEMANDS OF THE SITUATION DETERMINE WHAT FILLS IT
THE PATTERN "EXISTS" IN THE FORMS OF THE MATHEMATICS OF THE UNIVERSE
Can you detail this out
these*
maybe with just an example
CONSIDER THE FORM OF A FISH
WE KNOW THE NATURE OF PLANETS AND THE NATURE OF WATER
Better
FOR LIFE TO SURVIVE IN WATER, IT MUST HAVE A FORM ADAPTED TO WATER
NAMELY, PROPULSION IS NOT LEGS (LOL)
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE SIMPLEST POSSIBLE FORM WOULD BE A FLIPPER WITH A HEAD
THEN, BECAUSE IT WILL NEED STABILITY AND STEERING, IT HAS FINS
IN A WORLD WHERE VISION IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO ACCURATE ASSESS SURROUNDINGS
YOU NEED SOMETHING LIKE A LITTLE CAMERA
It's not good to start from that direction and work backward
It assumes that what happened had to happen and was the only way
NOT NECESSARILY
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT CAUSALITY
BUT DEMANDS OF CONTEXT
DESIGN AN ANIMAL TO SWIM THROUGH WATER
DESIGNS WILL CONVERGE ON FISH SHAPES WHEN EFFICIENCY IS REQUIRED
For a long time, there was no species which occupied the human niche
E.G. I CAN ENVISION SOMETHING THAT SWIMS WITH TEN THOUSAND HANDS BUT
THAT IS NOT VERY EFFICIENT
There may yet be forms that haven't been seen
TO USE OR TO REPRODUCE
THERE MAY BE OTHER FORMS
And possibilities that could have been
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO DO ANYTHING
BUT
A FISH IS THE SIMPLEST