THUS ITS ESSENCE IS STRUCTURAL, OR INFORMATIONAL, NOT MATERIAL, OR RELATED TO WHAT IT IS MADE OF

FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN MAKE REASONABLY ACCURATE ROBOTIC FINGERS

THEY EXHIBIT FINGERNESS

PHILOSOPHERS TEND TO USE THE CHAIR AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT IS THE SIMPLEST POSSIBLE CHOICE

ANYTHING WITH SUPPORT PLUS A BACK IS A CHAIR

NAIL A BOARD TO A STUMP AND IT WORKS JUST AS WELL

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

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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

ONE COULD ALSO USE THE EYE AS AN EXAMPLE

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