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What is your most controversial opinion/belief? (lemm.ee)

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Religion doesn’t count. We’re on Lemmy, so neither does communism.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There are no material objects in the traditional sense. Taking contemporary physics seriously leads to a metaphysical view on which information-theoretic structures like patterns are the fundamental objects in our ontology. Ordinary objects like tables and chairs are just very stable patterns.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Definitely. Comrades may be resistant, but process philosophy is correct and dialectical materialism is of it. Nothing is the same from one moment to the next.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You ever read Godel, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes indeed, along with I Am a Strange Loop. I've used bits and pieces of both in intro classes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Fantastic books. Reading GEB now, want to read IAASL afterwards