Quantum Physics, Society & Cyberculture, Philosophy of Science - General & Miscellaneous, Science, Philosophy of, Chaos Theory
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Overview
What do yin-yang and the Lorenzian butterfly in chaos have in common? The outside perspective. Only by going very far outside - beyond the end of the world - do certain aspects of the world become intelligible. The computer makes it possible today to go after the interface. What does the world look like if you are an internally chaotic part? Is the world just a difference, an interface, a forcing function? Is it possible to identify those features which exist only from the inside? How far does the meta-unmaskability go? Is quantum mechanics a virtual reality? Can the microinterface be manipulated? Such questions are tackled in this book.Editorials
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Explores the idea that the "interface" between an internal observer and the rest of his or her universe represents the sole reality that exists, for the observer. Discusses the implications of what it means to be a participatory observer in the universe and how that fact distorts the world, and examines the potential of experiments designed to expose features of the computer's interface reality in the real world. Looks at properties of quantum mechanics and the prospect of manipulating the real-world interface. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
March 1, 1997
Publisher
Singapore ; World Scientific, c1998.
Pages
220
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9789810227524