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Is there some sort of disconnect between the math we use and our "observed phenomena" in reality?
So my question comes from two questions on this site one of them being my own, How small can we measure space? and Is the (surprising) applicability of mathematics to the physical world a brute fact ...
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Metaphysical theories for why physics has the structure it has
The laws of physics have an extremely rich structure. The more fundamental you go, the more complex it becomes (e.g. Quantum Mechanics is more complex (no pun) than Newtonian mechanics). This ...
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If we simulate a universe just like ours, is there any experiment simulated life could do to verify it is being simulated?
Akin to Einstein's principle of equivalence where the observer cannot tell if he or she is either in free fall or being accelerated (in a small enough region of spacetime); I'm wondering the same ...
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Can our creativity create probability for reality? How legitimate is modal realism?
That title is so wild but if you create say a cartoon and that universe. Does that open up the possibility that it exists somewhere in reality? Like it is now a universe that exists because you ...
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In our best scientific theories, is there a difference between "the universe" and "reality"?
In our best scientific theories, is there a difference between "the universe" and "reality"?
Are all scientific realists committed to the idea that there is a mind independent ...
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Why do we rely upon scientific approach when its foundational axioms are assumed and agreed without proof?
Why do we rely upon scientific approach when its foundational axioms are assumed and agreed without proof?
Foundation of the scientific explorations are seem to be the mathematical axioms at its root....
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Is our civilization based on a illusion?
I have not studied philosophy although find interesting reading about. According to new theories in modern physics the concept of matter is an illusion. Matter is just a wave. We understand materials ...
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Does Einstein's local realism in quantum mechanics imply superdeterminism?
Einstein insisted that nature is locally real, which is also know as counterfactual defeniteness and means that results of experiments are predetermined. But, if everything is predetermined in every ...
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Would truly random events be strictly equivalent to events without a cause?
There are a couple of questions (one, another) about this topic, and as I was thinking about this for a while, I started wondering whether there has been any systematic research into this that raises ...
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Does True Randomness actually exist? [duplicate]
I tend to think of randomness as a lack of complete information when it comes to knowing something. If we look at the history of probability theory it centers on a lack of knowing the exact outcome of ...
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A final end to the depth we can investigate reality?
The higher energies we use the deeper we look into the mysteries of the universe. We started to find molecules, atoms, protons, quarks, ... All at different energy scales. Each new stage forced and ...
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Do questions about the ultimate truth make sense? Are we capable of understanding the system in which we live? (Looking for directions/references)
I am recently reading a lot about topics like free will or consciousness. It seems that many philosophers are trying to argue about these concepts in an ultimate and final way, that means they are ...
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How do laws of nature enforce themselves?
The Humean view prevailing today is that laws of nature are mere regularities of the empirical events. However, there seems to be a difference between post factum regularities, like the Titius-Bode ...
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Does the analogy "dog is to proximal environment as human is to Reality" portend anything for a maximum theoretical level of intelligence?
As today has been a day for analogies:
dog : proximal environment :: human : Reality
A dog's ontology is presumably quite limited. A human's ontology is apparently maximal. While our average ...
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