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| - | <blockquote>the concept of togetherness has suffered in the sciences, and | + | <blockquote>[T]he concept of [emergence] has suffered in the sciences, and |
| especially, in physics, where all of the effort has been on describing the individual, | especially, in physics, where all of the effort has been on describing the individual, | ||
| typically by breaking its description down to that of even smaller | typically by breaking its description down to that of even smaller | ||
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| it unfortunately has evolved in a rigid doctrine, leaving no space for anything | it unfortunately has evolved in a rigid doctrine, leaving no space for anything | ||
| else. The most extreme manifestation of this dogma is the use of the | else. The most extreme manifestation of this dogma is the use of the | ||
| - | term ‘theory of everything’ in particle physics. We will provide an alternative | + | term ‘theory of everything’ in particle physics. [...] |
| - | conceptual template for a theory of everything, supported not only by | + | |
| - | scientific examples, but also by everyday ones. | + | **Biology evolved from chopping up individual animals in laboratories, to |
| - | Biology evolved from chopping up individual animals in laboratories, to | + | |
| considering them in the context of other other animals and varying environments. | considering them in the context of other other animals and varying environments. | ||
| the result is the theory of evolution of species. Similarly, our | the result is the theory of evolution of species. Similarly, our | ||
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| include such things as (easily replaceable) actors, decors, cameras, which all | include such things as (easily replaceable) actors, decors, cameras, which all | ||
| are part of a soup stirred by a director. But again, in contemporary video | are part of a soup stirred by a director. But again, in contemporary video | ||
| - | equipment, it is nothing but a string of zeros and ones. | + | equipment, it is nothing but a string of zeros and ones.** |
| - | In fact, everything that goes on in pretty much all modern devices is | + | |
| - | nothing but zeros and ones. While it was Turing’s brilliance to realise that | + | **In fact, everything that goes on in pretty much all modern devices is |
| + | nothing but zeros and ones.** While it was Turing’s brilliance to realise that | ||
| this could in fact be done, and provided a foundation for the theory of | this could in fact be done, and provided a foundation for the theory of | ||
| computability [38], this is in fact the only place where the zeros and ones are | computability [38], this is in fact the only place where the zeros and ones are | ||
| - | truly meaningful, in the form of a Turing machine. Elsewhere, it is nothing | + | truly meaningful, in the form of a Turing machine. Elsewhere, **it is nothing |
| - | but a (universal) representation, with no conceptual qualities regarding the subject matter. | + | but a (universal) representation, with no conceptual qualities regarding the subject matter.** |
| <cite>https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.07618</cite> | <cite>https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.07618</cite> | ||
| </blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
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