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A Language Thought experiment on the Cosmological Singularity and the Big Bang

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42 An Eye for an I (1)

  Written by Normand Bourque on Aug 30, 2013   “You and I are mirages who perceive themselves, and the sole magical machinery behind the scenes is perception — the triggering, by huge flows of raw data, of a tiny set of symbols that stand for abstract regularities in the world. When perception at arbitrarily high levels of abstraction enters the world of physics and when feedback loops galore come into play, then “which” eventually turns into “who”. Douglas Hofstader, I am a Str

By: Normand Bourque

A 360° VISION:

Because of our unconditional belief in scientific cosmology, notably in quantum physics, it seems that we are no longer sovereign of our spirit. Yet we need to expand our vision. We want a 360° vision, and that is an inner vision that prevents our outer vision from an excess of details that distract from reality. A thought experiment is a sinking into a reality where details are not present. It is a sinking process rather than an analyzing one.

A sample of chapter titles follow:

  • In the Beginning, there was the Present
  • Food for thoughts, thoughts for food
  • Have you ever tried counting to 1?
  • A particle has no parts
  • What is a singularity?
  • Is it really a Big Bang or an implosion?
  • The center of the initial singularity
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