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“Is Spacetime Emergent? New Paper Uses Gödel, Tarski & Chaitin to Challenge Simulation Hypothesis”
Reference: Faizal, M., Krauss, L. M., Shabir, A., & Marino, F. (2025). Consequences of Undecidability in Physics on the Theory of Everything. Journal of Holography Applications in Physics, 5(2), 10–21. doi:10.22128/jhap.2025.1024.1118
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen4 months ago in Education
Fumfer Physics 6: Digital Physics, Information, and Consciousness
Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner delve into digital physics, questioning whether the universe is computational or merely permits computation. Jacobsen frames reality through objects, processes, and operators, while Rosner argues the universe encodes information imprecisely at macro scales rather than through strict quantum events. They contrast Wheeler’s “it from bit” with a sloppier, associative model of information. The dialogue examines consciousness as either emergent information structure or illusion, echoing behaviorism’s “black box.” They also discuss jargon, popularization, and language in science and fiction, highlighting the tension between accessibility and the invention of new terms for emerging concepts.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen4 months ago in Education
Fumfer Physics 5: From Scholastic Thought to Claude Shannon
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: The Latin informatio originally meant giving form or shape—" to give form to something." Scholastic thinkers adapted it to mean the soul being informed or "shaped" by truth or intellect. Medieval scholasticism, which dominated Europe from approximately 1100 to 1700, combined Christian theology and classical philosophy. Aristotle's doctrine of hylomorphism holds that every physical thing is a compound of matter (the substrate) and form (the actuality or organization). In scholastic thought, the soul was often seen as the substantial form of a living body—what makes a body alive.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen4 months ago in Education
Turn Your Phone Into a Profit Machine: A Look at the Mobile Money System
In our digitally connected world, the quest for a flexible income stream is a common goal. Many of us spend significant time on our smartphones, leading to a natural question: can this device be a tool for earning, not just spending? This is the core promise of programs like the Mobile Money System, which has garnered attention for its straightforward approach to online income.
By Epic Vibes4 months ago in Education
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7 Unexpected Discoveries of Online Education, You Didn't Know Explore 7 unexpected discoveries of online education beyond flexibility and cost savings. See how online learning is changing the face of education in 2025 and beyond.
By buzz N value4 months ago in Education
Fumfer Physics 4: The Emergence and Embodiment of Time
In this Fumfer Physics dialogue, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner explore the layered nature of time. Jacobsen frames three concepts: time at quantum scales where it appears quasi-atemporal, the emergent unfolding of objective cosmic time, and the subjective, often dilatory, human experience of time. Rosner explains time as embodied in the differentiation of matter and the creation of information, comparing it to the sequential turning of pages in a book. He argues that the universe defines itself through particle interactions and their cumulative history, with the total information constrained by matter content, expansion, and entropy reservoirs.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen4 months ago in Education
The Unseen Challenges of Modern Education That Might Be Holding You Back . AI-Generated.
The Unseen Challenges of Modern Education That Might Be Holding You Back Normal school: the concealed challenges of contemporary education that could be hindering your potencial. Know what's broken, the consequences of the broken system, and some practical solutions that could improve your learning experience.
By buzz N value4 months ago in Education
Fumfer Physics 3: Informational Cosmology & Consciousness
Rick Rosner: If we're going to do Fumfer for Physics, let me quickly lay out the principles of informational cosmology. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What principles define informational cosmology? The guiding idea is that the universe processes information, and the patterns by which it does so show strong, useful parallels with how we encode, store, and transform information. Follow that line and the question of consciousness becomes unavoidable—what it is, how it relates to information, and whether an informational ontology can make sense of subjective experience.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen4 months ago in Education
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By James Anderson4 months ago in Education
Fumfer Physics 2: Black Holes vs. Stars
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: From an information-theoretic perspective that marries quantum mechanics with general relativity, how would you contrast a black hole with a star, an information-processing object embedded in the wider cosmos?
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen4 months ago in Education
Fumfer Physics 1: Edward Witten's White Hole
Scott Douglas Jacobsen recounts asking Ed Witten, often regarded as Einstein’s intellectual heir and the only physicist to win the Fields Medal, about the plausibility of white holes. Witten, during a keynote on black hole thermodynamics, compared white holes to balancing a pencil on its tip—possible in theory but statistically impossible. Jacobsen pressed further, asking how large a universe and how much time would be needed for one to form. Rick Rosner contextualized this in terms of entropy, event horizons, and informational cosmology, suggesting black holes might not seal off information completely but instead collapse into high-entropy matter or budding universes.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen4 months ago in Education
