Lorraine Ford
Hi Lorraine,
I really like your reasoning, and I would be very happy if you could be frank in answering a few questions that I’d like to ask.
First, I’m going to summarize your ideas, and then I’ll ask my questions. Please answer them.
You say, in general, that our measurements and equations concern categories such as mass, velocity, position.......I agree .This implies a kind of knowledge, because if I am undersatanding you well ,there are relationships between these categories that we describe with equations.
However, these equations are lifeless indeed as you say, they don’t make a system move.
What makes a systemalive, according to you, is the use of logical relationships, since there is a kind of response that does not arise from mathematical equations but from logical operations, something like decisions. I agree in adding physical structures.
So,if quantum mechanics and itsbehaviors show this kind of knowledge and response, then quantum systems in a sense knowtheir situations and react to them indeed. That’s why you say that quantum behavior represents the earliest, most primitive signs of life. It is relevant yes.
I really appreciate this line of thought because it suggests that life, consciousness, and knowledge are primitive aspects of reality. These can be represented through symbols and algorithms, knowledge corresponds to a state, and response corresponds to a change of state. But I d add we need physical structures also. That is why I am going to ask philosophical questions.
What I beleive is important is the idea that physical, primitive quantum structures form the basis of life and that life doesn’t arise from equations, but from the logical knowledge and responses of these physical structures. This idea even seems connected to the principles of quantum computing.
Now, Lorraine, please answer my questions openly. Don’t avoid them,just tell us how you see things. We can share our philosophical views without claiming absolute truth,there’s no shame in exploring different perspectives.
My questions are:
What do you think is the cause of these forms of knowledge and logic?
What is, in your view, the essence of the universe?
How do you see its origin, philosophically speaking?
Even if we can’t know the truth, I’d really like to hear how you imagine this possible origin,whether it’s a kind of god, a mathematical accident, or something else that gave rise to particles, fields, information, and logical relationships and creating the universe, the life ,the consciousness.
PS You d like a lot the book that Bob Coecke has sent me , quantum in pictures, really, try to have it
Best regards,
