[Fis] [External] Re: "express matter and energy in terms of information"

[Levin, Michael]

 > 'latent information' exists: waiting to be *discovered* … waiting to 
be *invented* as new views,

     this is a very important and interesting point. I have been working 
on a notion of this (Platonic?) space of potential inventions, ideas, 
etc. as being under “positive pressure” in some sense - it is not 
observed, but it *wants* to be observed, it's pushing outward. So can we 
define a notion in which something is not directly observed (yet) but 
does exert some kind of “influence” in the world before it is directly 
embodied/perceived? Can Observers be influenced by things they haven’t 
yet observed (but are putting themselves in a position to be able to 
observe)?  Is it possible to formalize the idea of a subtle influence 
from the denizens of the latent space - a kind of causality (akin to 
that of synchronicity?) which is not normal physical causality but also 
not nothing?  When can you trace a causal chain back to something that 
*doesn’t* physically exist? do thoughts that haven’t been thought yet 
contribute to the shape of an agent’s cognitive landscape? is that what 
cognitive agents are - transducers (bridges) from the latent space to 
the physical space, which collapse or amplify potentialities from that 
space into our world?

Mike


------ Original Message ------
>From "Marcus Abundis" <55mrcs at gmail.com>
To "Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic" <gordana.dodig-crnkovic at mdu.se>
Cc "fis" <fis at listas.unizar.es>
Date 2/27/24, 9:17:09 AM
Subject [External] Re: [Fis] "express matter and energy in terms of 
information"

>A nice synopsis Gordana, thanks!
>
>I would add (predictably) not ALL information is observed. For example, 
>'latent information' exists: waiting to be *discovered* in our many 
>'logical gaps', or waiting to be *invented* as new views, devices, and 
>tools by humanity's very-few skilled individuals. Only when Truly 
>Perfect Knowledge of the cosmos is achieved (if ever possible) can we 
>say all information is observed.
>
>Marcus
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