#The Fabric of Reality

[cyphorical]

ChatGPT on Philosophy

Q: If I said that "the universe is its own hardware and software" what theories and authors does that sound like?

A: The idea that "the universe is its own hardware and software" can be interpreted in different ways, but it could be related to several philosophical and scientific theories.

One possible interpretation of this statement is that the universe is a self-organizing system that operates according to its own laws and rules, without any external influence or intervention. This idea is consistent with certain philosophical schools such as pantheism, which views the universe as a divine or spiritual entity.

From a scientific perspective, this idea is similar to the concept of emergence, which is the phenomenon whereby complex systems can arise from simple interactions between their components, without the need for a central controlling entity. The universe could be seen as an emergent system that is self-organizing and self-regulating, with its own "hardware" (the physical laws and constants that govern its behavior) and "software" (the patterns and structures that emerge from those laws).

This idea could be related to the work of several scientists and philosophers, including:

Baruch Spinoza, who proposed a pantheistic view of the universe as a single, infinite substance that encompasses everything

Alan Turing, who developed the concept of a universal Turing machine, which is a theoretical model of a computer that can simulate any other computer or computation

Stephen Wolfram, who has proposed that the universe can be seen as a computational system that generates complex patterns and structures through simple rules and interactions (in his book "A New Kind of Science")

David Deutsch, who has proposed that the universe can be seen as a universal quantum computer that performs calculations through the interaction of elementary particles (in his book "The Fabric of Reality")

#chatgpt #reference #spinoza #alan turing #wolfram #David Deutsch #emergence #philosophy #The Fabric of Reality #A New Kind of Science #turing machine #pantheistic #reality #universe #Self-organizing system #Quantum computer #books #hardware #software

[fanartka]

#Doctor Strange behind the scenes #The Fabric of Reality #doctor strange #benedict cumberbatch #stephen strange #strangescreenshot #doctor stephen strange #marvel #The Ancient One

[0nokta5]

In spacetime, something happens to me at each particular moment in my future. Even if what will happen is unpredictable, it is already there, on the appropriate cross-section of spacetime. It makes no sense to speak of my "changing" what is on that cross-section. Spacetime does not change, therefore one cannot, within spacetime physics, conceive of causes, effects, the openness of the future or free will.

#david deutsch #the fabric of reality

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 257

Now Danny loves space. He loves everything about it, to the point his core quite literally is space. And he’s also a baby ghost, even if he could argue he’s not in human form. But see, being baby has an honestly great consequence once it’s noticed- despite the Observants’ best attempts at hiding it, the assholes. 

Of course he would be far more worried- and even a bit pissed- if his caretaker wasn’t who it was. Look, he’d never met Clockwork’s siblings before, but apparently everyone was really against Clockwork himself adopting. 

But Clockwork as his uncle is fine. Besides, his caretaker is Space! Space itself is holding him, cooing gentle words in the sounds of the very cosmos. And they’re huge, like parts of their body going through portals so they can fit outside Long-Now sized big- and apparently Clockwork can get just as big and they can get even bigger- 

Okay, he needs to take a breath- even if he doesn’t need to breathe- to stop his squealing because holy Realms this is so cool. 

Space is awesome! And he’s getting so much more rest than he did in Amity- and even if Space sort of shrugged at the idea of school at first, they did help him set up online schooling. So there’s that, and it’s just the start! 

He gets to learn so much about space and it’s honestly kind of… nice? To be taken care of? And he can do whatever he needs for his Core and Obsession with only a few interruptions to take care of his living needs. Erm, sort of living needs? 

But even that gets turned into a bit of play or even a lesson too! He’s honestly having such a good time right now! He’s learning so much about spaaace! And dimensions! And interdimensional portals and- oops! No one saw that. 

Ahem- But he’s learning so much about space and getting to explore other dimensions with Cosmos! And sure he no longer looks as human as he once did and all that, but he’s seen so many people who also don’t look human that does it really matter? 

Of course it doesn’t, and he matches his sort-of-dad! Even though the streaks of color in their hair are more of a brown-red like they’re literally bleeding out the cosmos around them instead of it fading to void and space like his own. But still! They match and it’s fun! 

And they’re going to go on another trip from the in-between to one of the dimension realities! He’s going to start a game of tag this time he thinks! But no cheating with portals or bending space! Tag! 

Look, the Justice League? Not paid enough for this. In fact, technically not paid at all due to being volunteers (not that it stopped them from finding money in their accounts) but still. 

There is some sort of figure… being… thing… zooming around the asteroid belt, about the size of Earth itself. Let them repeat themselves. A planet-sized creature (are those hands or paws? Tail or simply its body stretching? Hair or the Abyss-) is currently darting around the asteroid belt like a child running through grass. 

That is, without noticing or caring if something bug-sized might be crushed. And they are very much bug sized, as the governments are concerned about. Like really concerned about. Like talking about trying to nuke the entity if it wanders closer sort of concerned. 

Which they are all very concerned and very much like, against. Because it isn’t seeming to notice the asteroids it’s knocking into their area. It’s like… not a space whale or eel or anything like that but also is something like that. 

And they would also maybe like to see if they can attempt to talk it down first maybe and-

oh. 

Oh. 

That creature is the baby. And mama just arrived, stretching across the entire galaxy, from them to Pluto and beyond, like something took the cosmos and shaped it like clay into some sort of form. Like reality itself has wandered into their galaxy with what they are suddenly realizing must be a very young child. 

Shit, they really have to make sure no one tries to piss either of these things off-

#Prompts #DCxDP #DPxDC #Danny is like Lil Baby Man compared to Cosmos #But he’s the same size as the world too lol #Space Core Danny #Clockwork is a triplet lol #Clockwork Chaos & Cosmos the children of Infinity & Reality #Let Primordials & Ancients be Eldritch #Are those stars or eyes? Hair or strands of time? Clothes or the fabric of reality? Wound or black hole? #Danny: I am doin good at hidin- the best at hide and seek #Cosmos veery slowly floating after: Oh nooo where has my ghostling hid where could they have goone to *knows exactly where he is* #Can they *technically* go smaller? Yeah but they’re used to where All of Space-Dimension-Portals meets #Danny is Not ghost king he’s bby Space Ancient #Why were people against Clockwork adopting? He never finished divorcing Pariah before he got thrown in the nap box

[akanemnon]

Wait, that's NOT supposed to be under there...

FIRST - PREVIOUS - NEXT

MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

#twin runes #deltarune #deltarune fanart #deltarune comic #comic #kris dreemurr #susie deltarune #ralsei #utdr #frisk #undertale #twin runes au #papyrus #crossover #what have you done #you're messing with the fabric of time and space #casually breaking two games because they can #also papyrus is here now #he's taking this very well #he must be used to people breaking reality thanks to sans

[painterofstars]

missing you

#someone used the eraser tool on the fabric of reality again >_< #my art #weirdcore #dreamcore #surrealism #illustration #artists on tumblr

[dnp-pet-rectangle]

with the knowledge of the green dye bonanza phil went on, i think we have to acknowledge the Truth:

phil told himself "don't cry, craft"

#sorry for the #psychic damage #it just came to me #& i needed to have more than myself know this cursed idea #i also recognize myself in this #as someone who worked in a joann fabrics #& has a crafting area in her apt #ik the power of doing art projects to cure boredom & forget reality #amazingphil #dnp #phan #< for the metrics #dan and phil

[mumblesplash]

[narrator voice] she did not forget

#this was so funny lmao #my art #hermitcraft #goodtimeswithscar #pearlescentmoon #all the hermits send out out weekly newsletters via pesky bird mail #the information contained within varies wildly in both relevance and factual correctness from hermit to hermit #doc will put ‘got a new pet’ and neglect to mention that It Is The Ender Dragon #whereas grian will regularly write up multiple pages explaining the details of his base progress #and sign off with maybe one sentence about how the hole he accidentally ripped in the fabric of reality ‘seems fine’ #scar has an obits segment that’s just all his own deaths #that single segment is frequently longer than doc’s entire newsletter

[schwarzgeier]

I get Ariane , I too would go batshit crazy if they took my gf away from me

#elster #signalis #signalis fanart #ariane yeong #my art #whops accidently bent the entire fabric of reality ehe <3

[calciumdreams]

my computer is glitching, so this felt fitting

#error sans #utmv #undertale au #sans au #corbell art #i love him so much #you can barely tell but there are scissors in that pile of entropy #i like to think that's how he opens portals #cutting through the fabric of reality seems fitting for him jsjs

[zerozeroren]

Feeling wistful feelings over the fact that the form of Ahiru the majority of us viewers end up loving and rooting for the most (girl Ahiru) is also the most illusive and unreal of the three

#Hear me out on this #The Duck is true to reality. It's a living being. Princess Tutu is true to the fairytale. Same way Mytho is. #But girl Duck? She's completely fabricated. No firm ground to stand on #Quicksand of an existence. And yet. It's her we connect with #Her that we are rooting for #Her who builds relationships and bonds and her who does all the preliminary work for Tutu to take over later #she's the most real person for us emotionally #And because of that it's heartbreaking #Because if you look closer you'll know that she's doomed and destined to be forgotten #She belongs to no world #But you want so badly for her to pull through #princess tutu

[fanartka]

The beginning.

#The Fabric of Reality #Doctor Strange behind the scenes #doctor strange #benedict cumberbatch #stephen strange #strangescreenshot #doctor stephen strange #marvel #Doctor Strange 1 #Doctor Strange 2016 #DS the Fabric of Reality

[0nokta5]

Steven Weinberg thinks that "The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it seems pointless..."

#david deutsch #the fabric of reality

[mmothmanners]

My BBEG Aeron (from my homebrew campaign) in his cute little lounge wear. Totally not trying to gaslight, girlboss, and manipulate a PC. He's just a normal guy reading a normal little book.

And definitely not a full lich with a skeletal face under that mirage and charming veneer.

#drow #dungeons and dragons #necromancer #ocs #Aeron #jill art #he's my problematic favourite #out here destroying gods and trying to alter the very fabric of reality

[everysongineverykey]

don't hug me i'm scared episode 6 electricity is really something when you're autistic, huh. yellow guy is made fun of all his life by his only friends and laughed at for being "stupid" when all he needed was a change of batteries but no one would listen to him and give him the accommodations he needed and deserved and when he finally did get new batteries and become more clearheaded his friends didn't like him any better. they stopped making fun of him, sure, but they didn't like that he was "smart" all of a sudden, because they'd gotten used to him being "the stupid one". and he looked in the mirror and saw his former self, and his reflection asked him, "have we gone wrong? they seem upset with us" because the truth is even if the way you are now is more comfortable for you, even if it doesn't hurt to think anymore, people will only ever like you if you're the Right Kind of autistic/adhd/traumatized/whatever. have we gone wrong? have we gone wrong? that's what you always ask yourself. "maybe they're not in charge of us anymore." "maybe they never were." and his reflection walks away, as if accepting that the others will think what they will think, and it won't matter, because yellow guy is his own person, no matter how difficult it is for him to articulate his thoughts, and he doesn't need their approval to think. "maybe they never were."

#dhmis #don't hug me i'm scared #yellow guy's conversation with his reflection lives in my head rent free just so you know. #it's so important to me that although he's 'awakened' now- the part of him that's sensitive to what other people think #is still represented by his former self. the 'stupid' version of him. the naive hopeful kid who was mesmerized by a butterfly #and wanted to work with coworkers in a factory and missed duck so much when he died he dug him up #and hated himself for being 'stupid in the head' when he forgot the computer password. #even when yellow guy is clearheaded enough to see through the fabric of his reality #that part of him is still very much present and important in his life and thought processes. #it confuses me that some people seem to see the batteries as a metaphor for a 'cure' for autism or whatever. #to me the batteries are like adhd or schizophrenia medication or antidepressants. they make life easier #while you're dealing with a condition that would normally make moving through a neurotypical world pretty hard. #yellow guy is still the same person. he still cares about his friends' opinions. he's just much more clearheaded and articulate than usual.

[andthebeanstalk]

I saw a post complaining about people acting like Betty is some kind of poor little girl taken advantage of by her situation. And while I haven't seen this happening myself, it does make me laugh to think about because like,

Ma'am, that woman nearly killed everyone in the world *TWICE* trying to save her husband, INCLUDING TRYING TO MURDER ICE KING.

That woman has a body count that nobody asked her to make! She is just! So good! At crimes!! And we love that for her!!!

#girlboss #golbboss #God-Forbid-Women-Do-Anything

#betty grof #original #hey babe what if we took turns being Twisted into beings of Madness beyond our recognition and then changed again??? #hey babe let's explore the horror of changing into something even less familiar after that #hey babe how come you're the one who's less recognizable to yourself when you changed back into you while i became chaos? #hey babe why are you crying? babe? #petrigrof #simon petrikov #at #fionna and cake #fionna and cake spoilers #adventure time #let this woman destroy the fabric of reality GAWD #That's what I call fake feminism #oh you're pro-choice?? but do you support a woman's right to choose THE DEVOURING OF WORLDS??? No? I didn't think so you faker. #I support women in STEM. #I support LISTENING TO WOMEN (about their right to fucking merc a motherfucker) #i genuinely adore the flaws in Betty's character. i think she is so fantastically written. #like you wanna talk the opposite of a passive perfect bland female character you gotta talk about Betty Grof #the cw could NEVER #the mcu would sooner DIE #also we have the same taste in twinks #oh he's nerdy and clumsy and mentally ill and kind to children and funny?? i would like to see him in Situations. #[gestures emphatically at my agender any-pronouns wife that i adore]