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Emergence of the universe | Peter Atkins | Reason with Science | Multiverse | Physics

Reason with Science

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The Future of Comprehending Lies in the Machines That We Will Build

Under classical theory is quantum theory with its peculiar formulation. We can calculate properties to untold numbers of decimal places, but we don't understand it in the sense that we can't comprehend it inside us because our brains are wired that way. Now there is a way around that of course, and that's to build computers that work on different principles from our evolution or the emerged brains. And so it could be that the future of comprehension lies in the machines that we shall build. The machine will know and it will really deeply understand the nature of reality.

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