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Size Doesn't Matter: The Irreducible Representations of Data Structures
Size doesn't matter in understanding the fundamental nature of reality. Reductionism is useful in thermodynamics and brain networks, but it doesn't lead to a deeper understanding of the structure of space and time. Going from neurons to particles to corks and gluons reveals only irreducible representations of a data structure, not a fundamental reality beyond space time.