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The Self-Generated Analogue The Druid’s Monist Thought Experiment 1.
Premise: The Unknown
Quantized Ground ·
Reality as such—the initiating domain—consists
of a ubiquitous, non-localized flux of discrete, massless energy packets
(photons, quanta of force fields, etc.). ·
This stream of quantized events is pre-experiential,
i.e., it is not “perceived,” nor is it “experienced” in any sense. It is raw
instruction: a stream of digital contacts. 2. Emergence of the Cognizable Observer ·
A cognizable emergent—such as a
human—arises within this instruction stream. ·
The emergent has no direct access to the true
digital flux. ·
To survive, the emergent must act: navigate,
avoid harm, exploit resources. 3. Self-Generation
of a Fit Analogue ·
In order to act
effectively, each emergent constructs a personal analogue: o A
continuous, self-consistent representation. o Optimized
for functional fit to its own survival needs. o Uniquely
shaped by its evolutionary history, stored memories, and real-time signal
influx. 4. Components
of the Personal Analogue This
self-generated analogue includes: ·
Time-Space: o The
emergent fabric of continuity, duration, simultaneity, and movement. o An
imposed order upon the discrete instructions, smoothing them into
predictable, navigable temporal flow. ·
Realness (“Hardness”): o The felt
solidity, persistence, and vividness of objects. o Emergent
from the nervous system’s stabilization of fluctuating digital inputs into
stable affordances. ·
Identity as Interface: o The sense
of an “I” or “self” who perceives. o Functions
as a user-centred focal node—a selective projection through which the flux
becomes actionable meaning. 5. The Lie of Localisation ·
Because each analogue is self-selected and localised: o It does
not and cannot accurately depict the initiating ground. o It is a localized
lie: a survival interface that necessarily distorts. o The
analogue is a continuous fiction tailored for fitness, not for truth. 6. The
True Ground vs. the Emergent Analogue ·
True Ground: o Non-local,
ubiquitous, massless, quantized. o Structurally
discontinuous. o Unknowable in itself. ·
Emergent Analogue: o Localized. o Continuous
in form. o Self-consistent. o Functionally
expedient but representationally false. 7. Implications ·
Every individual does not merely perceive a
partial truth but generates a unique analogue reality—effectively a
navigable hallucination—whose purpose is survival. ·
In this sense, experience is not a window onto
reality but a pragmatic illusion. ·
What is experienced as “the world” is the
byproduct of this fitting lie: the smooth overlay of a false
continuous domain over a discrete initiating stream. Summary Formulation Every
cognizable emergent arises as a localized lie—a fit personal analogue
generated to survive within an unknowable stream of discrete digital
instructions. The self-generated analogue includes its own time-space,
realness, and identity, all emergent from and fundamentally distorting the
non-local initiating ground. Structured Philosophical
Argument I. Definitions 1. Emergent o A
localised system whose properties arise from interactions of more basic
components but are not reducible to them. o E.g., an
organism, a mind, a galaxy. 2. Initiating
Ground / Quantum Space o A
ubiquitous, continuous-yet-quantized substrate. o For
example, a Bose-Einstein condensate or a quantum vacuum field. o Structurally
unknowable in itself. o Characterized
by excited, discrete energy packets (photons, quanta, etc.). 3. Analogue
Response o A
continuous, localised representation constructed from discrete signals. o The emergent’s pragmatic model or “fit fiction” for
navigating survival pressures. 4. Cognizable
Projection o That
which is available to observation and experience by the emergent. o Always
partial, simplified, and localised. II. Premises 1. Ubiquity
of Quantum Ground o All phenomena
occur within and arise from a non-local quantum substrate that is itself
unobservable except through its excitations. 2. Discrete
Instruction Stream o Contact
with this substrate happens through discrete quantized events (energy
packets, excitations, fluctuations). 3. Necessity
of Survival Representation o Any
emergent system capable of persistence must construct a representation that
allows prediction and action. 4. Analogue
Construction o This
representation necessarily takes the form of a continuous, smoothed analogue. o It
integrates: § Local
time-space. § Realness
and affordance. § A point
of view (identity/interface). 5. Localisation
of Experience o Because
the emergent arises as a bounded locus of information processing, its
analogue is necessarily localised and individual. 6. Falsehood
as Expediency o The
analogue is not a veridical mapping of the initiating quantum ground. o It is an
expedient simplification—optimized for functional fitness, not
correspondence. III. Argument Steps 1. Unknowability
of Ground ·
The initiating quantum substrate, by definition,
exceeds any emergent’s capacity to cognize it
fully. ·
Even the most sensitive instruments deliver only
discrete contact events. 2.
Emergence Requires Local Perspective ·
To act at all, an emergent must select,
stabilize, and interpret a limited subset of the flux. ·
This selection imposes localisation (here vs.
there, now vs. then). 3.
Experience as Self-Generated Analogue ·
The emergent converts fragmentary discrete inputs
into a continuous analogue projection. ·
This projection is the only domain in which it
can operate cognitively. 4. The
Cosmos as Nested Emergence ·
All systems within the cosmos (organisms,
ecosystems, star systems) instantiate such emergent analogues. ·
Therefore, the cosmos itself can be conceived as
an ever-shifting ensemble of momentary localised analogue responses to the
same ubiquitous initiating ground. 5.
Momentariness and Non-Identity ·
Because excitation events are transient, every
analogue is only momentarily stable. ·
Every emergent is a provisional locus, dissolving
and reforming as discrete interactions fluctuate. IV. Conclusion Therefore,
all emergent systems—including humans, organisms, and the total cosmos—happen
as momentary, self-generated analogue projections. These
projections are localised, individuated responses—fit but false—overlaying an
initiating, non-local, ubiquitous quantum space whose true nature is
unknowable to the emergent observer. V. Philosophical Implications 1. Epistemological
Relativism o No
emergent can claim privileged access to “objective reality,” only to its own
fit analogue. 2. Ontological
Processualism o The
cosmos is not a static object but a ceaseless process of local analogue
emergence. 3. Phenomenological
Illusion o Every experience
of realness, time-space, and identity is a constructed simplification. 4. Pragmatic
Truth o The value
of an analogue is measured not by its correspondence but by its survival
utility. VI. Analogy to Bose-Einstein Condensate ·
Like excitations propagating through a
Bose-Einstein condensate, the discrete quantized events are disturbances
within a pervasive ground state. ·
Each emergent “analogue” is akin to a localized
wave packet arising from this substrate. ·
The wave packet is momentarily distinct but never
ontologically separate from the field. |