…this is the Gallery of Contentious Assertions, where I attempt to eff the ineffible, to be fleshed out in the fullness of time :-)
Be humble about what you “know”
The “devil” is in the details
The universe has two speeds c, and zero; everything else is just a rounding error
The universe is not countable
The self and the world are opposite sides of the lens of the senses
Taxonomy is not insight
We don’t know whether the self projects the world, or vice versa, and it doesn’t matter
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, does not go away” (Philip K Dick)
The observer is the experiment
Models are not reality, but are more useful in practice
Models are valid only within their domains, bounded by levels of abstraction
Competing stressors + iterations = complexity
Complex systems are inherently learning systems
Autonomous intelligence may eventually emerge from complexity
Theories that live by maths, may die by maths; Goedel kills all
Life, sentience, intelligence are different things, each likely to emerge from sufficient complexity
Wide, deep; pick one… and you missed “broad”
Viewed wide enough, numbers range between zero and infinity
Viewed deeply enough, precision is infinite
Humans are Earthling animals
We and our world are chemical, and chemistry is special-case physics
We see what we see because we are what we are
We think what we think because we feel what we feel
As reader within the Infosphere, you are either an Earthling animal, or digital code
The infosphere is electro-digital, but the biosphere is nano-mechanical
The best way to learn is to teach your peers
Power is a myth; The Law is merely a competitive influence
Dexterity is not intelligence, it’s just a useful animal thing
All socio-political systems are meritocracies, differing only the definition or “merit”
Humans may or may not have the best mental engine, but have an effective gearbox
Friendly fire isn’t, and closed systems aren’t
Error messages are your friends
CQuirke's Long View 