Lee Cronin wrote a paper on Assembly Theory, these are some notes from his interview with Lex Fridman.
Paraphrased Takeaways — Correct Me If I'm Wrong:
Time is a cone shape where the future is too big to contain and free will powered by imagination, an engine that makes the future indeterministic. Largely why we see deterministic patterns in the past is because of the initial conditions we use to dig into the past.
Quotes
"The Universe is not big enough to contain the future." Time is fundamental. — Lee Cronin on Lex Fridman
"If you want free will, time is fundamental." —Nicolas Gisin according to Lee Cronin
The largest place in the universe is earth. —Lee Cronin on Lex Fridman
Life is a novelty miner from the future actualized in the present.
Randomness doesn't give you free will. — Joscha Bach according to Lee Cronin
Constrained Opportunity ∆ Novelty.
Where is the factory?
The universe appears deterministic going back in the past but indeterministic going Into the future. A break down in our initial conditions. We need to stop using initial conditions and start looking at trajectories.
Biology is novelty mining.
Future is bigger than the past.
Lex Fridman - It Requires a Leap.
Imagination breaks the rules of physics. a causal effect on the future.
Have faith.
Plei cool.
MAD Metaverse*
