The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul

"In the twenty-first century, we no longer think of reality as particles and force fields. Instead, scientists and philosophers view the world as a sea of computation. The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul explains and expends upon this new way to understand nature, society, and the mind." "In Lifebox, Rudy Rucker uses whimsical drawings, fables, and humor to demonstrate that everything is a computation - that thoughts, computations, and physical processes are all the same. He discusses the linguistic and computational advances that make this kind of "digital philosophy" possible, and explains how, like every great new principle, the computational worldview contains the seeds of a next step"--Jacket.

First sentence: The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul is about computationtaken in the broadest possible sense.

Year

2005

Language

English

Publisher

Thunder's Mouth Press

Editions

2

Pages

564

ISBN

9781560257226

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