Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul
Subtitle: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and How to Be Happy
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
Published: September 9, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9781560257226
Subjects: Mathematics; Mathematics and Science; Science; Science/Mathematics; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Computers / Artificial Intelligence; Finite Mathematics; Philosophy
First sentence: The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul is about computation taken in the broadest possible sense.
Description: "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.