GM & Happy Weekend

TL;DR All matter is, at root, a dense encoding methodology for numbers. Consider the hierarchy: - A binary string encodes information in two states per position - A hexadecimal string encodes in sixteen states per position - A three dimensional arrangement of atoms encodes in effectively infinite configurations per unit volume The human brain, with its ~86 billion neurons and quadrillions of synaptic configurations, can assume a practically limitless number of unique states. Each state corresponds to a unique number. Each number corresponds to a unique conscious experience. This is a form of mathematical panpsychism: there is something it is like to be 7, to be 42, to be 2.1 quadrillion. Qualia are intrinsic to mathematical structure itself. The Consensus Mechanism Every entity with "isness"; atoms, rocks, birds, humans, societies, operates as a sovereign node in a reality-wide consensus network. The process: 1. State: Each node exists in a current state (a number, a configuration) 2. Input: Sensory/environmental stimuli arrive (analogous to block headers, the nonce) 3. Prediction: The node computes an expected future state based on current state + inputs 4. Verification: New stimuli arrive. Do they match the prediction? 5. Reconciliation: If not, the node searches its possibility space (the Merkle tree of plausible alternatives) for a state that hashes to the new consensus reality 6. Update: The node adopts the new state, regaining consensus with the network Reorgs are possible but only for those with sufficient "hash power" to override surrounding nodes. And here's the key: your neighbors include everything with isness. The more isness, the more difficult the rewrite. A single human cannot easily reorg the consensus of a mountain.

bear markets are for thinkboi-ing these thoughts came to me about 8 hours into a solo road trip in which I binge-listened to John Vervaeke's incredible 50 part series on philosophy and life called "Awakening From the Meaning Crisis" which came as a recommendation from @Gigi . Many of the ideas are inspired by his work and the work of others such as @Erik Cason and @Tomer Strolight . I admittedly used AI (shoutout to my boi Claude) to synthesize and structure this article so I apologize for any slop phrases that may irk you but I thought the choppy formulaic style is actually better at presenting these crazy ideas than my wandering prose. i put this out there because I like that I can at least attempt an answer at the tough questions of life such as "what is reality? why is there anything? what is consciousness? and what in da fuq is up with the double slit experiment?"