Complexity of the universe
Implications of the complexity of the universe
Implications of the complexity of the universe:
1) All events and objects owe their formation to nondeterministic phenomena. Therefore,
we live in a truly nondeterministic universe, where nondeterminism is crucial to its
existence as it is now.
2) All form and complexity observed in the universe can not be traced back to the initial explosion. Some of the complexity of the universe traces itself back to the "beginning of time" but much of the complexity around us was formed much later.
3) The complexity of the universe changes through time. It further appears that many
things that involve preservation of complexity, particularly those that allow it to
increase further (like life) are those things that many moral systems attach meaning to.
This goes beyond the scope of what we have time to write up here, but has many interesting
ramifications.
4) The complexity of the universe is impacted by human behavior. We have the power to
change the complexity of the universe. If we were to destroy all living things on the
planet this would decrease the complexity. If we were to expand living forms off of the
surface of the planet this would increase the potential growth of complexity. On a more
mundane level things that impact complexity are: preserving species, destroying species,
stifling creativity, encouraging creativity, and many regular everday actions. Most
actions impact the complexity of the universe in unknown ways, since we typically lack
the predictive power to understand what their long term effects are.
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