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Occam's razor

Life’s Chain of Causation

Entropy → fear → need → action (i.e., negentropy) → life meaning → “happiness” (Note: → = gives rise to, begets, causes,) This bottom-up chain-of-causation applies to all living things. Undoubtedly, this chain is easily misunderstood because of the imprecise ways words are interpreted. The synonym-like parallel meanings below help improve understanding.

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Nov 27, 2025 by Carl Abbott
Filed Under: Occam's razor

Quantum Superposition as the Driver of Insight

The short article by Donald D. Hoffman from the Edge book, This Will Change Everything, has for the first time given me a tangible explanation for an insight I experienced that was triggered by my brother’s death in 1964. I suspect that the idea he raises points to something very real and experienced by everyone, […]

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Nov 27, 2025 by Carl Abbott
Filed Under: Occam's razor

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