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📣 etewiah

Can we have more data about the world than exists in the real world?


Can we have more data about the world than exists in the real world?


  👤 h2odragon Accepted Answer ✓
Yes. Trivial example; you and i observe a pebble, and discuss its color, size, etc. All of our discussion and opinion is "data about the pebble" (as long as we choose to define it that way) but the pebble is still itself, uncaring and unaware of our data.

We create the "data" part ourselves, internally, interpretatively, endlessly. It is as infinite as our imagination, and easier to reach than reality.