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The accumulation of knowledge

May 16, 2021 by Alex Flint

Suppose I show you a physically closed system and tell you that knowledge is accumulating within a certain physical region within the system. What does this mean, at the level of physics?

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15Knowledge is not just map/territory resemblance
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14Knowledge is not just mutual information
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7Knowledge is not just digital abstraction layers
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12Knowledge is not just precipitation of action
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15The accumulation of knowledge: literature review
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