Michael Levin clarifies: paper does not conflate physical knowledge with mathematical truth
drmichaellevin · x · 2026-09-12
Responding to criticism that his new paper is dense and conflates concepts, Michael Levin clarifies he never axiomatically equates physical-world knowledge with mathematical truth, pointing to distinctions worked out in prior papers. From an engineer's perspective, the two domains use different tools for knowledge and do not mix; whether a single deeper reality underlies both is "beyond my paygrade."
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