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Consider the limitations of logic and language for our understanding of physical reality. It is known that formal systems are incomplete and inconsistent, which means that our knowledge of the physical reality as a formal system can never be complete, even in principle. Here we look at the problem of incompleteness from a different perspective, seeing it as a consequence of a deeper order. This order is opposite to that of explicit order of classical scientific theory in which an isolated system is taken to be localized and separate from the rest of the world. Hidden order implies strong correlations across space and time as are true for quantum theory, and there is evidence that similar correlations exist in the domain of human affairs (Kak, 2009; Bem, 2011). We propose that similar correlations are present across structure and the origins of design lie in this hidden order.
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Kak, S. (2012). Hidden Order and the Origin of Complex Structures. In: Swan, L., Gordon, R., Seckbach, J. (eds) Origin(s) of Design in Nature. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4156-0_34
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