What does Alain Connes think of Tegmark's hypothesis?

[Suekdccia]

The mathematician and mathematical physicist Alain Connes has expressed in many occasions that he is a Platonism and he thinks that mathematics itself does exist in the same level (or even in a "stronger" level) as physical reality.

This is very similar to Max Tegmark's hypothesis of the Mathematical Universe (MUH), which basically says that every mathematically possible structure exists as its own universe.

Since both approaches are almost identical, I was wondering if Connes has ever commented anything on Tegmark's views. I cannot find anything on the Internet, but since both ways of thinking are almost the same, it seems strange to me that Connes has not said anything about it. Does anyone know if Connes has commented anything on this?

 

[fresh_42]

You could check his homepage:
https://alainconnes.org/category/conversations/
or
https://philpapers.org/rec/CHACOM-2

 

[fresh_42]

I think you confuse the philosophical point of view with models that describe the universe according to what I found on the internet. I do not see how these two match in such a specific way.

Since we do not discuss philosophy on PF - there are more specialized places on the internet - this thread is closed.