Full Idea
To be is to be a real pattern. ....Real patterns carry information about other real patterns. ...It's patterns all the way down.
Gist of Idea
To be is to be a real pattern
Source
J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 4.4)
Book Reference
Ladyman,J/Ross,D: 'Every Thing Must Go' [OUP 2007], p.226
A Reaction
I've plucked these bleeding from context, but they are obviously intended as slogans. Is there pattern 'inside' an electron? Are electrons all exterior?