"...when we start at z=0, then the first iteration always sets z=c..."

I do not see how. (z^2 + c)^2 + c = c^2 + c, if z = 0 . I see no solution for z in this equation, and regardless of how many iterations there are, z remains whatever it is.

Also, I have been thinking about the No Hiding theorem (that information cannot be lost to the universe) and what that means if the Aether is consciousness. Because I originally assumed that consciousness was an aspect of the universe, and thus subject to the laws of physics, I thought perhaps my original assumption that we could not be lost to the universe, even upon our death (because we are information), might be in question if consciousness arose from without the universe was therefore not subject to physics. However, we are still information interacting with the universe once we emerge, as is what emerges from the vacuum pressure, and thus the No Hiding theorem holds no matter wherefrom or how we emerge.

I don't know how to state this mathematically (I can count to 20 with my shoes off), but I feel that simply introducing a quantity into the No Hiding calculations (whatever form they take) should not invalidate the equation, regardless of the quantity fudged in. Just adding some quantity only changes the solution, not the calcubility of the equation.

Thanks!