A self-supporting, closed system is a complete Universe unto
   itself but its foundations require only itself and need not have
   a basis in reality. It is disconnected from reality. Any analogy
   of reality to that self-supporting.closed system will ONLY apply
   to such things that can be analogized to aspects of that system.
   Those things that do not fit within the closed system, do not
   exist because there is no room for it in that system. That does
   not necessarily mean they do not exist, only that they cannot
   exist within that particular system. When you are 4 years old,
   you are a complete person. You know everything you know. When
   you are 80 years old, you are a complete person. You know
   everything you know. But you do not know everything at 4 years
   old that you know at 80 years old, even though you are both
   complete systems unto yourselves. The union of map and territory
   is a tricky one.