Is it possible to determine what kind of universe we are in if the Everything contains no information of any sort?
I believe it is re its complexity and perhaps some of its true noise budget. 1) Its complexity: We observe that very large disruptive events are not common compared to somewhat smaller events. Generally the role off is some power law of the event size with an exponent of about -1. If we equate event size with the size of the information shift in the particular universe then large information shifts are uncommon in our universe. I propose that this reflects the mechanism that as the next state of the universe is being determined the smallest event available that satisfies the laws of physics is indeed the one selected. Valid and available events of moderate size can not be skipped over in favor of larger sized events. We should also observe that very small events on the order of one bit of information shift are uncommon with respect to slightly larger events. This is because even very simple laws of physics would be hard pressed to allow an extremely high number of one bit solutions to the question of what is the next state of the universe. Thus as we go down is event size the power law should eventually shift to one with a positive exponent. The result is that there is a most numerous event size. I propose that the size of this most numerous information shift is a reflection of the complexity of the particular laws of physics of a particular universe. From the data I have seen we live in a currently not too complex universe. I have argued before that this complexity should increase at different rates depending on the age of a universe. This can be seen as early high expansion rates [inflation?] followed by a rapid expansion rate decline and then a slow reacceleration. 2) Its true noise budget: I happen to believe that SAS require some true noise influx into the universe. I have argued the possible presence of true noise from the perspective of Chaitin's and Godel's incompleteness and an added just plain accidental "do not care" component in the rules of pattern succession a particular universe. But is such noise necessary to any SAS. If we consider ourselves to be SAS do we allow that any SAS - to be a SAS - must be able to run any possible experiment we can? If we do then the idea that we may not be able to determine if the duplicator/transporter experiment worked or not may inject indeterminacy into any SAS supporting universe. Hal
