> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 8 23:45:42 2001 > From: "jamikes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Dear J�rgen, what you say about TOEs is fine, just one question: > aren't we supposed to KNOW about everything before we put everything into an > equation? (algorithmic or not). > (first: omniscient, then make equation out of 'it'). > John Mikes > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "http://pages.prodigy.net/jamikes"; Dear John, well, even those who don't know everything can look at all possible alternatives of what that everything might be. Once they realize that the describable alternatives are restricted, they can derive something nontrivial from the restrictions. The algorithmic assumption is that we don't have to consider nondescribable alternatives. Maybe this assumption is wrong, but then we could not say anything reasonable anyway, by definition. So we shouldn't give it up unless evidence forces us. Juergen
