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---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: James N Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:27:25 -0800 >Thanks, Matt, yes it helps. It helps me see that the >math becomes problematic under the interpretations. > >Arbitrary constraints tint and skew what comes out. > >James > > > >Matt King wrote: >> >> Hello Stathis and James, >> >> In answer to the first question, does the multiverse inlude perfect >> duplications of entire universes, the answer is yes with a but. Any >> particular universe in it can be sliced up in any number of ways, just >> as 1 = (1/n + 1/n + 1/n..... n times) for any value of n. This gives >> rise to a picture of a very large number of universes differentiating >> from each other as time moves forward, as opposed to the more >> conventional picture of a single universe splitting as time moves >> forward. Both pictures seem to be mathematically valid and mutually >> compatible, IMHO. The fact that at a particular instant any given >> universe has multiple possible futures means that any given universe can >> be considered as a sum of however many identical copies of that universe >> you like. >> >[snip] >> >> In the plenitude theories of Max Tegmark and others, the requirement >> that other universes share the same laws of physics and the same big >> bang is relaxed. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Matt. >> > >
