Re: Are we simulated by some massive computer?

[Hal Ruhl]

A little earlier I posted what I called a "left wing proof" that an ongoing 
computer output of a random succession of normal reals is a reasonable 
model for the dynamic boundary between the definitional pair "Nothing" and 
"Everything".  [I got "left wing proof" from an article by Keith Devlin on 
page 36 of the January 2004 Discover Magazine.]

No particular kind of computer is involved, just an infinite number of 
randomly configured computers [including universal dovetailers] randomly 
distributed along the string, using it as input [or not] and doing their 
thing and the output of each becomes a replacement section of the string.

Universes are interpretations of sections of the string.

Now a question is how many of these interpretations have internal rules 
that allow input from an external random oracle?  If  we are to maintain a 
zero information system then the answer must be a randomly changing 
percentage.  So all interpretations must be able change character i.e. be 
subject to an external random oracle the rules of the particular 
interpretation notwithstanding.

Hal