>-----Original Message----- >From: Hal Ruhl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 11:44 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Definitation of Observers > > >Hi Eric: > >At 03:40 AM 4/26/2004, you wrote: >>An observer is a pattern in space-time (a physical >process) which engages >>in the processing and storage >>of information about its surroundings in space-time. > >In my opinion the most such a "pattern" can do is >contain current features >that may in part be the result of past collisions with >other patterns - >assuming a "History" of some sort exists for this universe.
This seems like a failure to communicate because of mixing levels of description. If you're going to define "observer" as a pattern you need to say what kind of pattern it is. If you skip to a functional, "processing and storage" or intentional "engages in" level of description then you introduce terms with no definite relation to patterns. Brent Meeker
