Dear Lee, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Corbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <everything-list@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:55 PM Subject: RE: Only Existence is necessary?
Stephen writes (BTW, thanks for using plain text :-) > I keep reading this claim that "only the existence of the algorithm > itself is necessary" and I am still mystified as to how it is reasoned for > mere existence of a representation of a process, such as an implementation > in terms of some Platonic Number, is sufficient to give a model of that > can > be used to derive anything like the world of appearences that we have. > > AFAIK, this claim is that mere existence necessarily entails any > property, including properties that involve some notion of chance. What properties do you have in mind that pure platonic algorithms seem to lack? Anything, that is, besides *time* itself? How about an explanation as to how an "illusion" of time obtains (assuming the theory of Platonic forms if correct)? Onward! Stephen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---