On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 03:54:32PM -0500, John M wrote: > > PS I still would appreciate to be directed to a short text explaining the > essence of ASSA (RSSA?). J >
It is in my book. Here is the relevant excerpt: \section[ASSA vs RSSA]{Absolute vs Relative Self Sampl\-ing Assumption} In the course of a lengthy, and at times heated debate between Jacques Mallah and myself, it became clear we were always arguing from disparate positions\cite{Mallah-Standish}. At the heart of our difference of opinion was how the strong self sampling assumption\index{self sampling assumption!strong|emph} should be applied. Jacques Mallah assumed that each observer moment had an absolute positive measure, and that our current observer moment is selected at random from that distribution. Since I accept the TIME postulate,\index{TIME postulate} only the birth moment is selected at random, according to the self sampling assumption. Thereafter, each observer moment's measure can be determined {\em relative} to its predecessor by means of Born's rule\index{Born rule} (\ref{proj-prob}). Arguing with this notion of observer measure, first person immortality follows provided the no cul-de-sac conjecture\index{no cul-de-sac conjecture} is true. The Everything List adopted the term {\em Absolute Self Sampling Assumption}\index{self sampling assumption!absolute|emph} to refer to Mallah's use of strong self sampling, and the {\em Relative Self Sampling Assumption}\index{self sampling assumption!relative|emph} for the version I use. Since this debate took place, other debates have taken place between members of the ``absolute'' camp, which includes such names as Jacques Mallah,\index{Mallah, Jacques} Saibal Mitra,\index{Mitra, Saibal} Hal Finney\index{Finney, Hal} and the ``relative'' camp which includes Bruno Marchal,\index{Marchal, Bruno} Stathis Papaioannou, and myself. \index{Papaioannou, Stathis}\index{Standish, Russell} Both of these ``camps'' appear to have internally consistent pictures. The fact that I'm not currently experiencing childhood, is for me strong evidence that the ASSA is an incorrect application of the strong self sampling assumption. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---