Russell Standish wrote: > >Well there is a reason we don't observe them, due to observational >selection effects tied to Occam's razor. This is written up in my "Why >Occams Razor" paper. Nobody has shot down the argument yet, in spite >of it being around on this list since 1999, and in spite of it being >published since 2004.
The basic problem I have with this proposal is the starting assumption, where you say that the "natural measure induced on the ensemble of bitstring is the uniform one." This sort of assumption is made by a number of TOEs including Schidhuber's, but it always seemed fairly arbitrary to me, not much different in principle from assuming that the measure produced by the laws of physics in our universe (which, under the MWI, will probably include some instances of every possible finite computation in some branch or another) should be taken as a starting point. I posted on this issue in one of my first posts on this list: http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list/browse_thread/thread/0d5915764b7f3e08/fc56caf79ce58750?#fc56caf79ce58750 Jesse _________________________________________________________________ Play Flexicon: the crossword game that feeds your brain. PLAY now for FREE. http://zone.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmtagline --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
