On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 09:27:50PM +0100, Alastair Malcolm wrote: > > > > I use universe and history, or OM-sequence almost synonymously. Since > > it was I who made the comment, it is what I meant. I think your method > > can only work if the sequence of OMs observed by an observer is > > describable as the outcome of some deterministic, or near > > deterministic law. > > Yes, but it's not a local law: the point is that the minimum specification > is whatever minimally specifies a normal OM (including what constitutes it > etc). The presumption is that this will be something like a TOE, which will > likely incorporate some compressed version of mwi, and so would lead to > apparent indeterministic qm at the physical universe branch level > (considered as OM sequences if you wish). >
I think you're still missing the point of the UDA. An ensemble like the all strings ensemble (or UD*) necessarily predicts a predominence of OMs of high measure that are the consistent continuation of the OM we experience now. My argument is that some required property of the observer steps in to prevent these states from being experienced. Another way of looking at it is to see that evolution is the only information generating process in the Multiverse, and the evolution requires heritability, also known as preservation of information. From this, the axioms of quantum mechanics follow, which are sufficient (perhaps) to banish the white rabbit. Anyway, there is a connection between this heritability requirement and the robustness requirement I use in my White Rabbit treatment, although I haven't connected the dots. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---