2008/11/25 Kory Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The answer I *used* to give was that it doesn't matter, because no > matter what "accidental order" you find in Platonia, you also find the > "real order". In other words, if you find some portion of the digits > of PI that "seems to be" following the rules of Conway's Life, then > there is also (of course) a Platonic object that represents the > "actual" computations that the digits of PI "seem to be" computing. > This is, essentially, Bostrom's "Unification" in the context of > Platonia. It doesn't matter whether or not "accidental order" in the > digits of PI can be viewed as conscious, because either way, we know > the "real order" exists in Platonia as well, and multiple > "instantiations" of the same pain in Platonia wouldn't result in > multiple pains. > > I'm uncomfortable with the philosophical vagueness of some of this. At > the very least, I want a better handle on why Unification is correct > and Duplication is not in the context of Platonia (or why that > question is confused, if it is).
I'd agree with your first paragraph quoted above. It isn't possible to introduce, eliminate or duplicate Platonic objects; they're all just there, eternally. -- Stathis Papaioannou --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
