On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Brent Meeker <meeke...@dslextreme.com>wrote:
> On 2/13/2011 5:21 AM, 1Z wrote: > >> >> On Feb 12, 3:18 am, Brent Meeker<meeke...@dslextreme.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> What do you think the chances are that any random object in >>>>>> Plato's heaven, or any random Turing machine will support intelligent >>>>>> life? >>>>>> 1 in 10, 1 in 1000, 1 in a billion? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Zero. >>> >>> >> Does that allow us to argue: >> >> 1) A universe selected from an uncountably infinite number of >> possibilities has measure >> 0 >> 2) Our universe exists so it has measure>0 >> 3) Our universe is not selected from uncountably infinite >> possibilities >> 4) MUH indicates any universe must be selected from uncountable >> infinite possibilities (since all >> of maths includes the real line, etc) >> 5) MUH is false. >> >> > > Hmmm. I think we argue that objects in Plato's heaven and Turing machines > are not the right kind of things to support life. I am very puzzled by this statement. You could help me understand by answering the following questions: Why couldn't there be an accurate simulation of life on a Turing machine? How can entities within a universe that exists in Plato's heaven distinguish it from a universe that does not? Jason -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
