On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 03:44:48AM -0400, Stephen Paul King wrote: > But surely you can see that this “linear human history” is one that can only be defined from the assumption that “all human history” can be determined. That’s the rub, it assumes the ability to know something that requires the existence of an external (to the multiverse) observer! That is cheating! We have to onl
That is why it is important that the argument can be relativised to the history that you find yourself in. I'm not saying this has been done, but it certainly has been considered. It does look possible, y consider information that is available from measurements that obey the laws of physics otherwise we are no better than the Scholastics and their debates about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin! If our philosophy is not based on empirical falsifiability we are merely amusing ourselves with “who is the smartest guy in the room”. I, would not win that contest and do not wish to even participate in the contest. I am just a guy trying to figure things out. > It seems to me that people will try to always reason as if they are in > the right hand side of the bell curve, it’s just vanity. > > Onward! > > Stephen > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au > University of New South Wales 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 > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au University of New South Wales 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
