Bruno mentioned my name. I've take a brief look, and my initial comments is that the argument is a variant of the one given on this list some time ago by Jaques Mallah. But there are some differences.
One of the main problems is that the measure on observer moments cannot be uniform, as this paper relies upon to draw the contradiction. The measure of younger moments must be much higher than older age moments, in just such a way that one should expect to have an observer moment within the normal lifespan of a human. I explain this in my book. Jacques Mallah successfully argued that I exaggerate it in my book (one shouldn't expect to be a baby necessarily) - in my next version, this statement is modified. I will still need to study it some more. I've been involved in a bit of a ruckus over of the Fabric of Reality mailing list. See http://www.hpcoders.com.au/blog Can I plug the existence of Fabric of Alternative Reality here? See http://www.hpcoders.com.au/foar.html On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:32:57AM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: > Hi David, > > It looks not so bad :) > At first sight it is based on the ASSA (absolute self-samplings, > like in the doomsday argument; may be Russell can comment on this). > He seems naïve on the identity thesis, but that could be a reduction > ad absurdum. The use of classical chaos is interesting, but not > completely convincing, I might think on it. Will take a deeper look > later. Thanks, > > Bruno > > > On 25 Aug 2011, at 00:12, David Nyman wrote: > > >This paper presents some intriguing ideas on consciousness, > >computation and the MWI, including an argument against the > >possibility of consciousness supervening on any single > >deterministic computer program (Bruno might find this > >interesting). Any comments on its cogency? > > > >http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0208038 > > > >David > > > >-- > >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >Groups "Everything List" group. > >To view this discussion on the web visit > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/-/AyiMzznp-hIJ. > >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. > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > -- > 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.
