Hi Jason Resch What does physics (and multiple world theory) have to do with emulating human thinking ? Physics is deterministic, human thought is not.
[Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 11/30/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Jason Resch Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-11-01, 17:19:07 Subject: Re: Against Mechanism On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:25 PM, John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote: >> In most physics experiments, even very advanced ones at CERN, the >> experimenter himself is not duplicated so in the question "What particle do >> you expect to see?" it's clear who "you" is; > Only if you assume that the universe does not contain Boltzman brains, or a > universal dovetailer, It doesn't matter if Boltzman brains exist or not. In physics experiments not involving self duplications which "you" is involved is obvious, and it can be proven to be correct by observing that when "you" predicts what "you" will see using physical laws the prediction usually proves to be true, so all the yous must have been assigned correctly. Physics is all about predicting observations. ? Let's say an experimenter creates a new kind of particle using an accelerator that has never before existed in the history of the universe, and wants to measure its half-life. ?ow let's presume that in 999 out of 1,000 almost identical standard models that exist in string theory, the half-life is 1 us. ?ut in 1 out of those 1,000, the half life is 10 us. If you are the experimenter what can physics tell you about the particle's half life? ?t is not implied by the laws of physics because there are many laws of physics. ?ntil the experiment is performed, even the laws of physics are not in stone. ?his is a main point of Bruno's result: physics is not at the bottom of the explanatory ladder, the laws of physics depend on the distribution of observers similar to your current state of mind throughout its infinite manifestations in reality. 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. -- 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.
