On Nov 30, 2012, at 6:42 AM, "Roger Clough"<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Jason Resch
What does physics (and multiple world theory) have to do with
emulating human thinking ? Physics is deterministic, human thought
is not.
Good question. Below I make the point that the observed laws of
physics are dependent on the statistics of ones mind's numerous
manifestations throughout reality. Physics is not at the bottom of
the explanatory pyramid as is often believed. Instead the mind and
theories of computation are at the bottom. This is what Bruno's
Universal Dovetailer Argument shows. That a universal dovetailer (a
program that runs all programs), or anything which cobtains one, such
as arithmatical truth, becomes a practical theory of everything.
Jason
[Roger Clough], [[email protected]]
11/30/2012
"Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen
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From: Jason Resch
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Time: 2012-11-01, 17:19:07
Subject: Re: Against Mechanism
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:25 PM, John Clark <[email protected]>
wrote:
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]>
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 experim
enter creates a new kind of particle using an accelerator that has n
ever before existed in the history of the universe, and wants to mea
sure its half-life. 燦ow let's presume that in 999 out of 1,000 almos
t identical standard models that exist in string theory, the half-li
fe is 1 us. 燘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? 營t is not implied by the laws of physics becau
se there are many laws of physics. 燯ntil the experiment is performed
, even the laws of physics are not in stone. 燭his is a main point of
Bruno's result: physics is not at the bottom of the explanatory lad
der, the laws of physics depend on the distribution of observers sim
ilar to your current state of mind throughout its infinite manifesta
tions in reality.
Jason
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