I had a question about the quote below of Edgar's. In what sense of 'compute' do you believe that something computes reality? Also, I'm wondering if Laplace's demon is relevant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace%27s_demon According to the article, we have: In 2008, David Wolpert<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Wolpert&action=edit&redlink=1> used Cantor diagonalization<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor_diagonalization> to disprove Laplace's demon. He did this by assuming that the demon is a computational device and showing that no two such devices can completely predict each other.[5]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace%27s_demon#cite_note-5> [6] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace%27s_demon#cite_note-6> If the demon were not contained within and computed by the universe, any accurate simulation of the universe would be indistinguishable from the universe to an internal observer, and the argument remains distinct from what is observable. On Friday, December 20, 2013 3:52:54 PM UTC-8, Edgar Owen wrote: the actual math and logic that computes reality. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
