Thanks. I probably haven't time for the book, but will try to understand the paper.
On 16 January 2014 16:47, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/15/2014 5:13 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 16 January 2014 13:57, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 1/15/2014 4:03 PM, LizR wrote: >> >> By the way, I may have this wrong but it seems to me your >> "hyperdeterminism" objection is an objection to block universes generally. >> I can't see how the big crunch (or timelike infinity) being a boundary >> condition on the universe is a problem in a block universe (or multiverse) >> ...? >> >> >> I think Bruno is thinking of a tree-like branching "block multiverse"so >> there can still be FPI due to the branches. Otherwise definite, random >> things have to happen in realizing the block universe - and Bruno hates >> random things and he likes infinities, so... But you should read L.S. >> Schulman's solution to the problem of randomness. He speculates that >> within the domain of a state we can prepare, which is of measure hbar=/=0, >> there are special states which are causally connected to *future* states >> and when we choose a measurement in the future we are selecting out one of >> these "special states". >> >> I am thinking of a block multiverse, too, and I can't see why future > (or past) boundary conditions are a problem. Maybe I'm being thick, it > wouldn't be the first time. > > Do you have a link to that reference? > > > His book > > Schulman L S 1997 > Time’s Arrows and Quantum Measurement > (New York: Cambridge University Press) > > also > http://arxiv.org/pdf/1310.2602.pdf > > Brent > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
