On 1 February 2014 12:13, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote:
No. The UD has no output. It is a non stopping program. "everything >> physical and theological" appears through its intensional activity. >> > > > "Appears" = output. > I think I see the confusion here. Remember that in comp, as in any TOE, we begin by hypothesising an ontological base for a universe (or multiverse) from which we will attempt to derive all-else-that-exists (heaven help us!). Hence ex hypothesi, there can be nothing "outside" that universe and therefore no "input" or "output" in that sense. Neither comp nor any other TOE can consistently make reference to input or output extrinsic to itself, because that would simply be a contradiction in terms. Hence "appearance" here can only refer to interactions or relationships between subsystems of the universe entailed by the TOE and that must be true of any TOE whatsoever. A fortiori, since comp *assumes* the presence of the UD and its trace in arithmetic (in the same sense that any TOE starts by assuming some ontological base), it cannot make any further sense to ask who or what "input" the program. OK? David -- 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.
