On 19 February 2014 17:34, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 03:42:48AM +0000, chris peck wrote: > > >>how can facts exist that are not grounded in observation at some point? > > > > Russell and Liz are wandering around the countryside and Liz points at > the ground and says: > > > > "there's a gold coin buried right there." > > > > Russell says: > > > > "no there isn't" > > > > They both walk on without looking. And in the subsequent march of > history no - one ever looks. > > > > Surely, at least one unobserved fact was stated? Maybe even 2 if you are > an MWIer. > > Nice example. I would say it is not a fact (in this universe). Of > course, in the Multiverse, there will be observers of both facts, as > well as worlds, like ours, in which it is not a fact (a superposition > in other words). > > But I can see that someone like Deutsch would say that the Multiverse > is decohered, and that there is a matter of fact about whether the > coin is there, even if we don't know it. I just happen to disagree > with Deutsch, and can think of no experiment to distinguish whether > he's right or I'm right. > > A difference that makes no difference is no difference. -- 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.
