On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 04:55:27PM +1300, LizR wrote: > On 10 March 2014 16:50, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 01:09:43PM +1300, LizR wrote: > > > On 10 March 2014 12:38, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > But my point remains, at this point in time, intrasubjective > > consistency is > > > > not sufficient to demonstrate the existence of an external reality > > > > independent of the process of observation, contra Edgar's claim. > > > > > > > > > > Even the existence of intersubjective consistency is hypothetical (doubly > > > so when you have to deal with teenagers...) > > > > > > > Granted intersubjective consistency is a little hard to test > > directly. However, it is a consequence of the anthropic principle: If > > I am consistent with my environment (as a consequence of the AP), then > > so must all other observers sharing that environment. The AP is > > empirically quite well tested, ISTM. > > > > The Occam catastrophe issue, as discussed in my book, means that the > > AP, and consequently intersubjective agreement on part of observed > > reality is a consequence of bitstring ensemble theories. > > > > I intend to (re-)re-read your book soon so I will check that. > > In the meantimne.....it's all very well having theoretical justification, > and in practice I agree it seems fairly reasonable to assume....but can it > be tested any more directly? >
If I ask you to measure the value of alpha to 5 significant places, and I was to measure the same thing, then we can compare notes. Intrasubjective consistency predicts that we should get the same numerical value. Moreover, it would predict that we cannot find somebody who gets a different result, provided they followed the physical measurement protocol correctly. Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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/d/optout.
