The comments section looks like a mini Everything list in itself.
On 25 March 2014 16:24, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > "But Tegmark goes further. He doesn't say that the universe is > "isomorphic" to a mathematical structure; he says that it *is* that > structure, that its physical and mathematical existence are the same thing." > > I can see the appeal. If the universe ever *does* prove to be isomorphic > to a mathematical structure (and I'm sure that's a long, long, long way > from being proved at present) - by which I mean, if the universe is *exactly > described* by said structure, with nothing else needed to completely > describe reality - at that point, at least, I would take Max's MUH > seriously, if only because Ockham's razor would indicate there was no point > in hypothesising the existence of two things that are exactly isomosphic. > > However we are a long way from that point, and I imagine the nature of > knowledge and measurement and so on mean that we can never actually reach > it with 100% certainty. > > > > > On 25 March 2014 15:07, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> >> >> Scott Aaronson reviews Max Tegmark's *Our Mathematical Universe*: >> >> http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1753 >> >> The comments section includes Max Tegmark's remarks on Scott Aaronson's >> remarks, ending for now with: >> http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1753#comment-102790 >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- 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.
