On 2 June 2014 03:50, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday, May 29, 2014 3:40:39 PM UTC+1, yanniru wrote: >> >> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On May 29, 2014, at 12:11 AM, Richard Ruquist <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:45 PM, [email protected] <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Richard, >>>> >>>> I suppose it comes down to what you call a universe. >>>> >>>> Would you say there is any difference that matters between a single >>>> universe that contains all possible experiences vs. Many universes which >>>> only in aggregate contain all possible universes? >>>> >>> >>> Neither is religiously acceptable >>> Richard >>> >>> >>> According to which religion? If god is omniscient, would he not know >>> what it is like to be every possible observer having every possible >>> experience? >>> >> >> According to my religion, God can compute the future of a block timeless >> MWI universe at any time out to infinity. So, such a god is omniscient to >> that extent including knowing "what it is like to be every possible >> observer having every possible experience." >> >> But such a universe is deterministic and may lack free will. In my >> religion, god has provided for free will within our universe. God has also >> provided ethical questions of good versus bad by eliminating much of the >> bad for example in the rebirth process.. >> >> God accomplishes much of this by always selecting the quantum state (in >> every interaction where more than one possibility is available) that >> maximizes some aspect of the future universe- like Liebniz proposed. Much >> of what God accomplishes might be replaced by algorithmic mechanism within >> comp. >> Richard >> > > what I like about this is that you are candid in your beliefs, and that > they are at the level of religion > > I'm not sure I like an explanation that involves a supernatural being inspecting all the 10^80 (or whatever) atoms in the universe every time one undergoes a transition, and deciding which one is best. There's a lot of cold hydrogen out there radiating at 21 cm, for example, so every time one emits a photon god has to check it to see it it's the right photon. I feel like I may turn into an Occam's razor-wielding maniac just thinking about it.
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