On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 1:50 AM, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I would say that COMP predicts we must be at the base level, and not > in a virtual reality, by virtue of the cardinality difference between > the set of all environments and the set of virtual ones. What kind of set theory are you referring to here, when you specify "all environments and virtual ones"? PGC > Therefore if > we do discover ourselves in such a virtual variety (eg Deutsch's chess > world) violating the laws of physics derived from COMP, then COMP must > be falsified. > > Whilst COMP could be rescued by stating that it's just bad luck that we are > in one of these virtual worlds, there is no epistemological benefit in > doing so, because then COMP would not provide a description of our > phenomenological physics. > > Just the same is if we ever found the Anthropic Principle to be > violated (and didn't immediately wake up and realise it to be a > dream), then we'd have to declare the AP falsified, because it no > longer has any epistemological value. We could alternatively conclude > that we're living in a Sim (DD's argument), but that would be simply a > statement of faith, making the AP unfalsifiable. > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > Latest project: The Amoeba's Secret > (http://www.hpcoders.com.au/AmoebasSecret.html) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > 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.
