On 18 August 2014 14:15, Pierz <[email protected]> wrote: OK that may be true, but without an observer, nothing will exist to select > out that computation from the chaotic infinities. I don't know how you can > say that the leaf meaningfully exists, because other computational threads > will destroy the leaf instantly, do every conceivable thing to it, and then > who can say there's a leaf? Without an observer's measure it has no > stability and can only be projected artificially into the computations by > some observer who already has the concept of a leaf. Frankly I'm surprised > to hear you argue this. >
I agree. I've said before that it requires a truly heroic effort of the imagination to rid oneself of the implicit notion of a "default interpreter" (God?) that continues to see "what's there" even in the absence of any other possibility of knowledge. David -- 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.
