On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 08:56:03PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: > > I think the idea is that quantum randomness is just > first-person-indeterminancy relative to the universes of the > multiverse. The holographic principle would imply that the > information content of any universe is always finite. If there are > infinitely many universes (per eternal inflation) then there would > be infinitely many copies of distinct universe. Or invoking > Leibniz's identity of indiscernibles there would be finitely many > distinct universes, but the number of those that are expanding would > increase without bound. So that would all be consistent with > "comp". >
Why finitely many distinct universes? The number of things of finite information content will be \aleph_0, not finite. You would only get finitely many distinct universes if the information content is bounded for some reason, but I don't see any theory giving that - even the Lloyd limit only refers to this universe, not any others that might be out there. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
