I don't understand the question. I'm attempting to make further deductions from the self-sampling assumption, as used in the "Doomsday Argument". Please could you explain what you think I'm saying, so I can attempt a sensible reply to your comment?
On 31 August 2014 07:38, John Mikes <[email protected]> wrote: > Liz: > and HOW ON EARTH (verbatim: this one) would you know the entire World? Not > to ask: what would you call 'populous'? Is a trillion 'many'? > Please do ot quote Adam and Eve, Adam started out to be alone with a spare > rib. And they(?) made the entire crowd. > JM > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 7:48 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Actually I'm surprised that there are *no* "populous" universes anywhere >> in the string landscape / level 4 multiverse (if such exist). Or perhaps >> it's more likely that there are, but their proportion is so much lower than >> our sort that the chances are still better to find oneself in a universe >> where the life of civilisations is either nasty, brutish and short, or >> involves us evolving into an "Childhood's End" style Overmind. >> >> >> On 30 August 2014 08:25, John Mikes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Russell: in your note >>> >>> >>> >>> *Yes, it does. And that might explain the Fermi paradox. It doesn't rule >>> vastly distributed "hive minds", though. Perhaps our future is to be >>> assilimated with the Borg.* >>> >>> isn't there an *"out" * missing in the 2nd line after 'rule', or >>> not? >>> >>> John M >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Russell Standish <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 10:01:38AM +1200, LizR wrote: >>>> > > Yes, I am hoping for a gradual decline ... what does the DDA have >>>> to say >>>> > about other sentient species? If, say, the Andromedans were going to >>>> > colonise their entire galaxy, we'd almost certainly have been born >>>> one of >>>> > them. Does it therefore predict that there will be no vastly populous >>>> > conscious race in any part of this universe or any other? >>>> > >>>> >>>> Yes, it does. And that might explain the Fermi paradox. It doesn't >>>> rule vastly distributed "hive minds", though. Perhaps our future is to >>>> be assilimated with the Borg. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
