On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:23 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12 September 2014 17:31, Richard Ruquist <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Liz, >> As far as I know, Max does not have a theory. He just has a hypothesis >> with nothing theoretical to back it up. >> > > I'm not sure about that. He does go on about properties we'd expect the > universe to have (I think that runs into a measure problem, however?) > > >> One aspect of his hypothesis is that the creation of matter requires math >> that is both consistent and complete. >> > > If that is so... > > >> Whereas Godel has seemingly to me proven that such math does not exist. >> Is that true? >> > > ...then this disproves it, I believe. I don't know if that is so, however. > Also it seems to me that if his hypothesis has this aspect, that is indeed > something theoretical to back it up (and indeed falsifiable, as you've just > shown). > > PS Mind you Bruno only requires some very simple arithmetic for comp, I'm > told, so is it possible Max's MUH is similar? >
I've read both and I don't think Max is/has pursued the rabbit hole of implications of possible comp as far or as thorough as Bruno. Then it's a matter of reasoning the few possible reasons why he doesn't cite or engage Bruno. Sure, there are some Einstein's, but in many cases the guy with popularity is always worse at the thing itself, precisely because he is better at popularity. This holds often not only in name polishing of science/reputation but also in music we are not free from this: which opera composers that got Bach's gigs, knowing full well of his work and existence, would fork over their deals/connections just to disseminate another composer's (Bach's) work, that we clearly see today as more complete and mature? Zero, even though they were all superstars and doing quite well for themselves. Sure, there are examples of great selflessness in the name of stepping forward together too, but this is rather exceptional. PGC -- 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.
