On Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 3:37:05 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote: > > > *So what? The point I am making is that some mathematical objects exist > but are not instantiated in physical reality, thus falsifying his > hypothesis, unless you insist that they are instantiated in other > universes, in which case you have a non falsifiable theory, which isn't a > scientific theory. AG* >
If it is logically consistent for a mathematical object to be instantiated in a universe then it is instantiated there. Whether it is a falsifiable or scientific theory is a different matter. In Tegmark's view, logical consistency is existence, so anything that is logically consistent exists, by definition. You can devise other definitions of existence by arbitrarily restricting this one. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
