On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 8:12 PM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 5:39 PM Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:47 AM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 12/18/2018 6:34 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >>> >>> That wasn't my question. Do you believe your experience rules out the >>> block universe? >>> >>> If you mean a pre-determined universe, I think that is ruled out by >>> quantum randomness. But I don't think our experience rules out there being >>> a 4-dimensional map of all events. >>> >> >> Sure. General relativity gives us the idea of a 4-dimensional Lorentzian >> manifold, over which one can lay a coordinate chart. >> But that is not an ontology. >> >> > But my point is it could be (and that it is a simpler theory if it is). > No, a coordinate system is not an ontology. Simplicity always gives way to correctness. Bruce -- 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.
