On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 2:35 AM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 5:01 AM Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 8:18 PM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 4:34 PM Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 4:21 AM Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 19 Dec 2018, at 12:59, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dynamics is the study of matter in motion. There are no clocks in >>>>> arithmetic. >>>>> >>>>> Of course there is clock. The successor function implements it out of >>>>> time and space. >>>>> >>>> >>>> The fact that you can use one ordered sequence to index another ordered >>>> sequence does not constitute a clock. >>>> >>>> Nothing exists out of time and space, not even time and space >>>> themselves. >>>> >>>> >>> Accordingly, you must reject: >>> >>> - Membranes >>> - String theory landscape >>> - Eternal inflation >>> - The inside of black holes (yet another observer-dependent >>> phenomenon) >>> - Other universes with different physics (it's amazing that our >>> universe allows for life, assuming it's the only universe that exists) >>> >>> All of these ideas have at least some motivation/support. Why reject >>> them out of hand? >>> >> >> This is a very mixed list! Some of these have no evidential support, some >> are mere speculation, and other universes with different physics is a long >> stretch, not at all in accordance with present knowledge. I do not reject >> all these possibilities, but we do need more data on some of them. None of >> them exist outside of space-time, however. >> > > What do you think about the apparent fine-tuning of the universe? e.g. > https://www.amazon.com/Just-Six-Numbers-Forces-Universe-ebook/dp/B00CW0H6JY > > Isn't this a very strong statistical argument that other universes with > different physical laws must exist? > No. there is no evidence for that at all. Why should the constants of nature be a random selection from some distribution? 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.
