On Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 6:39 PM Tomas Pales <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 7:26:01 PM UTC+2 Jason wrote: > >> Hi Tomas, >> >> The origin of laws, and why the universe follows them are great >> mysteries, but I think there's been some recent progess. I link to done >> other sources, in addition to Standish, that have worked towards an answer >> here: >> >> https://alwaysasking.com/why-does-anything-exist/#Why_Laws >> > > Hi Jason, > > Markus Muller seems to be making the same argument as Russell Standish: > given the history of our universe it is more likely that we live in a > universe where the past regularities will continue in the future because > that makes the universe more simple. I am wondering what would be the > probability (approximately) that the laws will remain the same as they have > been? > I think that calculation must be subjective rather than objective. It depends on how closely tied an observer's brain/mind/memories are to the universe they inhabit. See for example: https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3825 I think a complete memory reset provides the opportunity to end up in a different universe with other laws. Hans Moravec writes about this as well: https://frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/project.archive/general.articles/1998/SimConEx.98.html "The regularities we observe may be merely a self-reflection: we must perceive the world as compatible with our own existence---with a strong arrow of time, dependable probabilities, where complexity can evolve and persist, where experiences can accumulate in reliable memories, and the results of actions are predictable. Our mind children, able to manipulate their own substance and structure at the finest levels, will probably greatly transcend our narrow notions of what is." [...] "Physical quantities like the speed of light, the attraction of electric charges, and the strength of gravity are, for us, the unchanging foundation on which everything is built. But if our existence is a product of self-interpretation in the space of all possible worlds, this stability may simply reflect the delicacy of our own construction---our biochemistry malfunctions in worlds where the physical constants vary, and we would cease to be there. Thus, we always find ourselves in a world where the constants are just what is needed to keep us functioning. For the same reason, we find the rules have held steady over a long period, so evolution could accumulate our many intricate, interlocking internal mechanisms. Our engineered descendants will be more flexible. Perhaps mind-hosting bodies can be constructed that are adjustable for small changes in, say, the speed of light. An individual who installed itself in such a body, and then adjusted it for a slightly higher lightspeed, should then find itself in a physical universe appropriately altered, since it could then exist in no other. It would be a one-way trip." Jason -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUjkTCx1EucjbxGV7eFHF6Bn_fo9RYiNhe6GJmMvxsLRPQ%40mail.gmail.com.
