On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 01:12:09PM -0700, Russ Abbott wrote: > Occam must be holding his head. > > -- Russ >
It is a mistake to think Occam's razor rejects the Multiverse. In fact the opposite situation is true - Occam's razor is a reason for preferring the Multiverse. Many people have discussed this (under terms like zero information principle, or minimum information principle), but you could take a look at my book Theory of Nothing, which is a free download. Apologies for the plug. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [email protected] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
