Re: on formally describable universes and measures

2001-03-04 Thread George Levy
Brent Meeker wrote: > A transition from one conscious point > > (observer moment) to the next must be logical at the conscious level > > and simultaneously at the physical law level. > > I'm not sure what you mean by logical transition - "entailed by the > previous theorems plus rules of infer

Re: QTI

2001-03-04 Thread Brent Meeker
No fair using time in your definition of time. Brent Meeker On 04-Mar-01, Saibal Mitra wrote: > > Since conventional physics is sufficient to give (at least in > principle) a complete description of the human brain, a partial > ordering on the set of all possible observer moments S can be defi

Re: (Quantum) suicide not necessary?

2001-03-04 Thread Brent Meeker
On 03-Mar-01, James Higgo wrote: > Your comment, 'an explanation that can explain anything explains > nothing.' is very imporatnt, and many people have said it. It is true > of any TOE, as you say, and implies that _you_ should stop looking for > a TOE as you will always be dissatisfied. I would

Re: on formally describable universes and measures

2001-03-04 Thread James Higgo
I agree, except that there is no 'transition' from one OM to the next. What is it that 'transits' ? - Original Message - From: George Levy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 8:03 PM Subject: Re: on formally describable universes and measures > > > Br

Re: on formally describable universes and measures

2001-03-04 Thread George Levy
Brent Meeker wrote: > On 03-Mar-01, George Levy wrote: > > > I do not view these so called "parallel" universes as *separate*. It's > > really one single multiverse and the wave function exists in the > > multiverse > > How can this multiverse have a single wave function when it is supposed

Re: QTI

2001-03-04 Thread hal
Saibal writes: > Since conventional physics is sufficient to give (at least in > principle) a complete description of the human brain, a partial > ordering on the set of all possible observer moments S can be defined as > follows: > > First we choose an arbitrary brain B. > If x1 and x2 are

Re: excuse the triple (!) posting

2001-03-04 Thread Michael Rosefield
this is what's called cosmic irony, isn't it? - Original Message - From: Saibal Mitra To: Michael Rosefield ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: Re: excuse the triple (!) posting Maybe Jürgen can explain why the particular bits

Re: QTI

2001-03-04 Thread Saibal Mitra
  Since conventional physics is sufficient to give (at least in principle)  a complete description of the human brain, a partial ordering on the set of all possible observer moments S can be defined as follows:   First we choose an arbitrary brain B. If x1 and x2 are elements

Re: excuse the triple (!) posting

2001-03-04 Thread Saibal Mitra
Maybe Jürgen can explain why the particular bitstring defining your previous post has such a large probability? - Original Message - From: Michael Rosefield To: Michael Rosefield ; Saibal Mitra ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 1:33 AM Subject: e

Re: excuse the triple (!) posting

2001-03-04 Thread Saibal Mitra
Maybe Jürgen can explain why the particular bitstring defining your previous post has such a large probability? - Original Message - From: Michael Rosefield To: Michael Rosefield ; Saibal Mitra ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 1:33 AM Subject: e

Re: excuse the triple (!) posting

2001-03-04 Thread Saibal Mitra
Maybe Jürgen can explain why the particular bitstring defining your previous post has such a large probability? - Original Message - From: Michael Rosefield To: Michael Rosefield ; Saibal Mitra ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 1:33 AM Subject: e

Re: (Quantum) suicide not necessary?

2001-03-04 Thread James Higgo
Your comment, 'an explanation that can explain anything explains nothing.' is very imporatnt, and many people have said it. It is true of any TOE, as you say, and implies that _you_ should stop looking for a TOE as you will always be dissatisfied. - Original Message - From: Brent Meeker <