Sorry. Can't help myself : Is there any point in completing that term paper really?
Actually, between the above remark made in fun, the subsequent discussion, there are
things in common. Above, the joke is that, if one adopts nihilism the view that
nothing is worth caring about, then what
At 1/19/04, Stephen Paul King wrote:
Were and when is the consideration of the physical resources required
for the computation going to obtain? Is my question equivalent to the old
first cause question?
The view that Mathematical Existence == Physical Existence implies that
physical resources
The last world is right.
I think that if there were infinites universes like our own and if all
possible thinks that could append realy append, talking about existential
and ethical nihilism or moralism make no sense. Certainly there will be
infinites observers who believe in existential and
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:33:57PM -0800, CMR wrote:
Yes! you've captured the gist and fleshed out the raw concept that hit me
whilst reading your post on weightless computation; that's potentially the
value of it as an avenue to explore, I think: that there is an
This sort of argument has been raised many times over the centuries, both by
rationalists and by their opponents, but it is based the fundamental error
of conflating science with ethics. Science deals with matters of fact; it
does not comment on whether these facts are good or bad, beautiful or
At 02:50 21/01/04 -0500, Kory Heath wrote:
At 1/19/04, Stephen Paul King wrote:
Were and when is the consideration of the physical resources required
for the computation going to obtain? Is my question equivalent to the old
first cause question?
The view that Mathematical Existence == Physical
I think, Hal, you still used your human (anthropocentric) imagination
when you wanted to show a 'free' thinking: cince they were missing from
your 'eliminated' concepts: do you take space and time for granted in
the 'universes' of different (physical?) principles?
How about 'our' logic? causality
I agree with Norman too, particularly about boundaries the snapshot style. I would
add that, the physical states events that can be detected should implicitly contain
the things that we fear may be reduced away. Just because they would not be obvious
when represented in physical mathematical
Greetings Eugen
While it is not possible to infer physics of the metalayer, it is possible
to
infer the number of bits necessary to encode this universe.
I'm familiar with the concept of a metalayer in software dev as a
compatibility interface between apps etc.. So, in this case the
meta-layer
Dear Bruno and Kory,
Interleaving.
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Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: Is the universe computable
At 02:50 21/01/04 -0500, Kory Heath wrote:
At 1/19/04, Stephen Paul King wrote:
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:34:50AM -0800, CMR wrote:
I'm familiar with the concept of a metalayer in software dev as a
compatibility interface between apps etc.. So, in this case the
meta-layer being I assume the interface between the universes abstractly
and between the simulation and the
ABSTRACT:
Suggestion for keeping up with the volume of posts is to provide an
abstract.
CONTENT
I share Sergio's problem. I just can't keep up. How about providing an
abstract summarizing the post. Either that or keep your content less
than half a page.
George
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I mean not so sound supercilious, but I must admit that all counterarguments thus far
received are points I have foreseen and chosen to omit in the paper for the sake of
length and inherent stupidity of my evaluators. This is why I have come here for
intelligent recluse, as it is, so far, the
Here is an excerpt from a message I sent to the list last week, which
argues that nihilism is not an appropriate response to multiverse physics.
As far as the issue of human action and free will, here is how I look
at it. There are really two issues. The first is that in some sense
the
The study of why societies have certain ethical beliefs is a subject for
evolutionary psychology, or anthropology/sociology (moving down the
reductionist hierarchy), and the study of what brain processes underlie
ethical beliefs and behaviour is a subject for
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