Re: Kim 2.4 - 2.5

2009-01-08 Thread Brent Meeker
John Mikes wrote: > Dear Bruno, > > I decided so many times not to reflect to the esoteric sci-fi > assumptions (thought experiments?) on this list - about situations > beyond common sense, their use as templates for consequences. > Now, however, I can't control my 'mouse' - in random and prob

Re: Kim 2.4 - 2.5

2009-01-08 Thread John Mikes
Dear Bruno, I decided so many times not to reflect to the esoteric sci-fi assumptions (thought experiments?) on this list - about situations beyond common sense, their use as templates for consequences. Now, however, I can't control my 'mouse' - in random and probabilistics. * Bruno quotes in " -

Re: Boltzmann Brains, consciousness and the arrow of time

2009-01-08 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Günther, On 07 Jan 2009, at 22:47, Günther Greindl wrote: > > thanks for your comments, I interleave my response. > >>> showed a glimpse of the vastness of the UD. And, I agree, _in the >>> limit_ >>> there will be an infinite number of histories. So, as we have to >>> also >>> take into a

Re: KIM 2.3 (was Re: Time)

2009-01-08 Thread Brent Meeker
Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > 2009/1/8 Brent Meeker : >> Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >>> 2009/1/7 Abram Demski wrote: >>> I would not deny causality in such a universe so long as the logical structure enforces the Life rules (meaning, the next level in the stack is *always* the next

Re: KIM 2.3 (was Re: Time)

2009-01-08 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
2009/1/8 Brent Meeker : > > Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> 2009/1/7 Abram Demski wrote: >> >>> I would not deny causality in such a universe so long as the logical >>> structure enforces the Life rules (meaning, the next level in the >>> stack is *always* the next life-tick, it couldn't be somethi