Re: Finite time and infinite space

2002-01-16 Thread Russell Standish
I suspect that the answer to this lies in the concept of logical depth, introduced by Charlie Bennett. The universe needs to be simple, in a Kolmogorov sense, in order to get a high measure in the ensemble of all descriptions. However, the flip side is that in order to generate intelligent observe

Re: Finite time and infinite space

2002-01-15 Thread Matthieu Walraet
On 15 Jan 2002, at 11:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One of the things that strikes me as most peculiar and unexpected about the > universe is this: that it is apparently finite and inhomogeneous in time, > yet infinite and homogeneous in space. > The universe is finite : My short term memory l

Finite time and infinite space

2002-01-15 Thread hal
One of the things that strikes me as most peculiar and unexpected about the universe is this: that it is apparently finite and inhomogeneous in time, yet infinite and homogeneous in space. >From what we can tell, the universe began about 13 billion years ago and has gone through a series of phase