RE: FW: Everything Physical is Based on Consciousness

[I will assume that Brent meant to forward this to the list, his mailer often seems to send replies only to me.] Brent wrote: -Original Message- From: Hal Finney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 5:06 AM To: everything-list@eskimo.com Subject: RE: FW: Everything

Re: FW: Everything Physical is Based on Consciousness

From: Hal Finney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Another way to think of it is that all bit strings exist, timelessly; and some of them implicitly specify computer programs; and some of those computer programs would create universes with observers just like us in them. You don't necessarily need the

RE: FW: Everything Physical is Based on Consciousness

Brent Meeker writes: From: Hal Finney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, I think it is enough that I have thought of the concept! Or more accurately, I think it is enough that the concept is thinkable-of. Why bother with the computer at all. Since you're just conceptualizing the computer (it