Re: A FAQ document proposal for this list

2001-02-21 Thread Hal Ruhl
Dear Bruno: Thank you. I am sure it is a long term project. I think it will be some fun for me and can potentially add fun to the list. I think this list has substantial potential for producing a real increase in understanding of physics and thus aid the study of socioeconomic systems which is

Re: (Quantum) suicide not necessary?

2001-02-21 Thread Brent Meeker
Hello Marchal On 21-Feb-01, Marchal wrote: > Saibal Mitra wrote: > >> Instead of the previously discussed suicide experiments to test >> various versions of many-worlds theories, one might consider a >> different approach. >> >> By deleting certain sectors of one's memory one should be able to

Re: on formally describable universes and measures

2001-02-21 Thread Marchal
I hope this is our last *too long* post, Juergen. At the end of it, I propose we come back to the initial discussion, if you agree. Juergen wrote: >> Normally a constructive philosopher should abandon comp right here, >> because it follows from that theorem that we cannot be machine in >> any

Re: (Quantum) suicide not necessary?

2001-02-21 Thread Marchal
Saibal Mitra wrote: >Instead of the previously discussed suicide experiments to test various >versions of many-worlds theories, one might consider a different approach. > >By deleting certain sectors of one's memory one should be able to travel >to different branches of the multiverse. Suppose yo

Re: Consciousness schmonscioisness

2001-02-21 Thread Marchal
Jesse Mazer wrote (sometime ago). >However, for those who do believe in consciousness, it is still possible to >disbelieve in *continuity* of consciousness-- You may be right, but that is hard to understand. Could you elaborate a little bit? Is not consciousness the thing which build some cont