> There is a sense in which the past is not unique and determined.
> [..] the "single past" model is quite well-supported by science [.]
It seems that the quantum measurement traces a certain (consistent)
history, takes a part in the very formation of the past (of that history).
John Wh
On Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at 11:08 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
>
> Me too. Now, I feel almost like you about ... knot theory.
> And this fit well with your cat-enthusiasm, for knot theory is
> a reservoir of beautiful and TOE-relevant categories
> (the monoidal one). I've just
> ordered Yetter's bo
At 9:24 -0700 9/07/2002, Tim May wrote:
>Reading styles differ, but I have come to favor the "hawk spiral." I
>see hawks spiralling in the thermals near my house, and this is how
>I like to learn. I read something from one book, think, read from
>another, think, try to compare what the authors
Apologies.
I accidentally sent this last night to another mailing list. Here it is.
--Tim
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> On Monday, July 8, 2002, at 07:43 PM, Stephen Paul King wrote:
>
>> Dear Tim,
>>
>> Are you tacitly assuming some kind of communication between
>> observers
>> when you m
On Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at 07:41 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
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> Tim makes a very genuine remark (but he writes so much I fear that has
> been unnoticed!).
True enough...I write a lot! (The old joke applies: "I don't have enough
time to write a short letter.")
> He said: read Tegmark (Everyt
One more thing.
At 22:19 -0700 8/07/2002, Wei Dai wrote:
>First I question the necessity of defining that average.
Do you agree that in QM (and in any TOE QM-based), there *is*
an average. Do you agree that QM is a sort of (non commutative)
*measure* theory? Do you accept QM? Are you following S
At 22:19 -0700 8/07/2002, Wei Dai wrote:
>Bruno, unfortunately I'm not able to write very quickly. I hope you don't
>mind if I just respond to some of the topics I think are most important.
>Feel free to recall the other ones later if you think I'm missing
>something crucial.
>
>On Mon, Jul 08, 20
Wei Dai asks some question to Tim May which I would like to comment
taking into account some other posts.
Wei Dai:
>Suppose I had the time for only one book, which would you recommend?
I think you (Wei) decide to look for the book by Lawvere. Good choice
but you should know it is just an intro
Scott W. Somerville wrote:
>Rodolfo writes, "There are no hints of predestination."
>
>By the term "block multiverse" I mean a reality in which everything
>MUST happen, in some "timeline" or "universe." This sounds a lot like
>predestination to me.
>
>Scott W. Somerville, Esq.
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