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2017-11-23 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hello Everyone: Just a check of my new email account so I can resume participation. Hal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to every

RE: My model, comp, and the Second Law

2017-08-07 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi everyone: Unfortunately I have been very ill for the last 15 months or so. I am working on this project again and hope to post soon. Hal Ruhl From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of auxon Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2017 3

My model, comp, and the Second Law

2017-01-27 Thread hal Ruhl
so not be reversible for the same reason. If correct, would [my Model,Comp] be observationally verified? Hal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, sen

Re: My model re Comp and Life re the Everything

2014-04-04 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Bruno: On Friday, April 4, 2014 12:36:13 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: Hal, Yes, we might be on the same length wave for the ultimate TOE, Thank you but your terming is rather terrible. I will work on it, perhaps needing some help. Today I tend to think of the current

Re: My model re Comp and Life re the Everything

2014-04-03 Thread Hal Ruhl
it is “machine” is at least one component of a correct and complete description of our observer experience. This because I believe it to be a different expression part of if not all of my approach. There may be other components but this may be TBD. On 01 Apr 2014, at 01:48, Hal Ruhl wrote

Re: My model re Comp and Life re the Everything

2014-03-31 Thread Hal Ruhl
. I see “A” and its traces as a UD. As for the issue of the nature of life please see my draft at: *http://arobustfuturehistory.wordpress.com/*http://arobustfuturehistory.wordpress.com/ It is a pleasure to converse with you again. Hal On Monday, March 31, 2014 4:12:08 AM UTC-4, Bruno

RE: My model re Comp and Life re the Everything

2014-03-31 Thread hal ruhl
Hi Liz: A number can be interpreted as encoded information. The decoder can even be a segment of the number. Hal From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of LizR Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 7:53 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com

My model re Comp and Life re the Everything

2014-03-30 Thread Hal Ruhl
posts], then how does this impact the Everything since I see it as a restriction [selection] on the scope of possible universes? Comments welcome. Thanks Hal Ruhl DEFINITIONS: i) Distinction: That which enables a separation such as a particular red from other colors. ii

Re: New NASA study predicts high probability of collapse of industrial civilization

2014-03-20 Thread Hal Ruhl
it if it is shown to be unrealistic] so I would deeply appreciate comments on it. Hal Ruhl On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 9:28:15 PM UTC-4, Russell Standish wrote: On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:44:17PM +1300, LizR wrote: Yes, I think that's what Carl Sagan said about the possibility of life

Re: New NASA study predicts high probability of collapse of industrial civilization

2014-03-18 Thread Hal Ruhl
such processes will be implemented in any universe in which they are possible. Since entropy has a fixed maximum in a closed system (a universe) then life must enable its own extinction. Yours Hal On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 5:23:58 PM UTC-4, JohnM wrote: Dear Hal Ruhl, it has been for long since

Re: New NASA study predicts high probability of collapse of industrial civilization

2014-03-17 Thread Hal Ruhl
always inherently self destructive wherever it appears in any allowed universe then why is there such a down select in the types of allowed universes. - *http://arobustfuturehistory.wordpress.com/*http://arobustfuturehistory.wordpress.com/ Hal Ruhl -- You

Re: Vote to make ecocide illegal

2014-02-11 Thread Hal Ruhl
does this lack of choice influence the origin and structure [if this is a reasonably applicable term] of the Everything. Hal Ruhl On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 11:18:57 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 11 Feb 2014, at 03:57, LizR wrote: On 11 February 2014 15:22, Hal Ruhl hal

Re: Vote to make ecocide illegal

2014-02-10 Thread Hal Ruhl
/18/2013] is at http://arobustfuturehistory.wordpress.com/ Hal Ruhl -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr

Re: Vote to make ecocide illegal

2014-02-10 Thread Hal Ruhl
and thus unavoidable extinction event built into life and it is fully effective absent an unnatural earlier one. Hal Ruhl On Monday, February 10, 2014 8:33:08 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: It certainly isn't natural at the rate we've been doing it. We're coming close to a cometary impact

Re: Vote to make ecocide illegal

2014-02-10 Thread Hal Ruhl
do make allowance for such a possibility. See the material I pointed to: http://arobustfuturehistory.wordpress.com/ Hal Ruhl -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

Re: A humble suggestion to the group

2014-02-04 Thread Hal Ruhl
On Monday, February 3, 2014 3:58:07 PM UTC-5, Russell Standish wrote: On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 08:09:00AM -0800, Hal Ruhl wrote: Hi Russell and everyone My personal archive goes back to March of 2008 if there might be something in there that could help a wiki

RE: A humble suggestion to the group

2014-02-04 Thread Hal Ruhl
for the list but the project died. Hal Ruhl -Original Message- From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russell Standish Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 5:38 PM To: Everything List Subject: Re: A humble suggestion to the group

Re: A humble suggestion to the group

2014-02-03 Thread Hal Ruhl
started a FAQ for the list but the project died. Hal Ruhl -Original Message- From: *everything-list@googlegroups.com* everything-list@googlegroups.com[ *mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com* everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russell Standish Sent: Sunday, January

RE: Re: clearing up the confusion on the fairness index

2012-12-21 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Roger : Then Try: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_in_the_United_States Hal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send

Re: clearing up the confusion on the fairness index

2012-12-18 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Roger : Try: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_distribution_in_the_United_States Then Try: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_in_the_United_States Hal -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: On Income Fairness in the USA and the world

2012-12-18 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Roger: Try this and sort by wealth Gini http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_distribution_of_wealth Hal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com

Re: On Income Fairness in the USA and the world

2012-12-18 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Roger : Try: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_distribution_in_the_United_States Then Try: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_in_the_United_States Hal Sorry if this posts more than once - some of my posts just

Re: life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-13 Thread Hal Ruhl
should be a suitable proxy for perceived quality of life. The fly in the ointment - there seems to always be at least one - is by (3) and (4) the monotonic reduction in the ability to do work in that biosphere. Hal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

RE: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-11 Thread Hal Ruhl
currently rewriting the early post to improve clarity.] John: I think my response to Stephen re his finite resolution. responds to your post also. Hal AFAIK, there is no requirement for resource consumption to be proportional to GDP. So it should be possible to save the economy without

life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-10 Thread Hal Ruhl
currently rewriting the early post to improve clarity.] John: I think my response to Stephen re his “finite resolution…” responds to your post also. Hal AFAIK, there is no requirement for resource consumption to be proportional to GDP. So it should be possible to save the economy without

RE: RE: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-09 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Roger: Roger: Talk to Dawkins. The purpose of the gene is to create more genes. So the purpose of life (at a minimum) is to create more life. Response from Hal: No. Life creates more life in compliance with pAP1. A reasonable result is one heck of a mass extinction. Repeat until

RE: RE: Re: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-09 Thread Hal Ruhl
://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/everything-list Hal -Original Message- From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Roger Clough Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 8:42 AM To: everything-list Subject: Re: RE: Re: Life: origin

RE: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-09 Thread Hal Ruhl
. Therefore I propose to change heat death to operative heat death re your finite resolving power for observers. This should allow for the possibility of an open universe. I am also considering changing purpose of life to function of life. Thanks Hal Dear Hal, What consequences would

Re: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-09 Thread Hal Ruhl
someone can falsify pAP1. Hal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

RE: RE: RE: Consciousness = life = intelligence

2012-11-08 Thread Hal Ruhl
suspect that each individual life entity upon sufficiently close inspection will be found to be as well. Further the environment necessary for life to arise as I propose and be sustainable is hardly random. Hal -Original Message- From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything

RE: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-08 Thread Hal Ruhl
/2012 11:40 AM, Hal Ruhl wrote: Hi Stephen: pAP1 is #8 of the discussion initiating posts 8) Conclusion (2): Once life is present it will immediately punch as many holes in as many Energy Hang-up Barriers as the details of the particular life entity involved allows - this is how it realizes its

RE: Re: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-08 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Roger: -Original Message- From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Roger Clough Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 6:09 AM To: everything-list Subject: Re: Re: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum Hi Hal, Just look

RE: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-07 Thread Hal Ruhl
. This is the purpose of life herein. In other words life's purpose is to hasten the heat death of its host universe. Hal -Original Message- From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Stephen P. King Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012

RE: Consciousness = life = intelligence

2012-11-07 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Roger: -Original Message- From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Roger Clough Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 11:06 AM To: everything-list Subject: Consciousness = life = intelligence Hi Hal Ruhl Consciousness = life

Re: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-06 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Everyone: Here are some expansions on my prior post regarding the following three topics: i) Consciousness: Define it for now as the detection by a life entity of the current system energy configuration both internal and external to the life entity sufficient to ensure its adherence to its

RE: Debunking people's belief in free will takes the intention out of their movements

2012-11-05 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi John: See my 11/4/12 @ 4:43PM post on life re proposal ii - freewill precluded. Hal Ruhl From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Clark Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 1:57 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re

RE: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-04 Thread Hal Ruhl
on the field or a pruning. This discussion is important to where I want to take my posts. Thanks Hal -Original Message- From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Stephen P. King Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 12:09 PM To: everything

Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-04 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Everyone: I would now like to expand the discussion re the two current conclusions in the slightly edited version of the first post [below] as follows: i) Consciousness: The origin and purpose of life herein leads me to believe that consciousness is distributed across life entities in

Re: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-04 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Everyone: I would now like to expand the discussion re the two current conclusions in the slightly edited version of the first post [below] as follows: i) Consciousness: The origin and purpose of life herein leads me to believe that consciousness is distributed across life entities in

RE: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-03 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Stephen: -Original Message- Hi Hal, Could it be that information is being created and forcing the physical universe to make room for its instantiation? After all, space is not a conserved quantity! [HH] I think that what you mention is at least part of the source

RE: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-03 Thread Hal Ruhl
and possibly a revision of the above. Thanks again for your comments. Hal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email

RE: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-02 Thread Hal Ruhl
/2012 9:48 PM, Hal Ruhl wrote: Hi Everyone: I would like to restart my participation on the list by having a discussion regarding the aspects of what we call life in our universe starting in a simple manner as follows: [terms not defined herein have the usual Laws of Physics definition] 1

RE: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-02 Thread Hal Ruhl
:27 PM, Hal Ruhl wrote: Let me refer you to a very old paper of mine: http://webpages.charter.net/stephenk1/Outlaw/life.html I took a quick look. I may need some help understanding it fully. I occasionally play with the idea that Dark Energy is a spatially uniform leak of information

RE: Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-11-02 Thread Hal Ruhl
, purpose, and qualia spectrum On 11/2/2012 4:27 PM, Hal Ruhl wrote: Let me refer you to a very old paper of mine: http://webpages.charter.net/stephenk1/Outlaw/life.html I took a quick look. I may need some help understanding it fully. I occasionally play with the idea that Dark Energy

Life: origin, purpose, and qualia spectrum

2012-10-31 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Everyone: I would like to restart my participation on the list by having a discussion regarding the aspects of what we call “life” in our universe starting in a simple manner as follows: [terms not defined herein have the usual “Laws of Physics” definition] 1) Definition (1): Energy (E)

RE: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Hal Ruhl
of QM in many universes] is allowed within my model but is not the only descriptor of universe evolution. Many evolving universes may contain no such computational component. Hal Ruhl -Original Message- From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

RE: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Hal Ruhl
a substantially increased level of comprehension of economics which is actually a result of any local physics. I can't accomplish this re most of Bruno's work since I am definitely not adequate in the relevant logic disciplines. Hal Ruhl From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything

RE: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Brent: I shall try to respond tomorrow. Hal Ruhl From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 8:41 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The limit of all computations On 5/23

RE: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Hal Ruhl
. Thus I see the model as containing, but not limited to, comp. Well, the model is still a work in progress. Hal Ruhl -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com

RE: everything-list and the Singularity

2010-04-04 Thread Hal Ruhl
I believe Stephen Gould indicated evolution was a random walk with a lower bound. It seems reasonable that the longest random walk would more or less double in length more or less periodically i.e. exponential growth. Hal Ruhl _ From: everything-list@googlegroups.com

Latest revision of my model

2010-04-03 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Everyone: I have not posted for awhile but here is the latest revision to my model: Hal Ruhl DEFINITIONS: V k 04/03/10 1) Distinction: That which describes a cut [boundary], such as the cut between red and other colors. 2) Devisor: That which encompasses a quantity

RE: Revisions to my approach. Is it a UD?

2009-01-03 Thread Hal Ruhl
on the list. This seems extremely insufficient. Thus I suspect that despite my real interest in developing an alternative means of communication for my ideas in this area, my primary reliance for communicating the model will unfortunately have to remain using as small a set of words as I can muster. Hal

Boltzmann Brains, consciousness and the arrow of time

2008-12-31 Thread Hal Finney
. If we are forced to attribute consciousness to sequences of events which occur purely by luck, then causality can't play a significant role. This is the rather surprising conclusion which I reached from these musings on Boltzmann Brains. Hal Finney

RE: Revisions to my approach. Is it a UD?

2008-12-29 Thread Hal Ruhl
, this lack of clarity seems to have been useful given your discussion of inconsistency driven traces. I had not considered this before. Yours Hal -Original Message- From: everything-l...@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-l...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Abram Demski Sent: Monday

RE: Revisions to my approach. Is it a UD?

2008-12-28 Thread Hal Ruhl
to my approach. Is it a UD? Hal, Is there a pattern to how the system responds to its own incompleteness? You say that there is not a pattern to the traces, but what do you mean by that? --- That is not what I actually said. I indicated that there were no restrictions on the copy

RE: Revisions to my approach. Is it a UD?

2008-12-27 Thread Hal Ruhl
on the outputted divisors. The output of new copies of the incomplete Divisor and splitting traces dovetails the dynamic. I think this contains a UD but the unrestricted nature of the traces seems to makes it more than that. Yours Hal -Original Message- From: everything-l

RE: everything wiki

2008-09-25 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Jonni: How does this affect the site? I was hoping to use it this winter. Yours Hal Ruhl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jonni jemp Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: everything wiki hi

RE: Simplest system?

2008-05-16 Thread Hal Ruhl
to be SAS. Hal Ruhl --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Simplest system?

2008-05-15 Thread Hal Ruhl
during the S(i) to S(i+1) transition. 12) The selector mechanism can be the simplest possible or be an ensemble of components ranging from simple to very complex. Some could be complex enough to be SAS. Hal Ruhl --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

RE: On Russell's Derivation of Quantum Mechanics

2008-04-27 Thread Hal Ruhl
from this derivation consciousness is not a requirement in order to have a process but may be present. Also from this derivation, the process is an inseparable part of the system. Hal Ruhl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell

RE: Observer Moment or Observer Space?

2008-04-02 Thread Hal Ruhl
to be information processing. I will accept that for now. Importantly it seem to move the two points of view closer together Hal Ruhl --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group

RE: Observer Moment or Observer Space?

2008-04-01 Thread Hal Ruhl
). It would be interesting to see how different the perspective is. Indeed. Hal Ruhl -- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052

RE: Observer Moment or Observer Space?

2008-03-31 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Russell: On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 09:35:47PM -0500, Hal Ruhl wrote: Hi Russell: In response to Jason you wrote: An OM is a state of a machine. In as far as the machine is embedded in space, the the OM is spread across space. Successive OMs involve state change, In my model

RE: Observer Moment or Observer Space?

2008-03-30 Thread Hal Ruhl
direction. I agree. Of course this finite amount of time will be observer dependent, How do you mean that. I do not see that state dwell duration differs within a given universe. I also do not see a fixed value even for a particular universe. Hal Ruhl

Re: Properties of observers

2008-02-11 Thread Hal Ruhl
be [incompleteness] by the Q(i). Are aspects also types of distinctions? Information could be called a distinguisher I suppose, but I currently prefer divisor as in that which lies between, or outlines distinguishables. Hal Ruhl At 09:02 AM 2/11/2008, you wrote: Hal, I lost you 2) - 13): I cannot

Re: Properties of observers

2008-02-10 Thread Hal Ruhl
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Re: Properties of observers

2008-02-09 Thread Hal Ruhl
[A-Inf] All Information. Well its a first try. Hal Ruhl --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group

Properties of observers

2008-02-03 Thread Hal Ruhl
aspects of the information dynamic appear to originate from the history of the dynamic for a particular Something and its resultant current incompleteness. Hal Ruhl --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: dark energy

2008-01-20 Thread Hal Ruhl
the Everything or in/of any of its sub sets. Hal Ruhl At 07:48 AM 1/20/2008, you wrote: George and Hal: Why does a question emerge? Why does it 'imply' to be answered? (I avoid 'why do we feel') Where did 'incompleteness' occur from? All these are very 'human' concepts and we impersonate them

Re: dark energy

2008-01-18 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi George: I see no feeling of anything in a Something. There is only an absence of the information needed to answer meaningful questions that are asked and must is be answered. Hal Ruhl At 11:13 PM 1/17/2008, you wrote: Hal, Allright. You are saying that incompleteness is the (only

Re: dark energy

2008-01-17 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi George: I see no motivator to any dynamics within the Everything other than the incompleteness of some of its members and the unavoidable necessity to progressively resolve this incompleteness. Hal Ruhl At 12:29 AM 1/17/2008, you wrote: Hal Ruhl wrote: This is an automatic process

Re: dark energy

2008-01-16 Thread Hal Ruhl
for any sub component of the Something including what one might call an observer. I may need to reconsider when I get to that point in Russell's book but my time restraints force me to take considerable time doing so. Hal Ruhl At 02:21 PM 1/16/2008, you wrote: Hi Hal, This topic interests me

Re: dark energy

2008-01-16 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi George: At 09:59 PM 1/16/2008, you wrote: Hal, I cannot follow you: one the one hand you say: Something if incomplete will have to increase its completeness to answer meaningful questions This is an automatic process like a mass has to answer to the forces [meaningful questions] applied

dark energy

2008-01-15 Thread Hal Ruhl
of a Something inside the Everything increases as the quest progresses. Hal Ruhl --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Russell's Theory of Nothing and time.

2008-01-09 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi John: At 04:01 PM 1/8/2008, you wrote: Hi, Hal: - Hopefully without risking strawmanship, a further remark on our humanly limited language (however infiltrating into the 'meaning' of texts): HR: ... What I indicated was all paths to completion. JM: does anything like 'completion' make

Re: Russell's Theory of Nothing and time.

2008-01-07 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi John: At 12:12 PM 1/7/2008, you wrote: Hal, I read your post with appreciation (did not follow EVERY word in it though) - it reminded me of my Naive Ode (no rhymes) of Ontology dating back into my pre-Everythinglist times, that started something like: ...In the Beginning

White Rabbits

2008-01-07 Thread Hal Ruhl
in this venue. There would be only one possible maximum size transitions and many possible small ones. In this approach large transitions that resemble White Rabbits would be uncommon and patternless White Rabbit events should not exist. Hal Ruhl

Russell's Theory of Nothing and time.

2008-01-06 Thread Hal Ruhl
over and over forever. Hal Ruhl --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL

Re: against UD+ASSA, part 1

2007-09-26 Thread Hal Finney
Wei Dai writes: I promised to summarize why I moved away from the philosophical position that Hal Finney calls UD+ASSA. Here's part 1, where I argue against ASSA. Part 2 will cover UD. Consider the following thought experiment. Suppose your brain has been destructively scanned and uploaded

Re: Conscious States vs. Conscious Computations

2007-09-26 Thread Hal Finney
data strings have their meaning implicitly within themselves, because there is no reasonable-length program that can interpret them as anything else. Hal Finney --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything

New Scientist: Parallel universes make quantum sense

2007-09-24 Thread Hal Finney
it's possible they might get somewhere. But at this point it looks like the resistance is too strong. Rather than string theory making the multiverse respectable as we might hope, it seems likely that the multiverse will kill string theory. Hal Finney

Re: The physical world is real

2007-09-24 Thread Hal Finney
measure. In the UDASSA model that I prefer, OM measure is essentially the sum of the measures of all programs that output that OM. If two universes instantiate it, both contribute measure to it (as do Boltzmann brains, demons with boxes, Matrixes and other simulators, etc.). Hal Finney

Re: One solution to the Measure Problem: UTM outputs a qualia, not a universe

2007-09-20 Thread Hal Finney
[By the way, I notice that I do not receive my own postings back in email, which makes my archive incomplete. Does anyone know if there is a way to configure the mailing list reflector to give me back my own messages?] Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 12:10:33PM -0700, Hal Finney

Re: One solution to the Measure Problem: UTM outputs a qualia, not a universe

2007-09-20 Thread Hal Finney
Stathis Papaioannou writes: On 20/09/2007, Hal Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The lifetime formulation also captures the intuition many people have that consciousness should not jump around as observer moments are created in the various simulations and scenarios we imagine in our

Re: One solution to the Measure Problem: UTM outputs a qualia, not a universe

2007-09-19 Thread Hal Finney
[I want to first note for the benefit of readers that I am Hal Finney and no relation to Hal Ruhl - it can be confusing having two Hal's on the list!] Rolf Nelson writes: UDASSA (if I'm interpreting it right, Hal?) says: 1. The measure of programs that produce OM (I am experiencing A, and I

Re: No(-)Justification Justifies The Everything Ensemble

2007-09-18 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Marc: The objects I use are divisions of the list - such divisions are static elements of the power set. My objects have nothing to do with programing and do not change - they can be the current state of a something on its path to completion. Hal At 12:13 AM 9/18/2007, you wrote

Re: No(-)Justification Justifies The Everything Ensemble

2007-09-18 Thread Hal Ruhl
or another resolution of a meaningful question the current system has insufficient content to otherwise resolve. So the process is mathematical but not mathematical system specific. By duration re the Nothing I do not intend a time factor but something more like a resource. Hal Ruhl

Re: No(-)Justification Justifies The Everything Ensemble

2007-09-17 Thread Hal Ruhl
- if present - would therefore mostly observe small changes. Hal Ruhl At 02:22 AM 9/17/2007, you wrote: Thank you for this remark, Hal. Indeed, you mentioned very similar ideas: List of all properties: The list of all possible properties objects can have. The list can not be empty since

Re: No(-)Justification Justifies The Everything Ensemble

2007-09-16 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Youness: I have been posting models based on a list of properties as the fundamental for a few years. Hal Ruhl At 06:36 PM 9/13/2007, you wrote: On 13 Sep., 19:44, Brent Meeker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Youness Ayaita wrote: This leads to the 2nd idea: We don't say that imaginable

Re: One solution to the Measure Problem: UTM outputs a qualia, not a universe

2007-09-16 Thread Hal Finney
://www.nabble.com/UDist-and-measure-of-observers-tf3056759.html Hal --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from

Re: How would a computer know if it were conscious?

2007-06-03 Thread Hal Finney
question of whether we are conscious may after all be something that we could be mistaken about. Hal --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL

How would a computer know if it were conscious?

2007-06-02 Thread Hal Finney
program the AI to say this, and to believe it (in whatever sense that word applies), but is it something an AI could logically conclude? Hal --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group

Re: Boltzmann brains

2007-06-01 Thread Hal Finney
Stathis Papaioannou [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 01/06/07, Hal Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The reference to Susskind is a paper we discussed here back in Aug 2002, Disturbing Implications of a Cosmological Constant, http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0208013 . The authors argued

Re: Boltzmann brains

2007-05-31 Thread Hal Finney
of the universe. A measure concept related to information might therefore reduce the measure of such brains to insignificance. Hal Finney --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post

Re: ASSA and Many-Worlds

2007-02-20 Thread Hal Ruhl
. The inconsistency is inherited by the dynamic so the dynamic has a random content. All levels of randomness of trips to completeness are allowed. A UD trace if I understand it correctly would be equivalent to a Nothing on a reasonably monotonic trip to completeness. Yours Hal Ruhl At 12:10 PM 2/20

Re: ASSA and Many-Worlds

2007-02-19 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Bruno: At 05:43 AM 2/19/2007, you wrote: Le 18-févr.-07, à 03:33, Hal Ruhl a écrit : Hi Bruno: In response I will start with some assumptions central to my approach. The first has to do with the process of making a list. The assumption is: Making a list of items [which

Re: ASSA and Many-Worlds

2007-02-17 Thread Hal Ruhl
related successions are allowed. Successions displaying any degree of randomness are also allowed. I would like to finish the walk through of my model before discussing white rabbits and observation. Yours Hal Ruhl At 09:49 AM 2/12/2007, you wrote: Hi Hal, Le 12-févr.-07, à 03:37, Hal Ruhl

Re: ASSA and Many-Worlds

2007-02-17 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi John: This is what brought me to the idea that while all objects have simultaneous existence they also can have degrees of hyper existence. Hyper existence is like a tag that indicates states that are, those that are becoming, and those that have recently been [so to speak]. Hal Ruhl

Re: Jason + Stathis

2007-02-11 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Jason: I want to thank you for you work re a centralized place to keep the various essences of the list and their variations. Hal Ruhl --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group

Re: ASSA and Many-Worlds

2007-02-11 Thread Hal Ruhl
are present. Hal Ruhl At 04:23 AM 2/9/2007, you wrote: Le 07-févr.-07, à 02:45, Hal Ruhl a écrit : Given an uncountably infinite number of objects generated from a countably infinite list of properties and an uncountably infinite number of UD's in the metaphor I can not see an issue

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