: Bitstrings, Ontological Status and Time
Stephen Paul King writes:
I would agree that Time is just a coordinate (system), or as Leibniz
claimed an order of succession, if we are considering only events in
space-time that we can specify, e.g. take as a posteriori. What I am
trying
to argue
On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 01:55:39PM -0700, Hal Finney wrote:
Sure, in fact I first learned of the idea from one of Tegmark's
papers, he who is unknowingly one of the founding fathers of this list.
Unknowingly? Tegmark was certainly involved in this list in the early
days, but I suspect he
Dear Jesse,
I must apologize for my post last night, I had drunk a little too much
beer. ;-)
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From: Jesse Mazer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Stephen:
At 04:37 PM 5/6/2005, you wrote:
Dear Hal,
No, I disagree. The mere a priori existence of bit strings is not
enough to imply necessity that what we experience 1st person view points.
At best it allows the possibility that the bit strings could be
implemented. You see the problem
Time is just a coordinate, in relativity theory. The time coordinate
has an opposite sign to the space coordinates, and that subtle difference
is responsible for all of the enormous apparent difference between space
and time.
Granted, relativity theory is not a complete and accurate
Dear Hal,
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Time is just a coordinate, in relativity theory. The time coordinate
has an opposite sign
Stephen Paul King wrote:
Dear Hal,
[HF]
Granted, relativity theory is not a complete and accurate specification
of the world in which we live (that requires QM to be incorporated),
but it is still a self-consistent model which illustrates how time can
be dealt with mathematically in a uniform way
Stephen Paul King writes:
I would agree that Time is just a coordinate (system), or as Leibniz
claimed an order of succession, if we are considering only events in
space-time that we can specify, e.g. take as a posteriori. What I am trying
to argue is that we can not do this in the a
Dear Hal,
No, I disagree. The mere a priori existence of bit strings is not enough
to imply necessity that what we experience 1st person view points. At best
it allows the possibility that the bit strings could be implemented. You see
the problem is that it is impossible to derive Change or
Stephen Paul King wrote:
No, I disagree. The mere a priori existence of bit strings is not
enough to imply necessity that what we experience 1st person view points.
At best it allows the possibility that the bit strings could be
implemented. You see the problem is that it is impossible to
Dear Jesse,
Interleaving.
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From: Jesse Mazer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 5:02 PM
Subject: RE: Bitstrings, Ontological Status and Time
Stephen Paul King wrote:
No, I disagree. The mere a priori
Dear Brent,
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From: Brent Meeker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Stephen Paul King [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 1:30 PM
Subject: RE: Bitstrings, Ontological Status and Time
Julian Barbour's idea of time is just an ordering relation between
self-contained
Stephen Paul King wrote:
Dear Jesse,
Interleaving.
Stephen Paul King wrote:
No, I disagree. The mere a priori existence of bit strings is not
enough to imply necessity that what we experience 1st person view points.
At best it allows the possibility that the bit strings could be
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From: Jesse Mazer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: Bitstrings, Ontological Status and Time
But what does physical level even mean, if universes or observer-moments
are just elements
Stephen Paul King:
Jesse,
With all seriousness.
Reach out that element of the set of all mathematical forms that most
people call a hand, ball it into a fist, and pull it toward your face as
hard as you can. Feel that effect, the blinding headache, please explain it
away by repeating what
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