Re: Fw: SAS and mathematical existence

2003-11-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi John, Digitality and its application is human invention and humans APPLY it to the world. OK, but then the difference between human and non human is also a human invention, and humans apply it to what they see, or believe to see. With a different evolutionary setup of brainfunctions we

SAS and mathematical existence

2003-11-06 Thread Alberto Gómez
, or in a computer simulation defined by a complex enough algorithm (These three alternative ways of describing universes may be isomorphic, being the first a particular case or not. The computability of our universe doesn't matter for this question). So the mathematical existence, when SAS are possible inside

Re: SAS and mathematical existence

2003-11-06 Thread David Kwinter
outside of any conscience? The issue is not to question that mathematical existence (with SAS) implies physical existence, (according with the above arguments it is equivalent). The question is the mathematical existence itself. I think Tegmark's level 4 explains-away any fine tuning of our