Re: Information and the 'physical universe'

2001-02-05 Thread Marchal
Hi James, In conversations with friends, I am often asked why the minimal Kolmogorov complexity of Tegmark's schema has any relevance to the physical world. Why should information theory tell us anything about the 'real' world? What grounds do we have to believe that the stuff of the 'physical'

Apologies

2001-02-05 Thread Marchal
Thanks to Bruno, I am experiencing a kind of nomenclatorial fusion with Gilles Henri. I have become Gille Levy. I wonder who George Henri is. :-) Sorry George ! I quite clearly distinguish persons but I do have problems with names ... I guess you know who is *Gilles* Henri ! You know, in