Re: Belief Statements

2005-01-10 Thread Alastair Malcolm
- Original Message - From: Hal Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: everything-list@eskimo.com Sent: 09 January 2005 16:21 Subject: Re: Belief Statements Alastair Malcolm writes: For my own part, I give strong credibility (50%) to the existence of many worlds in some guise or other, and in

Re: Belief Statements

2005-01-10 Thread Alastair Malcolm
- Original Message - From: Norman Samish [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: everything-list@eskimo.com Sent: 09 January 2005 19:28 Subject: Re: Belief Statements I can't conceive of space-time being anything other than infinite. The existence of all logically possible worlds seems necessary in

Re: Belief Statements

2005-01-10 Thread John M
Comments below, please. John M - Original Message - From: Hal Ruhl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: everything-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 8:16 PM Subject: Re: Belief Statements Hi Russell: My dynamic in part produces worlds that appear to have time as a property but also

Re: Belief Statements

2005-01-10 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Russell: At 06:50 PM 1/10/2005, you wrote: It is an assumption (or perhaps postulate: the Time postulate). It is amenable to debate, just as Euclid's axioms are. I offer the following points in its favour: 1) Observation is the process of creating information, by distinguishing differences