Re: Wolfram 2,3 Turing Machine

2007-10-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 24-oct.-07, à 20:32, Tom Caylor a écrit : This might be of interest to some of you, for instance Bruno, since one of the ideals expounded here is keep it simple. Sorry I haven't been participating here. From Wolfram Science Group: We're excited to announce that the $25,000 Wolfram

Re: What are the consequences of UD+ASSA?

2007-10-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 25-oct.-07, à 03:25, Wei Dai a écrit : Rolf Nelson wrote: 1. Provides a possible explanation for the Measure Problem of why we shouldn't be extremely surprised to find we live in a lawful universe, rather than an extremely chaotic universe, or a homogeneous cloud of gas. One thing I

Re: What are the consequences of UD+ASSA?

2007-10-25 Thread Wei Dai
Rolf Nelson wrote: Your observations to date are consistent with all three models. What are the odds that you live in (2) but not (1) or (3)? Surely the answer is extremely high, but how do we justify it *mathematically* (and philosophically)? My current position is, forget the odds. Let's

Re: What are the consequences of UD+ASSA?

2007-10-25 Thread Tom Caylor
On Oct 25, 3:25 am, Bruno Marchal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le 25-oct.-07, à 03:25, Wei Dai a écrit : Rolf Nelson wrote: An example that Yudowsky gave: you might spend resources on constructing a unique arrow pointing at yourself, in order to increase your measure by making it easier