Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 May 2012, at 04:00, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 06:20:29PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 27 May 2012, at 12:15, Russell Standish wrote: I still don't follow. If I have proved a is true in some world, why should I infer that it is true in all worlds? What am I

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 May 2012, at 10:37, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 May 2012, at 04:00, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 06:20:29PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 27 May 2012, at 12:15, Russell Standish wrote: I still don't follow. If I have proved a is true in some world, why should I

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 May 2012, at 11:35, Russell Standish wrote: On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:37:53AM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 May 2012, at 04:00, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 06:20:29PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 27 May 2012, at 12:15, Russell Standish wrote: I still

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-28 Thread meekerdb
On 5/28/2012 1:37 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: I am mute on the subject of whether p is true in any other world (unless I can use an axiom like the above). By the logicians notion of proof, if you prove a proposition, it is true in all worlds/model/interpretation. But the 'worlds' are defined

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-27 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 26.05.2012 21:06 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 26 May 2012, at 16:48, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 26.05.2012 11:30 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 26 May 2012, at 08:47, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: ... In my view, it would be nicer to treat such a question historically. Your

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-27 Thread Russell Standish
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 03:42:15PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: But a = Ba is a valid rule for all logic having a Kripke semantics. Why? Because it means that a is supposed to be valid (for example you have already prove it), so a, like any theorem, will be true in all worlds, so a will be

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 May 2012, at 12:15, Russell Standish wrote: On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 03:42:15PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: But a = Ba is a valid rule for all logic having a Kripke semantics. Why? Because it means that a is supposed to be valid (for example you have already prove it), so a, like any

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 May 2012, at 12:15, Russell Standish wrote: On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 03:42:15PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: But a = Ba is a valid rule for all logic having a Kripke semantics. Why? Because it means that a is supposed to be valid (for example you have already prove it), so a, like any

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 May 2012, at 09:46, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 26.05.2012 21:06 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 26 May 2012, at 16:48, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 26.05.2012 11:30 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 26 May 2012, at 08:47, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: ... In my view, it would be

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-27 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 06:20:29PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 27 May 2012, at 12:15, Russell Standish wrote: I still don't follow. If I have proved a is true in some world, why should I infer that it is true in all worlds? What am I missing? I realize my previous answer might be too

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-26 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 24.05.2012 09:52 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 23 May 2012, at 20:19, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: ... nominalism that they are just notation and do not exist as such independently from the mind. But that distinction is usually made in the aristotelian context, where some concrete

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 May 2012, at 08:47, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 24.05.2012 09:52 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 23 May 2012, at 20:19, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: ... nominalism that they are just notation and do not exist as such independently from the mind. But that distinction is usually made in

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-26 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 26.05.2012 11:30 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 26 May 2012, at 08:47, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: ... In my view, it would be nicer to treat such a question historically. Your position based on your theorem, after all, is one of possible positions. What do you mean by my position? I

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-26 Thread Pzomby
On Saturday, May 26, 2012 7:48:41 AM UTC-7, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 26.05.2012 11:30 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 26 May 2012, at 08:47, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: ... In my view, it would be nicer to treat such a question historically. Your position based on your theorem,

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 May 2012, at 16:48, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 26.05.2012 11:30 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 26 May 2012, at 08:47, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: ... In my view, it would be nicer to treat such a question historically. Your position based on your theorem, after all, is one of

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 24 May 2012, at 19:48, meekerdb wrote: On 5/24/2012 6:42 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 May 2012, at 09:07, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 04:41:56PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: To be sure I usually use - for the material implication, that is a - b is indeed not a or

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-24 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 23 May 2012, at 20:19, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 23.05.2012 20:01 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 23 May 2012, at 19:19, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: ... Let us take terms like information, computation, etc. Are they mental or mathematical? Information is vague, and can be both.

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-24 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 04:41:56PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: To be sure I usually use - for the material implication, that is a - b is indeed not a or b (or not(a and not b)). The IF ... THEN used in math is generally of that type. I use a = b for from a I can derive b, in the theory I

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-24 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 24 May 2012, at 09:07, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 04:41:56PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: To be sure I usually use - for the material implication, that is a - b is indeed not a or b (or not(a and not b)). The IF ... THEN used in math is generally of that type. I use

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-24 Thread meekerdb
On 5/24/2012 6:42 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 May 2012, at 09:07, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 04:41:56PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: To be sure I usually use - for the material implication, that is a - b is indeed not a or b (or not(a and not b)). The IF ... THEN

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 23 May 2012, at 01:22, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/22/2012 6:01 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net No, Bruno, it is not Neutral monism as such cannot assume any particular as primitive, even if it is quantity itself, for to do such is to

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Russell Standish
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 09:56:24AM -0500, Joseph Knight wrote: On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: On 5/21/2012 6:26 PM, Russell Standish wrote: Yes, that is the usual meaning. It can also be written (DP or not COMP). = = or not]

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 23 May 2012, at 07:21, Russell Standish wrote: On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 09:56:24AM -0500, Joseph Knight wrote: On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: On 5/21/2012 6:26 PM, Russell Standish wrote: Yes, that is the usual meaning. It can also be

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 23 May 2012, at 02:54, meekerdb wrote: On 5/22/2012 4:22 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/22/2012 6:01 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net No, Bruno, it is not Neutral monism as such cannot assume any particular as primitive, even if it is

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread meekerdb
On 5/23/2012 8:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Hmm... I agree with all your points in this post, except this one. The comp model (theory) has much more predictive power than physics, given that it predicts the whole of physics, It's easy to predict the whole of physics; just predict that

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 23.05.2012 10:47 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 23 May 2012, at 01:22, Stephen P. King wrote: ... If mathematical objects are not within the category of Mental then that is news to philosophers... If mathematical objects are within the category of Mental then that is news to

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/23/2012 4:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 May 2012, at 01:22, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/22/2012 6:01 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net No, Bruno, it is not Neutral monism as such cannot assume any

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/5/23 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/23/2012 4:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 May 2012, at 01:22, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/22/2012 6:01 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net No, Bruno, it is not Neutral monism as such

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/23/2012 1:19 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 23.05.2012 10:47 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 23 May 2012, at 01:22, Stephen P. King wrote: ... If mathematical objects are not within the category of Mental then that is news to philosophers... If mathematical objects are within the

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 23.05.2012 19:43 Stephen P. King said the following: ... There seems to be a divergence of definitions occurring. It might be better for me to withdraw from philosophical discussions for a while and focus just on mathematical questions, like the dependence on order of a basis... I

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 23 May 2012, at 19:19, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 23.05.2012 10:47 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 23 May 2012, at 01:22, Stephen P. King wrote: ... If mathematical objects are not within the category of Mental then that is news to philosophers... If mathematical objects are

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 23.05.2012 20:01 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 23 May 2012, at 19:19, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: ... Let us take terms like information, computation, etc. Are they mental or mathematical? Information is vague, and can be both. Computation is mathematical, by using the Church

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 23 May 2012, at 19:23, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/23/2012 4:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 May 2012, at 01:22, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/22/2012 6:01 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net No, Bruno, it is not Neutral monism as such

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 23 May 2012, at 19:08, meekerdb wrote: On 5/23/2012 8:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Hmm... I agree with all your points in this post, except this one. The comp model (theory) has much more predictive power than physics, given that it predicts the whole of physics, It's easy to predict

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread meekerdb
On 5/23/2012 11:28 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 May 2012, at 19:08, meekerdb wrote: On 5/23/2012 8:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Hmm... I agree with all your points in this post, except this one. The comp model (theory) has much more predictive power than physics, given that it predicts the

RE: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Hal Ruhl
Of meekerdb Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:52 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The limit of all computations On 5/23/2012 11:28 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 May 2012, at 19:08, meekerdb wrote: On 5/23/2012 8:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Hmm... I agree with all your

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread meekerdb
On 5/23/2012 1:20 PM, Hal Ruhl wrote: Hi Brent: What you appear to be asking for are predictions of the physics of a particular universe. It's the other extreme from 'predicting' everything happens. Since we only have the one physical universe against which to test the prediction, it's the

RE: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Hal Ruhl
-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:41 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The limit of all computations On 5/23/2012 1:20 PM, Hal Ruhl wrote: Hi Brent: What you appear to be asking for are predictions of the physics of a particular

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread meekerdb
On 5/23/2012 4:42 PM, Hal Ruhl wrote: Hi Brent: I ask if it is reasonable to propose that a theory of everything must be able to list ALL the aspects of the local physics for each one of a complete catalog of universes? But I wasn't asking for ALL the aspects, just a few very general ones

RE: The limit of all computations

2012-05-23 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Brent: I shall try to respond tomorrow. Hal Ruhl From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 8:41 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The limit of all computations On 5/23

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread meekerdb
On 5/21/2012 10:56 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 3:49 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/21 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 7:54 AM,

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/5/22 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net On 5/21/2012 10:56 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 3:49 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/21 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 7:54 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote:

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/21/2012 6:26 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 07:42:01AM -0400, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/21/2012 12:33 AM, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:06:05PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 9:27 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: 4) What is the cardinality of

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/22/2012 3:35 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/22 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net On 5/21/2012 10:56 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 3:49 PM, Quentin

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Joseph Knight
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: On 5/21/2012 6:26 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 07:42:01AM -0400, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/21/2012 12:33 AM, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:06:05PM -0700, meekerdb

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 22 May 2012, at 14:36, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/21/2012 6:26 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 07:42:01AM -0400, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/21/2012 12:33 AM, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:06:05PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 9:27 AM,

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/22/2012 10:56 AM, Joseph Knight wrote: On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net wrote: On 5/21/2012 6:26 PM, Russell Standish wrote: snip Hi Russell, I once thought that consistency, in mathematics, was

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/22/2012 10:56 AM, Joseph Knight wrote: On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: On 5/21/2012 6:26 PM, Russell Standish wrote: snip Hi Russell, I once thought that consistency, in

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Joseph Knight
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: On 5/22/2012 10:56 AM, Joseph Knight wrote: On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: On 5/21/2012 6:26 PM, Russell Standish wrote: snip Hi Russell, I once thought

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/22/2012 11:53 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 22 May 2012, at 14:36, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/21/2012 6:26 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 07:42:01AM -0400, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/21/2012 12:33 AM, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:06:05PM

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/22/2012 11:53 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 22 May 2012, at 14:36, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/21/2012 6:26 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 07:42:01AM -0400, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/21/2012 12:33 AM, Russell

RE: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Everyone: Unfortunately I have been unable to support a post reading/creation activity on this list for a long time. I had started this post as a comment to one of Russell's responses [Hi Russell] to a post by Stephen [Hi Stephen]. I have a model (considerably revised here) that I have been

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/22/2012 6:01 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net No, Bruno, it is not Neutral monism as such cannot assume any particular as primitive, even if it is quantity itself, for to do such is to violate the very

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread meekerdb
On 5/22/2012 4:22 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/22/2012 6:01 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net No, Bruno, it is not Neutral monism as such cannot assume any particular as primitive, even if it is quantity

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-22 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/5/23 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/22/2012 6:01 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net No, Bruno, it is not Neutral monism as such cannot assume any particular as primitive, even if it is quantity itself, for to do such is to

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 May 2012, at 18:27, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 6:06 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: In Bruno's theory, the physical world is not computed by an algorithm, the physical world is the limit of all computations going throught your current state... what is computable is your

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 21 May 2012, at 07:31, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 8:15 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: Yes. Are those entities that exist from the beginning (which is what ontological primitivity implies...) or are they aspects of the unfolding reality? I think they are concepts we made up.

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 May 2012, at 21:06, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 9:27 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 6:06 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: In Bruno's theory, the physical world is not computed by an algorithm, the physical world is the limit of all computations going throught your current

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:06:05PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 9:27 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: 4) What is the cardinality of all computations? Aleph1. Actually, it is aleph_0. The set of all computations is countable. OTOH, the set of all experiences (under COMP) is uncountable

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/21/2012 12:33 AM, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:06:05PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 9:27 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: 4) What is the cardinality of all computations? Aleph1. Actually, it is aleph_0. The set of all computations is countable. OTOH, the set of

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/21/2012 1:55 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: No it's not a computation, it arises because at every step, computations diverge into new sets of infinite computations, giving rise to the 1p indeterminacy. Quentin Hi Quentin, So could we agree that the idea that the universe is

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/5/21 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 1:55 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: No it's not a computation, it arises because at every step, computations diverge into new sets of infinite computations, giving rise to the 1p indeterminacy. Quentin Hi Quentin, So could

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/21/2012 7:54 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/21 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 1:55 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: No it's not a computation, it arises because at every step, computations diverge into new sets of

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread meekerdb
On 5/20/2012 9:33 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:06:05PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 9:27 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: 4) What is the cardinality of all computations? Aleph1. Actually, it is aleph_0. I see that the set of all programs is countable. The set

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/21/2012 7:54 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/21 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 1:55 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: No it's not a computation, it arises because at every step, computations diverge into new sets of

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/5/21 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 7:54 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/21 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 1:55 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: No it's not a computation, it arises because at every step, computations diverge into new sets of

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread meekerdb
On 5/21/2012 12:51 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 21 May 2012, at 07:31, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 8:15 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: Yes. Are those entities that exist from the beginning (which is what ontological primitivity implies...) or are they aspects of the unfolding reality?

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 07:42:01AM -0400, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/21/2012 12:33 AM, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:06:05PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 9:27 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: 4) What is the cardinality of all computations? Aleph1. Actually, it is

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/21/2012 3:49 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/21 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 7:54 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/21 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 1:55 AM,

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-21 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/5/22 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 3:49 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/21 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 7:54 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/21 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/21/2012 1:55 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote:

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/20/2012 6:06 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: In Bruno's theory, the physical world is not computed by an algorithm, the physical world is the limit of all computations going throught your current state... what is computable is your current state, an infinity of computations goes through it.

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/5/20 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/20/2012 6:06 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: In Bruno's theory, the physical world is not computed by an algorithm, the physical world is the limit of all computations going throught your current state... what is computable is your current

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread meekerdb
On 5/20/2012 9:27 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 6:06 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: In Bruno's theory, the physical world is not computed by an algorithm, the physical world is the limit of all computations going throught your current state... what is computable is your current state,

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread meekerdb
On 5/20/2012 10:03 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 3) Is there at least one physical system running the computations? No, if the UDA is correct... well technically there still could be a primitive physical universe, but you could not use it to correctly predict your next moment, nor what you

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/20/2012 1:03 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/5/20 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net On 5/20/2012 6:06 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: In Bruno's theory, the physical world is not computed by an algorithm, the physical world is the limit of all

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/20/2012 3:06 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 9:27 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 6:06 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: In Bruno's theory, the physical world is not computed by an algorithm, the physical world is the limit of all computations going throught your current state...

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread meekerdb
On 5/20/2012 1:31 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: My point is that for there to exist an a priori given string of numbers that is equivalent our universe there must exist a computation of the homomorphies between all possible 4-manifolds. Why? Markov theorem tells us that no such homomorphy

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/20/2012 4:39 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 1:31 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: My point is that for there to exist an a priori given string of numbers that is equivalent our universe there must exist a computation of the homomorphies between all possible 4-manifolds. Why? Hi Brent,

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/20/2012 7:13 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 4:39 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 1:31 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: My point is that for there to exist an a priori given string of numbers that is equivalent our universe there must exist a computation of the homomorphies

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread meekerdb
On 5/20/2012 4:13 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 4:39 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 1:31 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: My point is that for there to exist an a priori given string of numbers that is equivalent our universe there must exist a computation of the homomorphies between

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread meekerdb
On 5/20/2012 4:25 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: I need to add a remark here. We cannot just assume one particular 4-manifold as the one we exist on/in. We have to consider the entire ensemble of them to even ask coherent questions about the one we are in. But we don't have to assume the

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/20/2012 8:08 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 4:13 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 4:39 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 1:31 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: My point is that for there to exist an a priori given string of numbers that is equivalent our universe there must exist a

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread meekerdb
On 5/20/2012 6:53 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 8:08 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 4:13 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 4:39 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 1:31 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: My point is that for there to exist an a priori given string of numbers that

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread meekerdb
On 5/20/2012 6:53 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: The result is an exhaustive classification of compact 4-mainifolds. The absence of such a classification neither prevents nor entails the existence of the manifolds. But you fail to see that without the means to define the manifolds, there is

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/20/2012 10:17 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 6:53 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 8:08 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 4:13 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 4:39 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 1:31 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: My point is that for there to exist an

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread Stephen P. King
On 5/20/2012 10:26 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 6:53 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: The result is an exhaustive classification of compact 4-mainifolds. The absence of such a classification neither prevents nor entails the existence of the manifolds. But you fail to see that without the

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread meekerdb
On 5/20/2012 8:15 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 10:17 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 6:53 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 8:08 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 4:13 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 5/20/2012 4:39 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 1:31 PM, Stephen P. King

Re: The limit of all computations

2012-05-20 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/5/21 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 5/20/2012 4:39 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2012 1:31 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: My point is that for there to exist an a priori given string of numbers that is equivalent our universe there must exist a computation of the homomorphies