Re: Tipler Weighs In

2005-05-16 Thread Stephen Paul King
Dear Stathis, - Original Message - From: "Stathis Papaioannou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:28 AM Subject: Re: Tipler Weighs In Dear Stephen, Pearce spends considerable time in his the

Re: Tipler Weighs In

2005-05-16 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
topias. More modern treatments include Philip Ball's "Critical Mass". Stephen - Original Message - From: "Stathis Papaioannou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 10:57 PM Subject: Re: Tipler Weighs In David Pearce is

Re: Tipler Weighs In

2005-05-16 Thread Stephen Paul King
- Original Message - From: "Stathis Papaioannou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 10:57 PM Subject: Re: Tipler Weighs In David Pearce is a British philosopher with Utilitarian leanings, and his extensive "HedWeb"

Re: Tipler Weighs In

2005-05-16 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
id misinterpretations which I may have introduced by my editing.) Norman Samish - Original Message - From: ""Hal Finney"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 5:16 PM Subject: Re: Tipler Weighs In Lee Corbin points to Tipler&#

Re: Tipler Weighs In

2005-05-16 Thread Norman Samish
(Please go to the URL to avoid misinterpretations which I may have introduced by my editing.) Norman Samish - Original Message - From: ""Hal Finney"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 5:16 PM Subject: Re: Tipler Weighs In Lee Co

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2005-05-16 Thread danny mayes
Man! Talk about a full plate of new (and speculative) ideas. I'm sure it would be if nothing else and interesting read. I'll wait for the popular book (which I'm sure will come). In the meantime, thanks for summarizing. One idea that was interesting (and I have thought myself), was whether

Re: Tipler Weighs In

2005-05-16 Thread "Hal Finney"
Lee Corbin points to Tipler's March 2005 paper "The Structure of the World From Pure Numbers": http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0034-4885/68/4/R04 I tried to read this paper, but it was 60 pages long and extremely technical, mostly over my head. The gist of it was an updating of Tipler's Omega Poin

Tipler Weighs In

2005-05-15 Thread Lee Corbin
>From Tipler's March 2005 paper "The Structure of the World From Pure Numbers": Can the structure of physical reality be inferred by a pure mathematician? As Einstein posed it, "Did God have any choice when he created the universe?" Or is mathematics a mere handmaiden to the Queen of the Science