--- Jef Allbright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/1/07, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What I argue is this: the fact that Occam's Razor holds suggests that the > > universe is a computation. > > Matt - > > Would you please clarify how/why you think B follows from A in your > preceding statement?
Hutter's proof requires that the environment have a computable distribution. http://www.hutter1.net/ai/aixigentle.htm So in any universe of this type, Occam's Razor should hold. If Occam's Razor did not hold, then we could conclude that the universe is not computable. The fact that Occam's Razor does hold means we cannot rule out the possibility that the universe is simulated. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=11983
