Dear Joao, Is this the statement of a person that bases their belief in faith or reason?
Sincerly, Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joao Leao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lennart Nilsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Everything List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 11:18 AM Subject: Re: Fw: Something for Platonists > Speaking as a devout Platonist I see nothing much to contemplate > in Deutsch's statement! Whether the Universe is computable, as > he states without argument, or the computable subrealm of the > mathematical world coincides with the physical, which he > believes for unstated reasons, is of no concern to me or any > self-respecting Platonist. The Realm of Forms is entirely > separate from the physical universe which is nothing but > an inept and corrupt model of it. Our physical theories, > and Deutsh's speculations are even crappier versions of > that model which capture nothing but mere glimpses of > the Platonic World and thus are destined to be surpassed. > > Computation may be indeed a fairly acceptable measure > of our ineptitude to see into Platonia: that is a plausible > hypothesis. But the fact that we know of the realm of > the uncomputable and that we can access its truths > irrespective of our finite computational capabilities > is an entirely more profound statement than any of > Deutsch dubious speculations... > > -Joao Leao