> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- > Van: "Bruno Marchal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Aan: "Saibal Mitra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: "everything" <everything-list@eskimo.com> > Verzonden: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 11:39 AM > Onderwerp: Re: Implications of MWI > > > > > > > Le 01-mai-05, à 16:51, Saibal Mitra a écrit : > > > > > The MWI made me take the idea of multiple universes/multiple realities > > > serious. When I joined this list I believed that quantum suicide could > > > work, > > > but I later found out that it cannot possibly work. I now believe that > > > there > > > exists an ensemble of all possible mathematical > > > models/descriptions/computer > > > programs. These things exist in a mathematical sense. For this idea to > > > work > > > (to yield predictions that are consistent with the known laws of > > > physics) > > > one has to assume that there exists a measure that prefers simple > > > programs > > > over complex programs. > > > > > > Why? You may be right, but why? How will you make abstraction of > > complex programs > > generated by the DU and getting close to your actual computational > > states? > > What about complex programs generating simple programs? > > > > I do believe simple programs play some role, but not because they would > > have > > an higher measure, just because they will handle genuine relationship > > with all > > the running of all other programs. > > > > Well, I just obseve that we live in a universe which is described by > relatively simple laws of physics. The actual reason for that could perhaps > be explained by your theory. > > > Saibal > >
