Hi Hal, Le Dimanche 31 Juillet 2005 19:06, Hal Finney a écrit : > SNIP > > This shows that the program really did create the observer-moment, because > there was little extra data in the map program. The correspondence was > in the calculation, not in the map.
In all of these discussion, it is really this point that annoy me... What is the calculation ? Is it a physical process ? Obviously a calculation need time... what is the difference between an abstract calculation (ie: one which is done on a sheet of paper or just in your head) with an "effective" calculation ? What is the meaning of "instantiating" in a block universe view ? Quentin