Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > Le 09-juil.-07, à 17:41, Torgny Tholerus a écrit : ... > Our universe is the result of some set of rules. The interesting > thing is to discover the specific rules that span our universe. > > > > > Assuming comp, I don't find plausible that "our universe" can be the > result of some set of rules. Even without comp the "arithmetical > universe" or arithmetical truth (the "ONE" attached to the little Peano > Arithmetic Lobian machine) cannot be described by finite set of rules.
But it can be "the result of" a finite set of rules. Arithmetic results from Peano's axioms, but a complete description of arithmetic is impossible. > The Universal Dovetailer Argument (UDA) shows that even a cup of coffee > is eventually described by the probabilistic interferences of an > infinity of computations occurring in the Universal deployment (UD*), > which by the way explains why we cannot really duplicate exactly any > piece of apparent matter (comp-no cloning). > It is an open question if those theoretical interferences correspond to > the quantum one. Studying the difference between the comp interference > and the quantum interferences gives a way to measure experimentally the > degree of plausibility of comp. > > > Bruno --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---