On 10 January 2014 06:50, Stephen Paul King <[email protected]>wrote:
> > >> (Unless comp is false or that we are manipulated through a normal >> simulation). >> Physics is transformed into the study of a lawful precise arithmetical >> phenomenon of a type "first person plural experience". >> > > Not unless we are only considering a solipsistic observer! To obtain > physics we need some means to define interactions and communications > between multiple separable observers. This is a Bodies (plural) problem. > Each observer can be shown to have FPI by your argument, but that is about > it. Everything else requires more assumptions, like maybe some kind of ASSA. > > I also agree with Stephen here. Comp does seem to imply solipsism, I think we've discussed this before but I don't recall the answer - is it an open problem? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
