On 18 August 2014 14:15, Pierz <pier...@gmail.com> wrote: OK that may be true, but without an observer, nothing will exist to select > out that computation from the chaotic infinities. I don't know how you can > say that the leaf meaningfully exists, because other computational threads > will destroy the leaf instantly, do every conceivable thing to it, and then > who can say there's a leaf? Without an observer's measure it has no > stability and can only be projected artificially into the computations by > some observer who already has the concept of a leaf. Frankly I'm surprised > to hear you argue this. >
I agree. I've said before that it requires a truly heroic effort of the imagination to rid oneself of the implicit notion of a "default interpreter" (God?) that continues to see "what's there" even in the absence of any other possibility of knowledge. David -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.