what about robotic civilisations-that is to say instead of humans civilasionastions of what we'd consider robots that might be able to live places humans cant or won't
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for reminding me about this book. I'd read it many years ago > (when I still knew maths) as an online PDF, which luckily I had still > kept saved somewhere. > > Could anyone on this list update me if a "Quantum Copernican > Principle" *referred to in Chapter 7 (?) "Quantum mechanics and the > Anthropic Principle" of the book is still somewhat accepted / > discredited in the academic community. This is in the context of > classical universes and Many Worlds Interpretation. > > PS: Its a wonderful book, takes heavy going, and has all the > essentials of a book I'd like to read 10 years from now. > > Sarbajit > > On 4/2/12, Tom Carter <t...@astarte.csustan.edu> wrote: > > Owen - > > > > Can't remember if I've recommended this here in the past . . . but > apropos > > various of these topics is "The Anthropic Cosmological Principle" by > Barrow > > and Tipler. It's getting a bit old now (1988), but I think still worth > the > > read . . . they cover tons of fascinating stuff . . . (and are likely to > > annoy more than a few :-) > > > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Anthropic-Cosmological-Principle-Oxford-Paperbacks/dp/0192821474 > > > > Thanks . . . > > > > tom > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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