On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 09:01:41AM -0700, glen e. p. ropella wrote: > Steve Smith wrote at 04/25/2013 08:08 PM: > > But let's see if something emerges on FOAR > > of merit regarding Deutsch and the Multiverse! > > I subscribed. But, _sheesh_, 41 e-mails since I stopped reading > yesterday. And lots of acronyms and jargon. It'll take quite an > investment to ramp up. Thanks for the link Russell. >
There is currently a very active (and sometimes heated) discussion about something called the movie graph argument (MGA), which proposes to show that computationalism is incompatible with materialism. It is quite technical. Just ignore it if it doesn't interest you. As for multiverse stuff, most of the participants are died-in-the wool MWI people. You could try asking a question, or posing a difficulty that the Multiverse might have. Or you could ask about Deutsh's physical turing principle. Just suggestions. Until the current MGA discussion dies down, I'm trying to avoid other threads - but I'll no doubt weigh in on something that looks interesting. Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
