Re: James Higgo

2001-08-18 Thread Fred Chen
I was shocked to hear of James Higgo's passing. I still have his replies to some of my postings. The multiverse concept is of little comfort on occasions like these.   Fred

Re: Universes with different laws?

2001-08-18 Thread Fred Chen
Saibal Mitra wrote: > According to quantum theory there exists a finite probability that someone > will simulate me in a virtual environment using a computer. This means that > there is a finite probability that I could wake up in a virtual world with > different effective laws of physics. Of co

Re: Universes with different laws?

2001-08-18 Thread Saibal Mitra
According to quantum theory there exists a finite probability that someone will simulate me in a virtual environment using a computer. This means that there is a finite probability that I could wake up in a virtual world with different effective laws of physics. Of course, the real laws of physics

Re: Consistency? + Programs for G, G*, ...

2001-08-18 Thread Marchal
Hal Ruhl wrote >Pole #1: Nothing? => true. >Pole #2: Everything? => true. My best understanding of that is Nothing? = False ("false -> true" is a propositional tautology) Everything? = true ("true -> true" is a propositional tautology). You *do* have a communication problem. I'm sure that

Re: Consistency? + Programs for G, G*, ...

2001-08-18 Thread Marchal
Hi George, I hope my last post was not to rude. You see, now's my turn to feel guilty. Also I was not completely honest ... I guess I'm afraid that (re)abording the technical part of my thesis could interfere with the writting of the paper I told Russell about. I'm very nervous with that writti