At 9:33 -0700 5/07/2002, Wei Dai wrote:
On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 04:07:42PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote:
[Hal Finney wrote:]
In general, universes are created by more than one computer
program. The measure of a universe is proportional to the number of
computer programs which create it.
Tim May wrote:
I've known of the Everything list, and of course the
Everett/DeWitt/Niven/Wheeler/Egan/Tegmark ideas for a while...I
remember reading Larry Niven's All the Myriad Ways around 1970 or
so. We used to sit around in the early 70s debating the Everett
model, which a couple of
I want to give a solid example of a time-varying set and how it relates
to possible worlds (and even to MWI).
Consider that cat being chased by the dog.
Is the cat in the world in which he will escape the dog or is in the
world in which the dog catches him?
One answer is That lies in the
Tim May writes:
I want to give a solid example of a time-varying set and how it relates
to possible worlds (and even to MWI).
Consider that cat being chased by the dog.
Is the cat in the world in which he will escape the dog or is in the
world in which the dog catches him?
...
In the
On Monday, July 8, 2002, at 03:40 PM, Hal Finney wrote:
Future uncertainty is familiar to us, but one of the things that the
many universe model introduces is past uncertainty. There is a sense
in which the past is not unique and determined. My mental state is
consistent with many
Hi all -- it's been a long time since I've participated in this group.
I've been lurking for a few days, and am very pleased with the quality
of the posts that I've read! It's good to see that this discussion
continues!
Some comments below.
Tim May wrote:
On Monday, July 8, 2002, at 03:40
Dear Tim,
Are you tacitly assuming some kind of communication between observers
when you make the claim of a convergence? Adsent said communications,
could we show that the convergence would still obtain? Have you ever seen
any discussion of the notion of cyclic or periodic gossiping in Comp
Hal Finney wrote:
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Future uncertainty is familiar to us, but one of the things that the
many universe model introduces is past uncertainty. There is a sense
in which the past is not unique and determined. My mental state is
consistent with many macroscopically distinct
Bruno, unfortunately I'm not able to write very quickly. I hope you don't
mind if I just respond to some of the topics I think are most important.
Feel free to recall the other ones later if you think I'm missing
something crucial.
On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 05:22:11PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote:
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