All possible worlds in a single world cosmology?

2004-07-17 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
I have been wondering about the possibility that all possible worlds exist, but sequentially rather than simultaneously, under a conservative cosmology with assumptions as follows: 1. There exists one, and only one, real, physical universe; 2. While it is possible to simulate any subset of thi

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2004-07-17 Thread Danny Mayes
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Re: All possible worlds in a single world cosmology?

2004-07-17 Thread "Hal Finney"
Stathis - > I would have guessed > that as the universe expands, chemical and nuclear reactions are less likely > to occur, in the same way as chemical reaction rates are proportional to the > concentration the reagents. On the other hand, it is not clear to me how > more exotic processes such

Re: All possible worlds in a single world cosmology?

2004-07-17 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 18 July 2004 Hal Finney wrote: QUOTE- We had some discussion a while back about a paper which proposed some similar ideas, http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/hep-th/0208013, Disturbing implications of a cosmological constant. If you want to look in the archives, the thread was called "Doomsday-like argume

Re: All possible worlds in a single world cosmology?

2004-07-17 Thread "Hal Finney"
Stathis Papaioannou writes: > On 18 July 2004 Hal Finney wrote: > > We had some discussion a while back about a paper which proposed some > > similar ideas, http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/hep-th/0208013, Disturbing > > implications of a cosmological constant. If you want to look in the > > archives, the