Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-12-01 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Bruno: At 09:38 AM 11/30/2004, you wrote: At 13:40 26/11/04 -0500, Hal Ruhl wrote: What does logically possible mean? In the above I meant in the context of the larger phrase of: logically possible worlds. In the following call an individual [Ai,Dj] pair logic system Ln where i, j, and n can

Quantum Theory from Quantum Gravity

2004-12-01 Thread Saibal Mitra
http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0311059 Authors: Fotini Markopoulou, Lee Smolin We provide a mechanism by which, from a background independent model with no quantum mechanics, quantum theory arises in the same limit in which spatial properties appear. Starting with an arbitrary abstract

Re: Quantum Theory from Quantum Gravity

2004-12-01 Thread Stephen Paul King
Dear Saibal, A most interesting paper. It seems to me that Fotini and Lee are fooling themselves by being surprised that a quantized theory emerges when they start off with the requirement of a minimum length between the nodes of the graphs that they are using. Such an assumption will