Re: Belief Statements

2005-01-10 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi Russell: At 06:50 PM 1/10/2005, you wrote: It is an assumption (or perhaps postulate: the Time postulate). It is amenable to debate, just as Euclid's axioms are. I offer the following points in its favour: 1) Observation is the process of creating information, by distinguishing differences be

Re: Belief Statements

2005-01-10 Thread John M
Comments below, please. John M - Original Message - From: "Hal Ruhl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 8:16 PM Subject: Re: Belief Statements > Hi Russell: > > My dynamic in part produces worlds that appear to have time as a property > but also produces all kinds of

Re: Belief Statements

2005-01-10 Thread Alastair Malcolm
- Original Message - From: Norman Samish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: 09 January 2005 19:28 Subject: Re: Belief Statements > I can't conceive of space-time being anything other than infinite. The > existence of "all logically possible worlds" seems necessary in infinite > space-time, whe

Re: Belief Statements

2005-01-10 Thread Alastair Malcolm
- Original Message - From: "Hal Finney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: 09 January 2005 16:21 Subject: Re: Belief Statements > Alastair Malcolm writes: > > For my own part, I give strong credibility (>50%) to the existence of many > > worlds in some guise or other, and in particular to the e