@ John
>> In MWI "You" is the only thing that the laws of physics allow Quentin
>> Anciaux to observe that is organized in a Johnkclarkian way ... With
>> duplicating chamber stuff if the bet was "you will see Moscow" I don't know
>> how to resolve the bet because I don't know who "you" is.
@ Bruno
[John] >> >> Bruno Marchal is correct, that is not ambiguous, that is a
flat out logical contradiction.
[Bruno] >> Where?
The problem arises because if "You" = "person who remembers Helsinki" then you
ought to be able replace one for the other without truth values altering. Thats
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 06:26:05PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote:
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> >I am a computationalist, myself, (a.k.a Digitalist), and like this
> >sort of thing, but, ...meh! I don't see how this work informs us?
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> Deutsch seems to be not aware that if computationalism is true, then
> the existence o
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 Bruno Marchal wrote:
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> "you" always denotes the guy who remember pushing the button at Helsinki.
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> That is actually a pretty good definition of "you" in that it's similar
> to the intuitive feeling we have for the pronoun that we get from
> everyday
I understand the need and curiosity to finally know what is true. This is what
draws the brightest people to science and math. They like uncovering, in a
Platonic manner, and testing it, in an Aristotelian manner.
We must not confuse the serach of truth, with the search of benefice for humans.
On 7/26/2015 4:16 AM, Bruce Kellett wrote:
David Deutsch has some things to say which are relevant to discussions of
computationalism.
http://edge.org/conversation/constructor-theory
"One of the first rather unexpected yields of this theory has been a new foundation for
information theory. Th
On 26 Jul 2015, at 14:48, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote:
Heh! I have read Deutsches thesis on Constructor Theory a few times
and I cannot really grasp it, intellectually, except as a spin-off
of Von Newmann's cellular automata.
That looks more like a critics of Wolfram. Deutch found
On 26 Jul 2015, at 13:16, Bruce Kellett wrote:
David Deutsch has some things to say which are relevant to
discussions of computationalism.
http://edge.org/conversation/constructor-theory
"One of the first rather unexpected yields of this theory has been a
new foundation for information th
Ah! So you want us to invest in Tantalum and Niobium stocks?
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From: John Clark
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Sent: Sat, Jul 25, 2015 1:43 pm
Subject: Weyl Fermions
I have a hunchthat in the near future we'll be hearing a lot
more about Weyl Fermio
Heh! I have read Deutsches thesis on Constructor Theory a few times and I
cannot really grasp it, intellectually, except as a spin-off of Von Newmann's
cellular automata. Save, that it applies at a cosmological level, rather then a
mathematical sense, or on a Conway's Life computer screen. I don
David Deutsch has some things to say which are relevant to discussions
of computationalism.
http://edge.org/conversation/constructor-theory
"One of the first rather unexpected yields of this theory has been a new
foundation for information theory. There's a notorious problem with
defining inf
Bruno, don't bother, he will not understand, because he already does, and
he will never admit it, because he's a troll. Case closed, ignore him, he
won't go from this list, seems to joyful for him, so the only way is to
ignore him.
Quentin
2015-07-26 11:58 GMT+02:00 Bruno Marchal :
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> On 25 Jul
On 25 Jul 2015, at 22:38, John Clark wrote:
On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 Bruno Marchal wrote:
> Please, quote the whole text I wrote
No. Anybody who wants to read everything you wrote can find it in
about .9 seconds, they don't need me.
It is the answer to them that we ask for.
> "you
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