Re: Variations in measure

2001-12-19 Thread hal
Wei writes: If you think about it more, I think you'll realize that the greater number of observer-moments observing flying rabbits or similar happenings can't make up for the much smaller measure of each such observer-moment. Unfortunately right now I can't find a way to easily articulate

Re: Variations in measure

2001-12-19 Thread Russell Standish
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wei writes: If by flying-rabbit you mean any deviation from simplicity, then I agree with you. Notice that our own universe is full of quantum randomness, but we don't see any pattern to the randomness. Similarly, an observer in a Conway's life universe may

Re: Variations in measure

2001-12-16 Thread Russell Standish
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wei writes, quoting Hal In general, one might expect those minds with less observational power and less specific knowledge and understanding of the universe to have larger measure. Yes, but that doesn't mean you should be surprised if you find yourself

Re: Variations in measure

2001-12-16 Thread hal
Wei writes, quoting Hal In general, one might expect those minds with less observational power and less specific knowledge and understanding of the universe to have larger measure. Yes, but that doesn't mean you should be surprised if you find yourself having more observational power and

Re: Variations in measure

2001-12-15 Thread Wei Dai
On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 12:57:16PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For example, suppose he took a drug which made his mental processes become confused. He was no longer sure of basic facts about himself and the universe. This mental state would no longer be bound to one specific universe.

Re: Variations in measure

2001-12-09 Thread Saibal Mitra
Russel wrote: Saibal Mitra wrote: Hal wrote: One of the concepts we have explored is that all universes and hence all minds exist, but that some observer-moments have greater measure than others. This may help to explain why we observe the kind of universe that we do,