--- Jef Allbright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/2/07, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Second, I used the same reasoning to guess about the nature of the > universe > > (assuming it is simulated), and the only thing we know is that shorter > > simulation programs are more likely than longer ones. My conclusion was > that > > bizarre behavior or a sudden end is unlikely, because such events would > not > > occur in the simplest programs. This ought to at least be reassuring. > > Consider that while the trunk of the universal tree of the probable > grows increasingly stable, the branches do often swing in the winds, > and many of the thinner branches of the possible do not survive. > > Do you assume that humanity is presently nestled in the crook of a > highly probable branch? If our own branch were to break, would you > take comfort in knowing that the tree itself stands strong? > > - Jef
I am not sure how the tree analogy applies, but given a Solomonff distribution, an enumeration of Turing machines (multiverse model) is vastly more likely than any of the other scenarios I described. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=11983