Eugen Leitl wrote:
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 01:24:05PM -0500, Richard Loosemore wrote:
For each literary work n in N, use G to generate a universe u, and
within that universe, inject a copy of the literary work at a random
point in the spacetime of u. Measure the reaction, in terms of critical
acclaim generated by the work in any species who happen to be hanging
I realize that this is sarcasm, but detecting the mere presence
of a species (nevermind their critical acclaim) from a trajectory,
then rather give me the infinite simians, and I will personally look
for Shakespeare sonnets in them.
around the injection point (critical acclaim = number of times the work
is described in the language of that species as a "literary
Ah, now you want to extract language, too.
masterpiece", summed over the entire history of that universe). Compute
the critical acclaim density (using a measure theory of your choice) as
the injection point is varied randomly in an infinite set of universes.
Hmmmm. You're right. I may need an even bigger research grant to work
on this. Can't I use AIXI to translate the species language for me?
I'll think about it.
Richard Loosemore.
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