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> Hal's and Russell's posts are interesting. The minimum information principle
> is equivalent to the well known maximum entropy principle or equivalently to
> the second law of thermodynamics. I wonder how far we can take this.
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> I believe that these are some of the facts that we have established:
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> - The whole MW has zero information and therefore maximum (infinite) entropy.
> - The self sampling process raises the information level and lowers the
> entropy of the observable worlds.
> - Small worlds are more numerous but cannot support consciousness.
> - Large worlds can support consciousness but are exponentially less numerous.
Point of clarification - small and large refer to K-complexity, rather
than physical size.
Rus
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> I believe that the anthropic principle can tie all these facts very well in
> defining the size of universes which can support consciousness.
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> George
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> In a message dated 99-07-13 22:21:26 EDT, R.Standish.domain.name.hidden writes:
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