RE: Bruno's argument

From: Stathis Papaioannou <stathispapaioannou.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:16:17 +1000

WC writes:

> In multiverses, I think it's possible to say there exists one universe
> which could include
> only one (super) being with nothing else.
> I mean this (super) being is the universe itself.
> So this super being knows everything right at the beginning of this
> universe.
> No need and not possible for this being to interact with other things
> (either living or non-living) because
> this being is the only thing in its universe. It doesn't need to do
> anything except thinking (or dreaming) itself.
> Maybe this being has the memories of the entire histories of other universe
> (such as the one with the earth).
> So this being just thinks always and feels not boring. I think it's
> meaningful although I can't observe it.

Yes, it's certainly *logically* possible that this is the case, even though in
the world with which we are familiar intelligence evolves in order to deal with
its environment and would be rather useless unless it could interact with that
environment.

Stathis Papaioannou
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