SUMMARY

From: Higgo James <james.higgo.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 08:57:16 +0100

I nominate this posy for a place in the summary archive. Once we have enough
summary posts, we can think about compiling an FAQ.

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> From: GSLevy.domain.name.hidden [SMTP:GSLevy.domain.name.hidden.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 1:46 AM
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> Subject: Re: ASSA, RSSA, SSA +cond
>
> In a message dated 99-09-17 05:20:23 EDT, Bruno Marchal writes:
>
> > Could someone explain me the difference between the RSSA and
> > the SSA + the conditional rule ?
>
> Russel Standish answers
> >I don't believe there is one.
>
> I would just add that the conditional rule is the existence of the self
> which
> is obvious.
>
> Bruno Marchal writes
> > Could someone tell me what is exactly the probability
> > domain for the ASSA ? And how does he compute the probability
> > of beeing in state X in the near future knowing he is in
> > state Y now ? And then explain me the difference
> > with the RSSA ?
>
> Russell Standish answers
> > The ASSA makes a prediction of what observer moments one should be
> >observing, disregarding any history of memory that you might
> >have. RSSA explicitly takes this into account. Therefore ASSA ignores
> >the conditional clause Y in your above question.
>
> This is great.
>
> There is a need for the following:
>
> 1) An index of acronyms and ideas such as ASSA, RSSA, COMP, COMP2,
> observer-moments.... and the published ones such as QS, MWI etc..
> 2) Short definitions of these ideas with the author or champion of these
> ideas maintaining such definitions.
> 3) Posting a set of FAQs related to each idea
> 4) A (preferably short) paragraph *for* the idea written by one or several
>
> champions
> 5) A (preferably short) paragraph *against* the idea written by one or
> several challengers.
> 6) A (preferably short) rebuttal paragraph by the champion
> 7) A (preferably short) rebuttal paragraph by the challenger
> 8) A list of references such as the obvious articles by Tegmark and the
> book
> by Deutsch with short synopsis (couple of lines) of what these references
> are
> about.
>
> The first step is to compile the index, and have volunteer to champion
> them.
>
> Any suggestions regarding the mechanization of such scheme?
>
> It will make it much easier to argue about positions when we understand
> exactly where we stand and where the other participants stand. This would
> avoid a lot of repetition and needless arguing.
>
> George Levy
Received on Mon Sep 20 1999 - 01:03:37 PDT