On 3/8/07, Danny Mayes <dmayes.domain.name.hidden> wrote:
>
> If you assume an ensemble theory, whether it be an infinite MWI or
> Bruno's UD in the plenitude, is it POSSIBLE to avoid God? For the purposes
> of this question I'll define "God" as an entity capable of creating
> everything that would be observed to exist in a (all possible) quantum
> mechanical universe. To avoid God are we back to some kind of "primitive
> physical" idea that there is something about the nature of reality that will
> forever prohibit intelligence from emulating it? That it is impossible even
> in theory to build a kind of "universal quantum constructor"? Or is the
> idea one that physics will forever prohibit intelligence from acquiring the
> resources necessary to achieve such a feat?
>
> How can you have everything, but not have something capable of creating
> everything? If you assume for instance the UD in the plenitude (no
> intelligent action required), doesn't it eventually describe intelligence
> with access to infinite or near infinite resources capable of creating an
> "artificial" UD? If the answer is yes the whole debate over God seems to
> become a silly argument over semantics. I'll be happy to hear where I'm
> wrong on all this. Please be kind, I've been away from these sorts of
> discussions for quite a while!
>
You could have what Russell Standish called a demigod, creating a copy of
every physical structure in the Plenitude but powerless, even if he were a
supernatural being separate from the Plenitude (i.e. not just arising as a
consequence of the many worlds), as far as creating, destroying or changing
the Plenitude goes.
Stathis Papaioannou
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Received on Wed Mar 07 2007 - 18:11:49 PST