Re: Russell's "Theory of Nothing" and time.

From: Hal Ruhl <HalRuhl.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:31:10 -0500

Hi John:

At 12:12 PM 1/7/2008, you wrote:

>Hal,
>
> I read your post with appreciation (did not follow EVERY word in it
>though) - it reminded me of my "Naive Ode (no rhymes) of Ontology"
>dating back into my "pre-Everythinglist" times, that started something
>like:
>
>"...In the Beginning there was Nothingness ( - today I would add:
>observer of itself). When it realized that it IS nothingness, that was
>providing this information - making it into a Somethingness. The rest
>is history. (Chris Lofting would say: it went alongside
>Differentiation and Integration).
>
>A minor remark: I would not denigrate Mama Nature by using the word
>'bifurcation' - indicating that "only 2" chances in the impredicative
>unlimited totality.

I agree that there can be a multiplicity of simultaneous
splits. This was a mistake I realized later.


>As a second (even more minor) remark: "All possible states" sounds to
>me as being restricted to the level "WE" find possible. Since
>cave-times (I don't go further) we have encountered many things that
>looked like impossible. I wonder if Bruno's unlimited Loebian Machine
>considers anything 'iompossible'?

What I indicated was all paths to completion. I suspect that there
may be sequences within the Everything that would not be on such paths.

Yes I did mean an unlimited number of Nothings in the
Everything. For the Everything to contain just one copy of the
information in it would be a selection. Rather it needs to contain
an unlimited number of copies.

>Have a good 2008

Thanks, you too.

Hal Ruhl


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