I found a paper that might be of interest to those interested in
Tegmark's work.
http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0867
Abstract
I discuss some problems related to extreme mathematical realism,
focusing on a recently proposed "shut-up-and-calculate" approach to
physics (arXiv:0704.0646 <
http://arxiv.org/abs/0704.0646>,
arXiv:0709.4024 <
http://arxiv.org/abs/0709.4024>). I offer arguments for
a moderate alternative, the essence of which lies in the acceptance that
mathematics is (at least in part) a human construction, and discuss
concrete consequences of this--at first sight purely
philosophical--difference in point of view.
-Brian
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Received on Mon Jul 20 2009 - 10:44:06 PDT