>
> I need to ask a couple of questions about MWI dominance of AUH below.
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Marchal <marchal.domain.name.hidden>
> >
> > > How could MWI dominates AUH ? How could "Everett worlds" dominate "All
> > > worlds"?
> >
> > (Remembering the context of only-SAS-worlds, and Everett as the only
> > consistent MWI:)
> > Presumably there is some bit-string+interpretation that specifies the most
> > SAS's for a given minimum functional length. If this string+interpretation
> > is equivalent to MWI, then we are likely to be in the universe described by
> > it, and under these circumstances MWI will dominate the AUH, that is, the
> > measure for all SAS's will be dominated by those inhabiting MWI-worlds. (The
> > only other remotely reasonable possibility (but intuitively less likely) is
> > that there are several disparate theories specifying a comparable number of
> > SAS's per minimum information unit, and we happen to be in the MWI one.)
> >
> > >
>
> Can it be argued that the "simplicity" (of QM interpretation, computational
> implementation) of MWI gives it a larger measure among other possibilities? Or
> is it the large number of worlds generated by MWI splittings that would do this?
>
> Fred
>
>
The Universal Prior gives greater measure to mathematical
theories. MWI itself is selected out as being special for
consciousness to exist. See my Occam paper, where I show that assuming
Time, Projection and Linearity, the MWI is the most general
mathematical system (therefore of highest measure). Time and
Projection are assumptions about consciousness, and speculation is
made about why linearity is important.
Cheers
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