Re: Hola!

From: Russell Standish <R.Standish.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 12:56:29 +1000 (EST)

>
> Hi Worlder,
>
> I continue to read the mails but I'm really overwhelmed to
> participate actively.
>
> Nevertheless I want you to know I've realised that OCCAM razor
> is not enough to eliminate completely the use of the
> movie graph argument (or Maudlin's Olympia) to get the
> complete reversal.
>
> Strictly speaking, the UDA shows only
>
> COMP + OCCAM => REVERSAL or LITTLENESS
>
> where LITTLENESS is the existence of a little concrete universe,
> and little means not big enough to run the complete UD.

However, surely LITTLENESS is contradicted by observation. We live in
a universe big enough to run the UD. Or have I missed something here?

>
> So I was right in my thesis not to use Occam, but the movie
> graph instead.
>
> I guess you have seen that!
>
> Bye,
>
> Bruno
>
> PS If you believe OCCAM is incompatible with LITTLENESS, the
> the UDA is enough. (But logically that is not obvious).
>
>



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