Re: on formally describable universes and measures

From: George Levy <GLevy.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:19:33 -0800

George wrote:

>Since perceived time is relative to the observer it would not

> >make a bit of difference.

juergen.domain.name.hidden replied:

>
> It would, because certain observers and universes are much easier
> to compute than others. According to section 6, this has immediate
> consequences for the probability distribution on the possible futures,
> given particular past observations.

OK I agree with you but up to a point.. see below

> Futures that are hard to compute are less likely.

True from the third person perspective.
True from the first person perspective if nothing in those futures
threatens the continued existence of the observer
Partially false from the first person perspective if there are
contingencies in those futures threatening the continued existence of the
observer. Then these contigencies must also be factored in the
probabilities of these futures happening, more precisely, being observed
by the (first person) observer.

George
Received on Fri Jan 12 2001 - 10:39:31 PST