Re: Introduction (Digital Physics)

From: Fred Chen <flipsu5.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 20:37:23 -0700

>
> I don't see why we should limit ourselves to the simplest possible
universe
> containing consciousness.
>
> I would think that all worlds containing consciousness would be inhabited
> naturally.
>
> Joel
>

Actually I agree, fundamentally. Perhaps, there is just a gut feeling
around that "simplest possible" goes hand-in-hand with "more instances", and
hence, a greater likelihood that that description is accurate for our world.
In physics and cosmology, and even in many engineering siutations, we have
always tried to avoid "fine-tuning", which is associated with greater
complexity. The best models have the least need for fine-tuning. So that is
where I am coming from. The all-universes (and related) approaches have
appeal precisely for this reason.

Fred
Received on Mon Jul 02 2001 - 20:43:34 PDT