Re: Variations in measure

From: Wei Dai <weidai.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 11:06:01 -0800

On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 02:24:07PM -0800, hal.domain.name.hidden wrote:
> Hence the all universe principle does not easily explain the absence of
> flying rabbits, because while flying-rabbit universes are more complex
> and of lower measure, there are so many more ways to come up with complex
> universes. It seems that the explanatory power of the principle is less
> than I had realized.

If you think about it more, I think you'll realize that the greater number
of observer-moments observing flying rabbits or similar happenings can't
make up for the much smaller measure of each such observer-moment.
Unfortunately right now I can't find a way to easily articulate the
reasoning behind that conclusion.
Received on Mon Dec 17 2001 - 11:07:08 PST