Re: Bruno's UDA argument

From: H J Ruhl <HalRuhl.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 21:44:38 -0700

Dear Hal:

At 7/23/02, you wrote:
> The fact that this requires
>a relatively large program suggests that there is some substantial
>information content in the idea of running every program at once.
>
>Hal

With that I have no issue but my view is that the Everything is an ensemble
of counterfactuals that contains itself - see my other responses - therefore:

If we allow the UD residence in the Everything which I do then it also
needs to contain the full set of counterfactuals to the UD. Some if not
all of these can be universe generators as well. In my view all of these
generators share a susceptibility to noise of external origin but by
different mechanisms. Some of these generators are simpler than the UD and
I believe our universe is due to one of them not the UD. I believe this
because I do not see the need for mathematics as the base for our universe,
rather I see what we call mathematics as a macro approximation to the
actual underlying rules that are of a complexity below that of any formal
system. [IMO ours are a large look up table with built in susceptability
to the external noise - extra columns.] I see no differential measure on
the frequency of various generators due to the infinite nesting of the
Everything and Nothing counterfactuals.

Hal

  
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