Re: Belief Statements

From: Hal Ruhl <HalRuhl.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 14:51:41 -0500

Hi All:

As I indicated in my last post I now see choice as an essential part of my
(2). But what do I mean by choice and how does choice operate on the
dynamic?

Speculation:

What is my idea of choice? In my (2) choice is the ability of a kernel
currently having physical reality to select in part which kernel(s) next
have physical reality and this selection is not a constant while a kernel
has physical reality. This is not necessarily the same as "free will".

I think the first thing to notice is that by my definition of kernel the
boundary establishing potential of a given kernel need not be associated
with a fully fixed boundary. A boundary could for example have something
like oil canning dents in it. The issue re the kernel is whether it is a
particular boundary not a question of whether or not it is completely
static. Such flexing or partially indeterminate features of a boundary
partially determine the next kernel given physical reality. That is the
current condition of the current kernel when the external dynamic moves
physical reality partially determines which kernel(s) receive it.

Thus the external dynamic would be inconsistent with its history which is a
requirement of (2).

Is this "free will"? "Free will" seems to require that one oil canning
dent influence the state sequence of another oil canning dent in the same
kernel while that kernel has physical reality. This seems an unnecessary
step up in complexity for the total dynamic but it is not forbidden by the
model since within a kernel the actual oil canning of a dent and its causes
are not necessarily fixed. Surely this applies to large regions of the
boundary containing many oil canning dents.

What is a SAS in this venue? Taken over a large enough region of the
boundary the mechanism described above could account for "self aware" in
what is actually an overall "timeless" moment.

I will try to put this all in a post to the "An All/Nothing multiverse
model" thread.

Hal Ruhl
Received on Fri Feb 04 2005 - 14:54:54 PST