Re: objections to QTI

From: George Levy <glevy.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:12:42 -0700

Hi John,
It is a small many-world! I have kept the article about your theory that
appeared in the Carmel Valley News Feb, 4, 2005 - I also found
descriptions of your theory in the application database - no luck in the
patent database.

I'm busy till the end of the week but next week for lunch should be
great. I'll give you a call. I can't wait to hear how much royalties
you are going to collect from this theory of everything. ;-) .

George

John Ross wrote:

>Is this the George Levy I know? If so, I did not know you were
>interested in theories of everything. If it is you, and you are
>interested, we should get together for lunch and I will explain my
>theory and give you a copy of my latest patent application describing
>the theory. Earlier versions of it are described in patent applications
>that I have applied for beginning in 2001. Three are published at
>uspto.gov. Search for "ross" as inventor and a key word like
>"neutrino". I have also describe my ideas in a self-published book, "A
>Single Particle Universe, The Simplest Yet Theory of Everything". It is
>available at Earth Song Book Store in Del Mar.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: George Levy [mailto:glevy.domain.name.hidden]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 4:01 PM
>To: everything-list.domain.name.hidden
>Subject: Re: objections to QTI
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>Hi Hal,
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>Remember that the chain of events that must lead you to be 1000 years
>old must be perfectly logical and consistent. A good science fiction
>writer would have no problem weaving a plot that could bring you to such
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>a situation. One could evoke living in a simulator, or the appearance of
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>aliens capable of prolonging life, etc...
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>This plot would be extremely unlikely but so is our present situation
>right here and now. So your scenario differs only in degrees from the
>one we are experiencing right now.
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>Your age depends how you look at it. Our life as a continuous chain from
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>cell to cell has lasted possibly more than 4 billion years. (happy
>birthday :-) ) So it appears that our existence does justify QTI
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>George
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>Hal Finney wrote:
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>>Let me pose the puzzle like this, which is a form we have discussed
>>before:
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>>Suppose you found yourself extremely old, due to a near-miraculous set
>>of circumstances that had kept you alive. Time after time when you
>>were about to die of old age or some other cause, something happened
>>and you were able to continue living. Now you are 1000 years old in a
>>world where no one else lives past 120. (We will ignore medical
>>progress for the purposes of this thought experiment.)
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>>Now, one of the predictions of QTI is that in fact you will experience
>>much this state, eventually. But the question is this: given that you
>>find yourself in this circumstances, is this fact *evidence* for the
>>truth of the QTI? In other words, should people who find themselves
>>extremely old through miraculous circumstances take it as more likely
>>that the QTI is true?
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>>Hal Finney
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Received on Wed Jun 01 2005 - 16:06:41 PDT