Re: what relation do mathematical models have with reality?

From: Bruno Marchal <marchal.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:55:40 +0200

Le 23-juil.-05, à 08:14, Hal Finney a écrit :

> My current view is a little different, which is that all of the
> equations
> "fly". Each one does come to life but each is in its own universe,
> so we can't see the result. But they are all just as real as our own.
> In fact one of the equations might even be our own universe but we
> can't
> easily tell just by looking at it.

This is so true that we cannot even localize ourself in *one*
universe/history.
What we call "a universe" emerges from the interference of an infinity
of (similar) histories.
(Are you not dismissing the first and third person distinction?).

Bruno


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