On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 04:07:15PM -0400, Hal Ruhl wrote:
> Hi Russell:
>
> Two comments so far [I am only at page 38]:
>
> I am of the opinion that the Everything and the Nothing carry tags [say
> "full" and "empty" respectfully] which distinguish them. This is left over
> information in what I hoped was an information free system. This is why I
> eventually came up with the idea that definition produces two
> objects. This makes the Everything and the Nothing each other's tag.
I'm not of this opinion. I argue that the Everything and the Nothing
are essentially the same thing considered in different
ways. Nevertheless, it could be we're saying the same things using
different words. The term I use is mathematical duality.
>
> I am also concerned by what makes reality [awareness?] have a flow. This
> is why I focus on the idea that the Nothing is incomplete and this results
> in a dynamic - a flow of reality [awareness].
>
I'm aware of your ideas, as you know. Unfortunately, I never found any
really good way of squaring them with the ideas in the rest of the
book. I don't believe your "logical flow" is at all related to my TIME
postulate, for example. But I'm open to suggestions - I don't want to
leave anyone out deliberately.
> Bottom of page 21: Do you believe that the various worlds you point to here
> are all running in sync or can they be async?
>
You are referring to the different worlds in the Multiverse here. This
question simply has no meaning. There is no "external time", or other
syncronising relationships between the worlds.
> Hal Ruhl
>
>
>
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