Re: Multiverse graph

From: Bruno Marchal <marchal.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:24:30 +0200

Le 04-oct.-05, à 01:41, Stephen Paul King a écrit :

> Dear Rolf,
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rolf Wilms" <rolf_wilms.domain.name.hidden>
> To: <Fabric-of-Reality.domain.name.hidden>
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 7:50 AM
> Subject: Re: Multiverse graph
>
>
>> Stephen,
>>
>> the "graph model" itself has nothing to say about the physical laws
>> within
>> the worlds. In a particular instance of the "graph model", say in
>> "our"
>> world, the laws of physics would be represented by the edges in the
>> graph.
>> So when you say "[...] it appears that there is a degeneracy that
>> does not
>> allow for arbitrary edges to connect to the points that we use to
>> represent
>> particles [...]" for the "graph model" this would mean that those
>> edges
>> are
>> simply not there.
>>
>> Ciao,
>> Rolf
>
> Ok, then what generates the edges?


I would say that the natural numbers with their additive and
multiplicative structures would be a pretty starting point. (This gives
already all computational (digital machines) histories).



> What "reaches across the nothingness"
> and knits a connection?


The observers. The consistent anticipating memory machines generated by
many computational histories.



> We can not assume a background within which the
> graphs are embedded ...

And we don't need to assume the natural numbers are embedded in any
more primitive reality. We "define" them axiomatically (and
incompletely).


> ... or we are not making any progress beyond the currect
> field and gauge theories.

But those field and gauge theories are overwhelmingly successful. They
just does not (yet?) address the question of their relations with math,
their possible logical or arithmetical or informatical origin, the
first person/third person relation, etc.

Bruno
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
Received on Tue Oct 04 2005 - 09:27:32 PDT

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