Re: Let There Be Something

From: Hal Finney <hal.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 13:47:57 -0800 (PST)

Tom Caylor writes:
> I believe that my statement before:
>
> >...simply bringing in the hypothetical set of all unobservable things
> >doesn't explain rationally in any way (deeper than our direct
> >experience) the existence of observable things.
>
> applies to the multiverse as well, since
> the multiverse = observable things + unobservable things
> and equivalently
> the multiverse = this universe + unobservable things

Are you saying that you don't agree that the anthropic principle applied
to an ensemble of instances has greater explanatory power than when
applied to a single instance?

Hal Finney
Received on Tue Nov 01 2005 - 16:50:52 PST