Thanks Hal.
I add that your link provide a way to recover my old conversation with 
Joel Dobrzelewski on the list (28 June 2001), which presents the 
simplest version of the Universal Dovetelair Argument (UDA), i.e. the 
argument showing that the computationalist hypothesis (in the 
bio/psycho/theo/-logical sciences) entails that physics is ultimately a 
branch of machine bio/psycho/theo/-logy. In particular it shows that 
physics can be presented as a probability or credibility measure on the 
relative computational histories (which are computation as seen from 
some first person perspective).
The argument is presented in a step by step way, and begins here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/everything-list.domain.name.hidden/msg01274.html
You can then follow the step by clicking on the right arrow next 
"date", and skipping the many threads we were discussing simultaneously 
at that time.
People interested can ask questions. Note that the lobian interview 
does not necessitate the understanding of the UDA, but this one 
provides the basic motivation for some of the Theaetetical variants of 
the modal logic G and G*.
Bruno
PS I must still verify, with G*, some assertions made by Plotinus, and 
reciprocally I need to verify assertions made by G* with Plotinus. To 
be sure I have found a discrepancy between the loebian entity and 
Plotinus. It seems to be a point where the neoplatonist diverge the 
most from Aristotle, and then apparently the loebian diverges still 
more. To conclude I need better translations and unabridged version of 
Plotinus. I need a bit more time.
Le 21-janv.-06, à 00:52, Hal Finney a écrit :
> Here is a link to an article I wrote in 2001 explaining what the
> Universal Dovetailer is:
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/everything-list.domain.name.hidden/msg01526.html
>
> Hal Finney
>
>
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
Received on Wed Jan 25 2006 - 12:52:31 PST