From: Hara Ra (harara@shamanics.com)
Date: Sat Oct 24 1998 - 00:20:48 MDT
>Bernard:
> Tipler speculates on the ultimate in Peering Into the Past Technology in
>Omega Point. He assumes a universewide intelligence in a collapsing
>universe. He contends that being could gather enough information from the
>past to resurrect (simulate) us all. Personally, I would want a rather more
>direct connection with my Future Self than a hi-res simulation.
Having just finished Tipler, he didn't say that. With infinite computation
available, ALL possible past universes and ALL of their states are
simulated. No past information is needed. A very GENERAL form of
resurrection. (IMHO rather meaningless...)
O--------------------------------O
| Hara Ra <harara@shamanics.com> |
| Box 8334 Santa Cruz, CA 95061 |
| |
| Man, Debug Thyself |
| - Graffiti at People's |
| Computer Company - 1976 |
O--------------------------------O
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 14:49:41 MST