From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Mon Dec 20 1999 - 09:03:54 MST
From: Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se>
To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com>
>Tegmark's theory is actually much neater, with far fewer wild
>assumptions than Tipler's theory (which requires a rather unusual
>boundary condition for no particular reason). Tegmark just suggests
>that everything possible exists, rather than that just some special
>universes exist as suggested by Tipler or that just one very special
>universe exist (as single world models suggest). They all need to work
>on the testability and falsifiability parts, though.
Of course testing the theory that everything possible exists would require using
every possible testing method with every possible observer.
Cheers,
--J. R. Molloy
http://www.shasta.com/jr
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