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tama

(9,137 posts)
24. Very deep question
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 07:03 PM
Jan 2012

related to that of Anthropic Principle, that could be analytically approached by dividing it into subquestions, which could include:
1) What is the relation between geometric time (or rather, theory specific geometric times) and psychological time (and what does ability to theorize various geometric times say about limits of psychological time experiences?)?
2) Nature of causality and causalities in terms of geometric and psychological times - and what else?
3) Information theories, powers of computation and possible thermodynamical restraints over them - current view being that there are no thermodynamical restraints with reverse computation.

At least on first look, the hypothesis that each quantum jump - including that of the universal wave function - rewrites both history and future is at least no less consistent than the reductionist views based on only (psychological) unidirectional time and causality.

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No. greyl Jan 2012 #1
Show your work jberryhill Jan 2012 #2
It cannot be shown directly, only inferred. nt greyl Jan 2012 #3
nope Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #4
I'm beginning to suspect pokerfan Jan 2012 #5
There are at least three ways the universe will elude us forever bananas Jan 2012 #20
4. pokerfan Jan 2012 #21
Why do you assume the Universe cares what it is doing? tridim Jan 2012 #6
If you take the Universe as a machine to simulate itself jberryhill Jan 2012 #9
Because tama Jan 2012 #23
Why is this thread in the Science forum? MarkCharles Jan 2012 #7
Does this count? jberryhill Jan 2012 #8
We are part of the universe. drm604 Jan 2012 #10
It's incredible to think that a cloud of hydrogen and gravity eventually congealed to form brains. tridim Jan 2012 #11
No. ElboRuum Jan 2012 #12
Majikthise and Vroomfondel. ElboRuum Jan 2012 #13
How fast does the universe figure itself out? laconicsax Jan 2012 #14
Okay here jberryhill Jan 2012 #15
That's a good practice! laconicsax Jan 2012 #16
It's like baseball cards jberryhill Jan 2012 #17
As fast as it can... ElboRuum Jan 2012 #19
You're assuming we have it all figured out. tinrobot Jan 2012 #18
We don't know nothing. hunter Jan 2012 #22
Very deep question tama Jan 2012 #24
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