RE: is information the bottom line?

Jonathan Reeves (JonathanR@mail.iclshelpdesks.com)
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:11:04 -0000

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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:

>>Well, I don't know about this "informed discussion" business, but I can
>>tell you he's wrong. Nothing in there explains "Why does anything exist 

>>at all?"  I don't know where people got the idea this wasn't a
>>legitimate question of physics, but nobody will ever get the complete
>>laws written down, much less justified, without knowing the answer. 
>>Furthermore, this guy doesn't make any experimental predictions, and
>>from what I understood, I doubt he ever will.

This is a sophist argument. If nothing existed we wouldnt be here to argue about it.
That kind of question can only be answered in a religious or philosophical way.

Jon Reeves


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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:

>>Well, I don't know about this "informed discussion" business, but I can
>>tell you he's wrong.  Nothing in there explains "Why does anything exist
>>at all?"  I don't know where people got the idea this wasn't a
>>legitimate question of physics, but nobody will ever get the complete
>>laws written down, much less justified, without knowing the answer.
>>Furthermore, this guy doesn't make any experimental predictions, and
>>from what I understood, I doubt he ever will.

This is a sophist argument.  If nothing existed we wouldnt be here to argue about it.
That kind of question can only be answered in a religious or philosophical way.

Jon Reeves