Re: is information the bottom line?

J. Eric Mortensen (eric@episteme.no)
Fri, 12 Feb 1999 18:25:54 +0100

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Hello everyone, this seems to be a good time to come out of my = transhumanist closet:

>I certainly believe it is valuable to investigate the tolerance limits = of the so called laws of nature.=20
>For example playing with different values of universal constants to see = which ones can support a viable=20
>universe and which cant - this helps us to understand the relationships = between them. However this does=20
>not, nor will it ever explain WHY the universe exists - it only tells = us HOW.

This seems to me to be certainly false.=20

Will you not agree that some day we may discover that=20

  1. the universe was created by some entity and that we in some way might = ask it why it did so?
  2. if we discover that our universe was created by accident, that that = constitutes an=20 answer to the question of 'Why?'.

Regards,

Eric

J. Eric Mortensen, eric@episteme.no

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Hello = everyone, this seems=20 to be a good time to come out of my transhumanist closet:
 
>I certainly believe it is valuable to = investigate the=20 tolerance limits of the so called laws of nature.
>For example playing with different values of universal = constants to=20 see which ones can support a viable
>universe and which cant - = this helps=20 us to understand the relationships between them.  However this does =
>not, nor will it ever explain WHY the universe = exists - it=20 only tells us HOW.
 
This seems to me to be certainly false. =
 
Will you not agree that some day we may discover = that
 
1) the universe was created by some entity and that = we in some=20 way might ask it
   why it did so?
 
2) if we discover that our universe was created by = accident,=20 that that constitutes an
answer to the question of 'Why?'.
 
Regards,
 
Eric
 
J. Eric Mortensen, eric@episteme.no
 
 
 
 
 
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