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
- the universe was created by some entity and that we in some way might =
ask it
why it did so?
- 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
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