Moravecian platonism (was: Mental vs. Physical)

N.BOSTROM@lse.ac.uk
Sun, 02 Feb 97 03:26:36 GMT


Anders Sandberg wrote

> [the manifold]. In this view of reality, all logically
>possible universes (and systems) exist, not side by side
>but interpenetrating like a crossword puzzle.

What about all those seemingly logically possible universes
which are not connected to other universes? Is there
something logically impossible about them? Are statements
about them ruled out as meaningless on grounds of some
verifiability criterion?

Nicholas Bostrom n.bostrom@lse.ac.uk