MagnetoHydroDynamics comments on The mathematical universe: the map that is the territory - Less Wrong

68 Post author: ata 26 March 2010 09:26AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (119)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: [deleted] 08 January 2014 11:13:56AM *  -1 points [-]

It isn't. That would be de-jure truth. My assumption is based on the fact that with my internal states of knowledge it is an obvious deduction (not inference, mind, this is mathematics). I also have some nice conversational arguments for it.

Also, the "proof" of the Tegmark 4 hypothesis tastes like it might run into some Gödelian complications.

ETAL Other things I would call de-facto is P =/= NP, multiverse/multi-mind/mangled worlds interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and (before the LHC experiemnt) the existence of the Higgs field,

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 08 January 2014 12:26:33PM 0 points [-]

It isn't. That would be de-jure truth. My assumption is based on the fact that with my internal states of knowledge it is an obvious deduction (not inference, mind, this is mathematics). I also have some nice conversational arguments for it.

So you are personally persuaded of it, and have unstated arguments for it.

Also, the "proof" of the Tegmark 4 hypothesis tastes like it might run into some Gödelian complications.

Another remark which is much less interesting than production of the proof itself.

Other things I would call de-facto

These are things I would call "punting", or personally comitting to.

Comment author: [deleted] 09 January 2014 07:19:44AM *  0 points [-]

Is it your informed opinion that I should edit my comments in order to make my communications clear(er)?