Comment by Ricky_Loynd on Timeless Causality · 2008-05-30T22:53:34.000Z · LW · GW

Yes, the discrete vs. continuous time issue calls into question the conclusions drawn from the example. This is related to my question above: "What is there to support the assumption that the universe generates future values independently of each other?"

Comment by Ricky_Loynd on Timeless Causality · 2008-05-29T22:29:08.000Z · LW · GW

Nick: What is there to support the assumption that causal hypotheses with intramoment dependencies can always be transformed into ones without?

Comment by Ricky_Loynd on Timeless Causality · 2008-05-29T19:30:19.000Z · LW · GW

What is there to support the assumption that the universe generates future values independently of each other?