The Meaning of Life and Sorting .

The Meaning of Life and Sorting.
Andre Willers
2 Oct 2011

Synopsis :
A Nerd's view of the Meaning of Life .

Discussion :
Assume that nobody knows the Meaning of Life (a fairly safe assumption)
But also assume that there are some who are closer , also a fairly safe assumption .
Then we can adduce that sorting all the systems will give at least some indication of ranking.
(This is also known as “Seeking for the Truth”)

The Problem of the initial conditions :
You have a fairly large set of systems .
Where do you start ?

Optimal start for Beth(0) and Beth(1) random systems :
Start at 1/3 of the set .
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com “New tools” Nov 2008

See also Combsort Algorithm for a practical application .
This is an old optimization problem . But the initial data has to be random only of the order
Beth(0) and Beth(1) , ie sourced from randomness of the order of flipping a coin .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithm
There are many sorting algorithms depending on the randomness of the initial data and the first cut .

Of course , different sorting engines will give different results , depending on inputs .

But humans insist winner takes all .

Enjoy your religious wars about initial conditions .

Andre

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