What Can We Know About Other?

Surprisingly there is a great deal that we can deduce about the probable characteristics of Other. This can be done by a number of different approaches.

1. We need to experimentally determine the unit of length and the size of our universe. This allows us to measure the power of the computational engine.
2. We need to carefully quantify the apparent excess computational power in this universe in order to estimate how much could be going on that we are currently unaware of.
3. We need to look at the resources that are required for the engine, as a measure of the resources dedicated to our universe in Other.
4. By quantifying the amount of computational resources devoted to our universe we can eliminate many problems as too small or too large. This can enable us to construct a list of possible reasons for the existence of this universe.
5. Given a proposed purpose for our universe, we can subject it to the following tests: It should just require all of the computational resources of our universe - no more and no less.
6. Given the problem, what can be said about the answer? It might be as complex as the entire history of the Universe, or as simple as one bit: "yes" or "no". For example "Will the expansion of the Universe stop?" Finally, the answer may be forever beyond our knowledge or beyond our understanding.
7. Is this universe perhaps an artifact of some larger process?
8. Is physics at the bottom, or is what we know of as physics merely an artifact of a different and more fundamental process?
9. We can consider the laws of physics in this universe and the implications on Other.
10. We need to consider the grand design of this universe in the context of alternative universes.