Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 Nov 2014, at 05:18, meekerdb wrote: On 11/18/2014 4:57 PM, LizR wrote: On 19 November 2014 06:45, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 11/18/2014 5:00 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Nov 2014, at 21:13, meekerdb wrote: On 11/17/2014 2:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: The bible

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-19 Thread Samiya Illias
On 17-Nov-2014, at 3:54 am, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Russell, I try to be polite and smooth in my communications not only with you. Here a question emerges in my mind: how diffrent is your perception of the MV (and the arising of such VERY human connotations) from the

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-19 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 5:12 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 19 Nov 2014, at 05:18, meekerdb wrote: On 11/18/2014 4:57 PM, LizR wrote: On 19 November 2014 06:45, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 11/18/2014 5:00 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Nov 2014, at 21:13,

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 Nov 2014, at 16:44, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 5:12 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 19 Nov 2014, at 05:18, meekerdb wrote: On 11/18/2014 4:57 PM, LizR wrote: On 19 November 2014 06:45, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 11/18/2014 5:00 AM,

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-19 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 19 Nov 2014, at 16:44, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 5:12 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 19 Nov 2014, at 05:18, meekerdb wrote: On 11/18/2014 4:57 PM, LizR wrote: On 19

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-19 Thread meekerdb
On 11/19/2014 9:00 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: I would think the obvious way to parse what Bruno has said here is science cannot show that something is correct. Is that right, Bruno? Yes. Of course empirical tests are better at showing a theory is wrong than showing

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Nov 2014, at 21:07, meekerdb wrote: On 11/17/2014 2:39 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Nov 2014, at 04:44, meekerdb wrote: On 11/16/2014 1:49 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 02:13:51PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 23:35, Richard Ruquist wrote:

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Nov 2014, at 21:13, meekerdb wrote: On 11/17/2014 2:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: The bible explains better (if we assume it is correct) And if it isn't correct it doesn't explain anything. Which is why science seeks to test correctness prior to explanatory power. Ideally, or FAPP,

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-18 Thread meekerdb
On 11/18/2014 5:00 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Nov 2014, at 21:13, meekerdb wrote: On 11/17/2014 2:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: The bible explains better (if we assume it is correct) And if it isn't correct it doesn't explain anything. Which is why science seeks to test correctness

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-18 Thread LizR
On 19 November 2014 06:45, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 11/18/2014 5:00 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Nov 2014, at 21:13, meekerdb wrote: On 11/17/2014 2:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: The bible explains better (if we assume it is correct) And if it isn't correct it doesn't

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-18 Thread meekerdb
On 11/18/2014 4:57 PM, LizR wrote: On 19 November 2014 06:45, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 11/18/2014 5:00 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Nov 2014, at 21:13, meekerdb wrote: On 11/17/2014 2:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: The bible

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Nov 2014, at 15:12, zibb...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, November 16, 2014 11:08:04 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 16 Nov 2014, at 05:06, zib...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, November 16, 2014 2:48:33 AM UTC, zib...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, November 15, 2014 10:55:45 PM UTC,

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Nov 2014, at 22:44, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 12:42:51PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 23:18, Russell Standish wrote: I also like to point out that unitarity is also equivalent to conservation of information, or in other words if something can

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Nov 2014, at 22:49, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 02:13:51PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 23:35, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 05:14:24PM -0500,

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Nov 2014, at 04:44, meekerdb wrote: On 11/16/2014 1:49 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 02:13:51PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 23:35, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri,

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Nov 2014, at 23:54, John Mikes wrote: Dear Russell, I try to be polite and smooth in my communications not only with you. Here a question emerges in my mind: how diffrent is your perception of the MV (and the arising of such VERY human connotations) from the concept of 'GOD in

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Nov 2014, at 01:07, LizR wrote: Isn't that the sort of thing religious people often say? They try to use their language applied to science. You believe in evolution, I believe in the Bible. What's the difference? The bible explains better (if we assume it is correct) consciousness

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-17 Thread meekerdb
On 11/17/2014 2:39 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Nov 2014, at 04:44, meekerdb wrote: On 11/16/2014 1:49 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 02:13:51PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 23:35, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Russell

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-17 Thread meekerdb
On 11/17/2014 2:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: The bible explains better (if we assume it is correct) And if it isn't correct it doesn't explain anything. Which is why science seeks to test correctness prior to explanatory power. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-17 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:25:47AM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 16 Nov 2014, at 22:44, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 12:42:51PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 23:18, Russell Standish wrote: I also like to point out that unitarity is also equivalent

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Nov 2014, at 05:06, zibb...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, November 16, 2014 2:48:33 AM UTC, zib...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, November 15, 2014 10:55:45 PM UTC, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 02:40:39PM -0800, zib...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, November 14,

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Nov 2014, at 23:18, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:33:15PM -0500, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I will accept that information cannot be communicated faster than the speed of light. However, even in single

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Nov 2014, at 23:14, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:33:15PM -0500, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I will accept that information

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Nov 2014, at 23:35, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 05:14:24PM -0500, Richard Ruquist wrote: But QM equations are time reversible, The differentiation of the universe is not Your

Re: QM non local? (was Re: The Span of Infinity)

2014-11-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Nov 2014, at 23:34, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 07:55:04PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: Thinking on this, I begin to see more clearly the MW picture of the singlet state. The explanation is not that obvious. Let me proceed by giving an argument which seems to imply

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-16 Thread zibbsey
On Sunday, November 16, 2014 11:08:04 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 16 Nov 2014, at 05:06, zib...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Sunday, November 16, 2014 2:48:33 AM UTC, zib...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, November 15, 2014 10:55:45 PM UTC, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, Nov

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-16 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 12:42:51PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 23:18, Russell Standish wrote: I also like to point out that unitarity is also equivalent to conservation of information, or in other words if something can happen, it will happen, somewhere in the

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-16 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 02:13:51PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 23:35, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 05:14:24PM -0500, Richard Ruquist wrote: But QM equations are time

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-16 Thread John Mikes
Dear Russell, I try to be polite and smooth in my communications not only with you. Here a question emerges in my mind: how diffrent is your perception of the MV (and the arising of such VERY human connotations) from the concept of 'GOD in religious minds? Is the Schroedinger equation stuff

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-16 Thread LizR
Isn't that the sort of thing religious people often say? They try to use their language applied to science. You believe in evolution, I believe in the Bible. What's the difference? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-16 Thread meekerdb
On 11/16/2014 1:49 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 02:13:51PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 23:35, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 05:14:24PM -0500, Richard

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-16 Thread meekerdb
On 11/16/2014 4:07 PM, LizR wrote: Isn't that the sort of thing religious people often say? They try to use their language applied to science. You believe in evolution, I believe in the Bible. What's the difference? Here's how a guy treats his religion with respect - he challenges it to

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-15 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: The Multiverse equivalent of conservation of energy is unitarity of the evolution of Schroedinger's equation. Or equivalently, that the Hamiltonian is Hermitian. Or to put it more simply, it you use your theory to

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-15 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 05:35:03PM -0500, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 05:14:24PM -0500, Richard Ruquist wrote: But QM equations are time reversible, The differentiation of the universe

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-15 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 02:40:39PM -0800, zibb...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, November 14, 2014 10:09:09 PM UTC, Russell Standish wrote: The Multiverse equivalent of conservation of energy is unitarity of the evolution of Schroedinger's equation. Or equivalently, that the

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-15 Thread Richard Ruquist
The Hamiltonian for the process of de On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 12:27 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: The Multiverse equivalent of conservation of energy is unitarity of the evolution of

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-15 Thread zibbsey
On Saturday, November 15, 2014 10:55:45 PM UTC, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 02:40:39PM -0800, zib...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Friday, November 14, 2014 10:09:09 PM UTC, Russell Standish wrote: The Multiverse equivalent of conservation of energy

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-15 Thread zibbsey
On Sunday, November 16, 2014 2:48:33 AM UTC, zib...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, November 15, 2014 10:55:45 PM UTC, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 02:40:39PM -0800, zib...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, November 14, 2014 10:09:09 PM UTC, Russell Standish wrote:

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: It has been proven that entangled BECs can transfer information instantly or at least so much faster than the speed of light that time delay cannot be detected. That is incorrect. It's true that somethings can travel

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
OK, I will accept that information cannot be communicated faster than the speed of light. However, even in single particle EPR experiments MWI requires the creation of two particles for every one particle. That doubles the energy requirement. Considering the total number of particles created in

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Nov 2014, at 16:27, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: It has been proven that entangled BECs can transfer information instantly or at least so much faster than the speed of light that time delay cannot be detected. That

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I will accept that information cannot be communicated faster than the speed of light. However, even in single particle EPR experiments MWI requires the creation of two particles for every one particle. That doubles the energy

QM non local? (was Re: The Span of Infinity)

2014-11-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Nov 2014, at 17:19, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 16:27, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: It has been proven that entangled BECs can transfer information instantly or at least so much faster than the speed of

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
In other words you do not know On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 1:33 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I will accept that information cannot be communicated faster than the speed of light. However, even in single particle

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: In other words you do not know That is correct, I do not know the laws of physics are in other universes, but there is believe they have always been identical to the laws in our home universe. John K Clark -- You

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread John Clark
Correction: I should have said NO reason to believe. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 3:44 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: In other words you do not know That is correct, I do not know the laws of physics are in

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, November 14, 2014 8:44:46 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Richard Ruquist yan...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: In other words you do not know That is correct, I do not know the laws of physics are in other universes, but there is believe they

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:33:15PM -0500, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I will accept that information cannot be communicated faster than the speed of light. However, even in single particle EPR experiments MWI requires the creation

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:33:15PM -0500, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I will accept that information cannot be communicated faster than the speed of

Re: QM non local? (was Re: The Span of Infinity)

2014-11-14 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, November 14, 2014 6:55:09 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 17:19, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 16:27, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Richard Ruquist yan...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: It has been proven that entangled BECs

Re: QM non local? (was Re: The Span of Infinity)

2014-11-14 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, November 14, 2014 10:16:58 PM UTC, zib...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, November 14, 2014 6:55:09 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 17:19, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 16:27, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Richard Ruquist

Re: QM non local? (was Re: The Span of Infinity)

2014-11-14 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 07:55:04PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: Thinking on this, I begin to see more clearly the MW picture of the singlet state. The explanation is not that obvious. Let me proceed by giving an argument which seems to imply that even in the many-world, there is a remnant

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 05:14:24PM -0500, Richard Ruquist wrote: But QM equations are time reversible, The differentiation of the universe is not Your point being? -- Prof Russell Standish Phone

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 05:14:24PM -0500, Richard Ruquist wrote: But QM equations are time reversible, The differentiation of the universe is not Your point being? Differentiation may not be unitary --

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, November 14, 2014 10:09:09 PM UTC, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:33:15PM -0500, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 Richard Ruquist yan...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: OK, I will accept that information cannot be communicated faster than the

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread LizR
On 15 November 2014 11:14, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: But QM equations are time reversible, True, or so I've been told. I believe the Wheeler-deWitt equation doesn't include time at all. The differentiation of the universe is not It is in principle, otherwise we would

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread meekerdb
On 11/14/2014 6:12 PM, LizR wrote: On 15 November 2014 11:14, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com mailto:yann...@gmail.com wrote: But QM equations are time reversible, True, or so I've been told. I believe the Wheeler-deWitt equation doesn't include time at all. The differentiation

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 03 Nov 2014, at 02:14, Bruce Kellett wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Nov 2014, at 23:55, Bruce Kellett wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: This I find hard to buy. I like the MW notably because it restores determinacy and locality in the 3p big physical picture. In the MW theory, we can

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Nov 2014, at 23:55, Bruce Kellett wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: This I find hard to buy. I like the MW notably because it restores determinacy and locality in the 3p big physical picture. In the MW theory, we can explain the violation of Bells inequality, without using anything non

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-02 Thread Bruce Kellett
Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Nov 2014, at 23:55, Bruce Kellett wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: This I find hard to buy. I like the MW notably because it restores determinacy and locality in the 3p big physical picture. In the MW theory, we can explain the violation of Bells inequality, without

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2014, at 19:37, meekerdb wrote: On 10/31/2014 7:50 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 Oct 2014, at 19:52, Richard Ruquist wrote: I envision wave functions as empty shells that can be filled with energy. Why not particles? But then you are heading toward Bohm-de Broglie type of

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2014, at 20:23, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 2:37 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/31/2014 7:50 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 Oct 2014, at 19:52, Richard Ruquist wrote: I envision wave functions as empty shells that can be filled with energy.

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-01 Thread Bruce Kellett
Bruno Marchal wrote: This I find hard to buy. I like the MW notably because it restores determinacy and locality in the 3p big physical picture. In the MW theory, we can explain the violation of Bells inequality, without using anything non local, or instantaneous. I took Aspect experiment

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 30 Oct 2014, at 21:22, meekerdb wrote: On 10/30/2014 10:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 Oct 2014, at 00:12, LizR wrote: you can delete your posts (I think?) That is not so easy when a post has been already sent, I think, unless quantum delayed erasing perhaps (grin), but as

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
wrote: On 27 Oct 2014, at 23:18, LizR wrote: On 28 October 2014 10:56, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: But the span of infinity is outside spacetime. I would say it's an abstract property of certain mathematical systems (or something similar). If GR is right and spacetime

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Oct 2014, at 21:53, LizR wrote: On 30 October 2014 09:14, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Yes to both questions. String theory treats spacetime as a continuum and the loop quantum gravity LQG theories in which spacetime is granular predict that photons at differing

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
of infinity' is a better term ;) 'Spam of infinity', or 'Span of Infinities!' You remember surely, Liz, that Cantor proved (in some theory) that there are many infinities, even many sort of infinities. With the plural, span might make sense. Sorry for quibbling on your infinite joke

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-31 Thread meekerdb
On 10/31/2014 7:50 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 Oct 2014, at 19:52, Richard Ruquist wrote: I envision wave functions as empty shells that can be filled with energy. Why not particles? But then you are heading toward Bohm-de Broglie type of non local hidden variable, which seems to me

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-31 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 2:37 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/31/2014 7:50 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 Oct 2014, at 19:52, Richard Ruquist wrote: I envision wave functions as empty shells that can be filled with energy. Why not particles? But then you are heading

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-30 Thread Richard Ruquist
of infinity', or 'Span of Infinities!' You remember surely, Liz, that Cantor proved (in some theory) that there are many infinities, even many sort of infinities. With the plural, span might make sense. Sorry for quibbling on your infinite joke, but I just answered a post by John Clark, and it seems

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe 'spam of infinity' is a better term ;) 'Spam of infinity', or 'Span of Infinities!' You remember surely, Liz, that Cantor proved (in some theory) that there are many infinities, even many sort of infinities. With the plural, span might make sense. Sorry

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
;) 'Spam of infinity', or 'Span of Infinities!' You remember surely, Liz, that Cantor proved (in some theory) that there are many infinities, even many sort of infinities. With the plural, span might make sense. Sorry for quibbling on your infinite joke, but I just answered a post by John

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-30 Thread Richard Ruquist
, Peter Sas peterj...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe 'spam of infinity' is a better term ;) 'Spam of infinity', or 'Span of Infinities!' You remember surely, Liz, that Cantor proved (in some theory) that there are many infinities, even many sort of infinities. With the plural, span might make sense

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-30 Thread meekerdb
On 10/30/2014 10:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 Oct 2014, at 00:12, LizR wrote: you can delete your posts (I think?) That is not so easy when a post has been already sent, I think, unless quantum delayed erasing perhaps (grin), but as zibbsay observes, I was not so much quibbling when

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Oct 2014, at 22:48, LizR wrote: Well that WAS the point of my original post... : D On 29 October 2014 00:55, Peter Sas peterjacco...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe 'spam of infinity' is a better term ;) 'Spam of infinity', or 'Span of Infinities!' You remember surely, Liz, that Cantor

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Oct 2014, at 23:18, LizR wrote: On 28 October 2014 10:56, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: But the span of infinity is outside spacetime. I would say it's an abstract property of certain mathematical systems (or something similar). If GR is right and spacetime is a continuum

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
, at 23:18, LizR wrote: On 28 October 2014 10:56, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: But the span of infinity is outside spacetime. I would say it's an abstract property of certain mathematical systems (or something similar). If GR is right and spacetime is a continuum

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-29 Thread LizR
On 30 October 2014 09:14, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Yes to both questions. String theory treats spacetime as a continuum and the loop quantum gravity LQG theories in which spacetime is granular predict that photons at differing frequencies propagate at differing velocities,

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
Been there. Done that. Dementia comes from sleep deprivation due to ... too many details. On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 4:53 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 30 October 2014 09:14, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Yes to both questions. String theory treats spacetime as a continuum and

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-29 Thread meekerdb
On 10/29/2014 11:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 27 Oct 2014, at 23:18, LizR wrote: On 28 October 2014 10:56, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com mailto:yann...@gmail.com wrote: But the span of infinity is outside spacetime. I would say it's an abstract property of certain mathematical

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-29 Thread zibbsey
;) 'Spam of infinity', or 'Span of Infinities!' You remember surely, Liz, that Cantor proved (in some theory) that there are many infinities, even many sort of infinities. With the plural, span might make sense. Sorry for quibbling on your infinite joke, but I just answered a post by John Clark

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-29 Thread zibbsey
...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe 'spam of infinity' is a better term ;) 'Spam of infinity', or 'Span of Infinities!' You remember surely, Liz, that Cantor proved (in some theory) that there are many infinities, even many sort of infinities. With the plural, span might make sense. Sorry for quibbling

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-29 Thread LizR
that WAS the point of my original post... : D On 29 October 2014 00:55, Peter Sas peterj...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe 'spam of infinity' is a better term ;) 'Spam of infinity', or 'Span of Infinities!' You remember surely, Liz, that Cantor proved (in some theory) that there are many infinities, even

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-28 Thread Peter Sas
Maybe 'spam of infinity' is a better term ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-28 Thread LizR
Well that WAS the point of my original post... : D On 29 October 2014 00:55, Peter Sas peterjacco...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe 'spam of infinity' is a better term ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-27 Thread zibbsey
On Sunday, October 26, 2014 9:53:36 PM UTC, JohnM wrote: Brent, these guys are SO smart! They even knew how to convert infinity into a definitely lucrative career with awards and stuff. you made a good insight here, so my thanks that you shared it. Reading the fuller laid down by

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-27 Thread LizR
I don't have time to watch the video, but the title seems a bit weird. How can infinity have a span (span implies finitude, surely?) With infinity it's more span, span, span, span, span, span, span, span ... span, wonderful span! Maybe someone can summarise for me? -- You received this message

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-27 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Dinsdale! -Original Message- From: LizR lizj...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, Oct 27, 2014 4:49 pm Subject: Re: The Span of Infinity I don't have time to watch the video, but the title seems a bit weird. How can infinity have a span

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-27 Thread John Mikes
Dear Zibsey, what a response to my short-cut exuberance in my 'agnosticism'! Reminds me Rostand's tirade by Cyrano to the vicompt's brief Sir, your nose is big.. I read it with gusto and - as usual - don't want to argue in detail. I accept it as an addage to my ideas which I never want to get

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-27 Thread LizR
On 28 October 2014 09:51, spudboy100 via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: Dinsdale! Now you're just parroting... :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-27 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Sent from AOL Mobile Mail That! My friend is an ex-parrot. I didn't come here for an argument. Yes you did! -Original Message- From: LizR lizj...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, Oct 27, 2014 04:11 PM Subject: Re: The Span of Infinity div

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-27 Thread LizR
On 28 October 2014 10:18, spudboy100 via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: Sent from AOL Mobile Mail That! My friend is an ex-parrot. I didn't come here for an argument. Yes you did! This could go on forever.. maybe we've discovered the span of infinity

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-27 Thread Richard Ruquist
But the span of infinity is outside spacetime. On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 5:44 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 28 October 2014 10:18, spudboy100 via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: Sent from AOL Mobile Mail That! My friend is an ex-parrot. I didn't come here

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-27 Thread LizR
On 28 October 2014 10:56, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: But the span of infinity is outside spacetime. I would say it's an abstract property of certain mathematical systems (or something similar). If GR is right and spacetime is a continuum, then it will contain infinities even

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-27 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
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Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-26 Thread John Mikes
...@verizon.net wrote: May be of interest to the group. Later today. Brent Original Message The Span of Infinity Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:30-4:30 pm http://www.helixcenter.org/roundtables/the-span-of-infinity/ This is a panel discussion taking place this afternoon

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-26 Thread LizR
On 26 October 2014 14:00, spudboy100 via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: Sent from AOL Mobile Mail Brent, I am quite familiar with Eric Steinhardt Paterson University, NJ. He deals philosophically as a philosopher does, with the idea of immortality, and identity.

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-26 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
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Fwd: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-25 Thread meekerdb
May be of interest to the group. Later today. Brent Original Message The Span of Infinity Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:30-4:30 pm http://www.helixcenter.org/roundtables/the-span-of-infinity/ This is a panel discussion taking place this afternoon in NYC (so I assume

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-10-25 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
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