Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

Mark Buda writes: > Still busy, but things are looking up for finding the time. I'll have > to revisit what I wrote before, though, because some of it was > garbage. Nailed the red state blue state thing, though, even though I > didn't explain adequately. While I did nail it, I

Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

Still busy, but things are looking up for finding the time. I'll have to revisit what I wrote before, though, because some of it was garbage. Nailed the red state blue state thing, though, even though I didn't explain adequately. I always had a problem with showing my work. On Monday, July

RE: Civilization-level quantum suicide

Please, seek medical help. If you're right, you lose nothing and might convince at least the psychiatrist you talk to. If I'm right, you get cured. It can't do you any harm, but leaving what looks to me like a serious illness untreated may well do you some serious harm. Look, I've

RE: Civilization-level quantum suicide

I agree with pretty much everything you are saying, Jesse; unfortunately, I don't have the time at the moment to respond adequately. I think it would greatly improve the signal-to-noise ratio on this list if everybody else kept quiet on this thread until you read my response to Jesse. Please

RE: Civilization-level quantum suicide

Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:10:23 -0700 Subject: RE: Civilization-level quantum suicide From: her...@acm.org To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Mark, if you're not kidding here I honestly think you may be experiencing some kind of mental disorder, perhaps a manic state (good

RE: Civilization-level quantum suicide

Well, it's impossible to know what's going on with you based on a few email messages but it definitely sounds like it could be a manic state to me--this sort of grandiosity and boundless confidence in one's own abilities and powers is common in mania. Of course it is. But note that I'm not

Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

Well... Did Gene Ray died the other night as you predicted ? No, then go consult. Simple as that. Regards, Quentin 2010/7/18 Mark Buda her...@acm.org Well, it's impossible to know what's going on with you based on a few email messages but it definitely sounds like it could be a manic

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Did Gene Ray died the other night as you predicted ? No, then go consult. Simple as that. I don't know whether he died or not. Google doesn't seem to know either. Since none of you seem interested in helping me (and I don't blame you, but it was worth a shot) I'm going to send him an email

Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

Jesse, Mark, On 18 Jul 2010, at 17:20, Jesse Mazer wrote: Well, it's impossible to know what's going on with you based on a few email messages but it definitely sounds like it could be a manic state to me--this sort of grandiosity and boundless confidence in one's own abilities and

Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

Mark, we may be wrong, but none of what you said makes very much sense for us. Some things you said may make sense, but seems to me humanly communicable only through math, fiction, art, poetry, ... and stands always very far away from any literal certainty. I know it doesn't make sense. I

Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Mark Buda her...@acm.org wrote: Get it? Good grief, even if the stuff I'm saying taken as a whole doesn't make sense, at least focus on one piece at a time and you will agree that I'm making perfect sense. Mark, seriously, you're not. I worked on a psychiatric

Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Mark Buda her...@acm.org wrote: Get it? Good grief, even if the stuff I'm saying taken as a whole doesn't make sense, at least focus on one piece at a time and you will agree that I'm making perfect sense. Mark, seriously, you're not. I worked on a

Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Mark Buda her...@acm.org wrote: You worked on a psychiatric ward but you never understood them. If you had taken the time to interact with them, one on one, and share their lives and hopes and dreams, you would have been able to help them figure it out. That

Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Mark Buda her...@acm.org wrote: You worked on a psychiatric ward but you never understood them. If you had taken the time to interact with them, one on one, and share their lives and hopes and dreams, you would have been able to help them figure it out.

Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

On 16 Jul 2010, at 14:13, Mark Buda wrote: But the upshot of it is this: I have found out what happens when you commit quantum suicide. You discover that you believe a contradiction, and that even though nothing about the world has changed, you understand the universe. That seems very

RE: Civilization-level quantum suicide

Why do you want to convince Richard Dawkins? You give him credit. Because I know that I know how to persuade him of the truth based on evidence *and* emotion. I can prove to him, personally, that I am God, and that I created the universe. And he will believe it. Because I can show him a

RE: Civilization-level quantum suicide

Mark, if you're not kidding here I honestly think you may be experiencing some kind of mental disorder, perhaps a manic state (good description of these kinds of states by Oliver Sacks at http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2008/sep/25/a-summer-of-madness/?pagination=false ) or even the

Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

I'm not kidding. I understand your concern It's also statistically more likely if you're a male between 18-25... that's when these sorts of brain farts are most common. It doesn't mean you're crazy, but the most important step to understanding what you're thinking is to understand that you're

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I'm not kidding. I understand your concern It's also statistically more likely if you're a male between 18-25... Statistics govern groups. I am an individual. I am 42. As was my father when I was born. What an interesting coincidence. Not. You did post a testable prediction though -- that

Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

Well your posts were funny for five minutes... but you know what ? T'es lourd ! Bye. 2010/7/16 Mark Buda her...@acm.org I came across this link some time ago and found it interesting: http://www.paul-almond.com/CivilizationLevelQuantumSuicide.htm In fact, I believe it is what introduced

Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

On 16 Jul 2010, at 14:13, Mark Buda wrote: I came across this link some time ago and found it interesting: http://www.paul-almond.com/CivilizationLevelQuantumSuicide.htm In fact, I believe it is what introduced me to the term quantum suicide. I had been googling something I had been thinking