Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-27 Thread Michel Jullian
Free-willing (or is it -weeling? :) friends, Harry, When quantum mechanics appeared the spirit had to accept that there is a LIST of possible ways the universe could unfold. However, even if this list is infinitely long it still means that certain possibilities will be OFF

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-27 Thread Mauro Lacy
Free-willing (or is it -weeling? :) friends, Hi, I assume you meant -wheeling. Harry, When quantum mechanics appeared the spirit had to accept that there is a LIST of possible ways the universe could unfold. However, even if this list is infinitely long it still means

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-27 Thread Michel Jullian
2009/11/27 Mauro Lacy ma...@lacy.com.ar: Free-willing (or is it -weeling? :) friends, Hi, I assume you meant -wheeling. Yes Harry, When quantum mechanics appeared the spirit had to accept that there is a LIST of possible ways the universe could unfold. However, even if

RE: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-27 Thread Jones Beene
Ah Michel Selecting, at the other extreme, one particle per shot will yield, after a proportionately larger number of shots, the very same fringe pattern, and that's what actually happens in experiments. Yes. But you did not go far enough, if I catch your mildly dismissive drift- that is, in

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-27 Thread Mauro Lacy
Michel Jullian wrote: Well, we don't need to wait that longer. We already know that certain phenomena are simply not contained within the framework of classical mechanics, due to its stochastic nature. So, for computers or machines to be able to achieve conscience, they'll have to be built in

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-26 Thread Mauro Lacy
Michel Jullian wrote: I never implied the behavior of the universe or of any of its subsets was or could be in the future exactly predictable, we know since QM that it is not. QM leaves no room for determinism, which is quite an improvement over classical physics as it gives us an open future.

RE: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-26 Thread Jones Beene
Michel I never implied the behavior of the universe or of any of its subsets was or could be in the future exactly predictable, we know since QM that it is not. QM leaves no room for determinism, which is quite an improvement over classical physics as it gives us an open future. But it doesn't

RE: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-26 Thread Mauro Lacy
Michel I never implied the behavior of the universe or of any of its subsets was or could be in the future exactly predictable, we know since QM that it is not. QM leaves no room for determinism, which is quite an improvement over classical physics as it gives us an open future. But it doesn't

RE: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-26 Thread Jones Beene
Mauro By incommensurable I mean the residual that's always present in every calculation, measurement, modeling or simulation of a physical process. Okay - I am with you there. What you seem to be describing is the difference between true randomness and a stochastic process - which itself is a

RE: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-26 Thread Mauro Lacy
Mauro By incommensurable I mean the residual that's always present in every calculation, measurement, modeling or simulation of a physical process. Okay - I am with you there. What you seem to be describing is the difference between true randomness and a stochastic process - which itself

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-25 Thread Michel Jullian
2009/11/21 Mauro Lacy ma...@lacy.com.ar: Yes. The problem with all these approaches will always fortunately be human free will Then there is no problem is there? Michel

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-25 Thread Mauro Lacy
2009/11/21 Mauro Lacy ma...@lacy.com.ar: Yes. The problem with all these approaches will always fortunately be human free will Then there is no problem is there? Maybe there's a misunderstanding. I meant problem in the sense that the outcomes of the future experiments in human

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-25 Thread Michel Jullian
No, no, all I meant is that since there doesn't seem to exist such a thing as free will in physical systems --fortunately for physicists!-- there is no problem. Unless we humans are not bound by the rules obeyed by the rest of the universe, which remains to be proved. Michel 2009/11/25 Mauro

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-25 Thread Mauro Lacy
No, no, all I meant is that since there doesn't seem to exist such a thing as free will in physical systems --fortunately for physicists!-- there is no problem. Unless we humans are not bound by the rules obeyed by the rest of the universe, which remains to be proved. Oh well. Let's put it

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-25 Thread Michel Jullian
I never implied the behavior of the universe or of any of its subsets was or could be in the future exactly predictable, we know since QM that it is not. QM leaves no room for determinism, which is quite an improvement over classical physics as it gives us an open future. But it doesn't leave room

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-25 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message From: Michel Jullian michelj...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, November 25, 2009 6:02:31 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable? I never implied the behavior of the universe or of any of its subsets was or could be in the future

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-25 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message From: Harry Veeder hlvee...@yahoo.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, November 26, 2009 12:27:43 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable? - Original Message From: Michel Jullian To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, November

[Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-20 Thread Jones Beene
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5aj3d3-us-italy-galileo-find/ Apparently body parts and teeth from Galileo were cut from his corpse by scientists during a burial ceremony held after his death in 1642. End of story? Don't count on that. DNA from teeth and hair can be extracted, multiplied and

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-20 Thread Alexander Hollins
You know, as a writer, I'm tempted to take that final line as a challenge. The only question, do i make the shroud be actually stains of christ, or some other dude? On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote:

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-20 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jones sez: ... Of course, there is *zero assurance* that the “clone of a genius” will follow in the footsteps of the progenitor... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_from_Brazil_(film) Speaking of cloning, don't forget Sir Lawrence of Olivier Regards Steven Vincent Johnson

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-20 Thread MJ
Jones Beene wrote: BTW -- the implications of cloned DNA from the Shroud of Turin has already been explored in (poorly written) fiction. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin In their book The Second Messiah: Templars, the Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry,

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-20 Thread Mauro Lacy
Of course, there is *zero assurance* that the clone of a genius will follow in the footsteps of the progenitor, and likewise rise to the same level of accomplishment I dare to make a prediction: if human cloning is achieved and done(and we all know it will be, in some not so distant future)

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-20 Thread Alexander Hollins
yeah, i see that from the wikipedia link in another reply. Very interesting. That could make a better plot. A subgroup of the illuminati (who are actually the templars, don't ya know) attempt to clone one of their previous grandmasters, only it turns out that the shroud actually WAS the image of

RE: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-20 Thread Jones Beene
This brings up the nature vs nurture debate - BUT - also let's update the scenario in a modern techno-context ... IOW don't overlook that fact that we are approaching a future where, due to artificial intelligence and expert systems, it might be possible to maximize both nature and nurture - at

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-20 Thread Terry Blanton
Hey, I like it. Throw in that they also clone his wife Mary Magdeline and use her to extort Jesus for control of the earth. The Sufi's clone Mohammed and together he and Jesus rescue Mary and destroy the Illuminati forever. Terry On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Alexander Hollins

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-20 Thread Alexander Hollins
actually if it was the shroud jesus was buried in, it WOULD have the tears of mary on it somewhere, as well as skin cells where she grabbed it, twisting it in her hands, her grief so much that she loses all sense of those around her. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Terry Blanton

RE: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-20 Thread Jones Beene
In fiction: The Bad: http://tinyurl.com/yl2z5aj The Ugly: http://www.armageddonbooks.com/clone.html Not sure, but probably not good: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Jesus-Thief/J-R-Lankford/e/978097186941 7 In film (all ugly) The site name sez it all:

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-20 Thread Alexander Hollins
I was going to say, we've enough evidence of twins , seperated at birth, brought up in very different environments, being very similar to each other as adults. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: This brings up the nature vs nurture debate - BUT - also let's

Re: [Vo]:Is Galileo's DNA still viable?

2009-11-20 Thread Mauro Lacy
Alexander Hollins wrote: I was going to say, we've enough evidence of twins , seperated at birth, brought up in very different environments, being very similar to each other as adults. I've heard that twins share a numer of startling coincidences in their lives. Like naming their pets the