----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 3:19 PM Subject: Re: does time exist
> Dan said: > > > Indeed, this gives a very good place to stand when trying to > > understand QM. If electrons don't exist apart from the human mind, > > then it isn't surprising that their properties don't exist apart > > from observation. > > But some of their properties *do* exist apart from observation, or at > least are always the same whenever measured: they are always spin-1/2 > particles, for example. Fair enough, I was speaking a bit too generally. Rightly said, some important properties do not exist. The spin is always +/- 1/2 whenever measured, but it cannot be either +1/2 -1/2 before being measured in a given direction, unless it had been measured in that direction. So would your position be that electrons have a > "dual nature", being part mind and part numenon? Electrons are phenomenon. Phenomenon is better described as the interface between mind and numenon than part and part, IMHO. But, that is getting a bit technical, in a philosophical sense. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
