On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Stephen P. King <[email protected]>wrote:
> To fix a typo > > On 7/19/2012 3:46 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: > > Dear Bruno, > > I need to slow down and just address this question of your as it seems > to be the point where we disconnect from understanding each other. > > On 7/19/2012 10:22 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > At this stage I will ask you to define "physical". > > > The physical is the represented as the sum of > incontrovertible<http://www.thefreedictionary.com/incontrovertible>facts that > mutually communicating observers have in common. > > So 2 is prime is physical? What about uncertainties, like string theory, or many worlds? Would those be nonphysical? > It is those facts that cannot be denied without introducing > contradictions, thus such things as "hallucinations" and "mirages" are > excluded. I guess that this definition might seem tautological, but it > seems to me to be the explanation that has the longest reach in its power > to explain what is meant by the word. Additionally, physical refers to > "objects of the world" > > What do you mean by "the world"? Earth, This Hubble Volume, Everything beyond it in all dimensions forever, all branches of the wavefunction, all possible string theories, all self-consistent structures? Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
