Hi Richard,
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Richard Ruquist <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Roger, > > > > > >> This is the case with modern cognitive science: > >> > >> 1) It ignored Descartes' two substance (mind and brain) > >> solution to the mind/brain problem in favor of treating > >> both substances as material. > > > > > > A common criticism of dualism is the problem of interaction. If mind is > > outside the physical world, how does it interact with body? Any > mechanism of > > interaction you can propose would make mind part of the physical world, > thus > > negating dualism. > > > > I appreciate and share the sentiment that there is something extremely > weird > > about consciousness, that cannot be explained by current science. I don't > > buy into the idea that consciousness emerges from neural activity. Yet, > any > > explanation must place consciousness inside the real of physical laws (or > > vice-versa), otherwise the previous paradox arises. > > > > Telmo, String theory monads, the particles of compactified extra > string dimensions, 6 dimensions each, called Calabi-Yau compact > manifolds, are uniformly distributed in space in a rather crystalline > structure, yet are effectively outside spacetime because each monad > maps the universe instantly to its interior; and if that were not > enough, the monads being space precipitating from space in the big > bang, they are motionless and therefore form a Bose-Einstein > Condensate BEC in which light can propagate at any speed including > infinite speed. Those monads also contain the laws and constants of > physics and they regulate physical particle interactions. > > Bet on string theory and you get everything in one package. > BTW the instantaneous monad perception is my hypothesis. > A 3-D solution is not available yet. > > But the other properties of CY compact manifolds are well known in > string theory. > Richard > Ok, but where's the dualism there? What you're describing is a physical model. Everything in it is still in the physical world, it's just that in this model space has more than 3 dimensions and a weird topology. -- 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.
