Hi Brent, So what would a computer generated simulation of a Pink Elephant in a simulated world be? Would it exist?
On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 4:39 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/8/2013 12:03 PM, John Mikes wrote: > > You are mixing conventional physicalist-materialist apples with imaginary > oranges. Anything 'could be'. > > > That's my point. Anything 'could be' if the only constraint is logical > consistency (not self contradictory). But in the sense of 'be' that > requires a universe and observers there appear to be other, nomological > constraints. So there could be an animal that looks superficially like and > elephant and lives on a planet who's atmosphere is as dense as water and is > pink. But it couldn't also have the same DNA and metabolic system as and > elephant. So it would only 'be a flying pink elephant' because we use the > words to denote a certain similarity in appearance. > > Brent > > > Question: would such "anything" be topic for this physicalist-based > conventional EVERYTHING List? > Q-2: are OUR colors defined for different physical circumstances as well? > BTW - IMO flying is not restricted to a conventionally called 'gaseous' > medium, so 'swimming' can be considered an alternate for flying. - PINK > Whales? <G> > Rem: of course 'they' all exist - if not otherwise: in our mind. > JM > > On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:04 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 6/8/2013 5:23 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> They exist if there is a consistent description of them. Even within >>> conventional physics there is room for that, as discussed recently on this >>> list. In the MWI or in eternal inflation models, everything that is not >>> strictly forbidden by the conservation laws will happen. >>> >>> Flying pink elephants can e.g. exist on planets with an extemely dense >>> atmosphere, there was a NGC documentary a few years ago about this topic, >>> it was suggested that you could have flying whales on such planets. >>> >> >> Could you identify them as elephants and whales by their DNA? Could the >> elephants be pink? >> >> >> Brent >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3343 / Virus Database: 3199/6394 - Release Date: 06/08/13 > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/_ONFIcyntY4/unsubscribe?hl=en > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
