On 6 December 2014 at 05:20, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 8:06 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 12/4/2014 8:05 PM, LizR wrote: >> >>> I suspect that Bruno is differentiating physical existence from primary >>> existence. >>> >> >> What's the difference? Isn't physical existence the paradigmatic case? >> the example we point to when asked to define "exits"? >> > > Not wanting to bypass Bruno's more sophisticated explanations, I tend to > equate "physical existence" with the idea of something existing > independently of an observer. Or, to put it another way, taking 3p reality > seriously. No? > > Yes. The distinction is between what we are aware of existing (and continuing to exist in our absence) and a hypothetical substrate from which the physical world may or may not emerge. The mathematical universe hypothesis and comp being obvious candidates for a non physical primary reality. I'm afraid Brent is basically trolling, because he's well aware of this distinction. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
