There it is again. Where is your evidence? Or are you led by your faith? On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 10/25/2015 5:08 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Brent Meeker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On 10/25/2015 8:38 AM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 4:39 AM, Bruce Kellett < >> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 25/10/2015 6:12 pm, Pierz wrote: >>> >>>> It's hard to see how physics can be self-consistent without the a >>>> priori existence of arithmetic. >>>> >>> >>> Maybe it is because the self-consistency of physics is what makes >>> arithmetic possible. >>> >>> Though admittedly that is a different point to whether or not physics is >>>> "emulated" in arithmetic. >>>> >>> >>> True. But no-one has yet emulated any physics in arithmetic. All the we >>> have is mathematical accounts of discovered physical laws -- arithmetic >>> based in physics. >> >> >> I recently replied to someone on the FOAR list who expressed a similar >> criticism: >> >> Something has to "run" the math... ;) electricity or not. >>> >> >> Isn't this being a bit one-sided? >> Physics can run itself, but objects in math cannot. >> A physical universe can exist independently of anything else, but a >> mathematical object cannot. >> A physical computation can result in consciousness, a mathematical >> computation results in nothing. >> >> From where does such bias originate? >> >> >> From experience as a physical being. >> > > Your experience provides evidence for the existence of the physical > universe, but don't confuse this for evidence of the non-existence of > anything outside the physical universe. > > > You mean don't confuse it with existence of imaginary things? > > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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.
