On Sunday, August 25, 2019, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 8/25/2019 12:58 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 4:30 AM John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 12:16 AM Jason Resch <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> *> The mind is a pattern distinct from any of it's physical incarnations.* >> >> >> A pattern must be a pattern of something, and whatever that something is >> it can't be numbers because numbers don't change with time and minds do. >> > > The structure has a time dimension. The structure varies with the time > coordinate. That's what time is. > > > Which one? Coordinate time? Clock time? Proper time? Whose proper time? > > > > > > > So if that something isn't numbers and it isn't atoms what is it? A mind >> is distinct from any particular physical incarnation but it must be >> physical stuff of some sort because physical stuff is the only stuff that >> can change with time. >> > > Does space change? In physics time and space are one unified whole. > > > That's the theory now. But maybe it's made of quantum entanglements? > That's the trouble all religions have with trying to base their validity on > physics. Physics is a science and it never provides certainty...and least > of all in its theories. > > There's no case I am aware of where something that changes over one dimension can't be viewed equivalently as a static object with one extra dimension. If you think a static point can exist as a mathematical object, but not a point that moves up and down can't because movement implies change, then does the sin function exist as a mathematical object? (Curious what John Clark would say on this). Jason -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUhwUe55%2B3D2UEoU9FnKgy2v-pNdSb95ZjvrWRsM6hvLFg%40mail.gmail.com.
