The question in science for me concerns how we might live and what we could be if we could escape gratuitous competition. I can see some personal ways to escape, but these seem to lack connectivity with others that seems the route we are cast on.
On 28 Feb, 02:14, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know that a divisibility issue thread would go all that far. > Thurman's reference to the collider basically is demonstrative of > man's desire to reach an end that can be held on to, owned and > possessed. Problem being that even with the Hadron establishing the > first successful particle collision and supposed gathering of sub > atomic information pertaining to universe origin and/or the > fundamental nature of matter seems hardly the end of the line or the > point of conclusion with regard to infinite divisibility. This > basically renders the LHC experiment a 5 billion dollar playstation > game. How can the science of infinite divisibility be carried out > without infinite experimentation. Will we, even can we, get past this > point of atomic particles? There remains the unresolved enigmas of > dark matter/energy and the Higgs Boson. I find the phrase God > Particle a bit entertaining but who knows what we'll discover over the > next 500 years if we don't accidentally cause a planetary implosion. > > On Feb 27, 9:58 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Oh, and the issue of infinite divisibility… perhaps ripe for a new > > topic? Or would it be appropriate here? I know I’ve approached this > > analysis a few times here at ME and so far find it sound. Of course on > > one level, not having completed the science (most likely an > > impossibility), “we” do not know as you point out Slip. Yet on other > > levels including thought experiments and analysis, it most assuredly > > points to the nature of reality. > > > On Feb 27, 6:08 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It was interesting but not sure it adds to or lends any credibility to > > > Buddism. Its just another view I guess. Not sure about everything > > > being infinitely divisible. I'd visit Tibet but my lungs won't go. > > > > On Feb 27, 12:59 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Robert Thurman > > > > > Topics include: > > > > The Growing popularity of Atheism > > > > Buddhism’s Stance on Deism > > > > Buddhism and the Meaning of Life > > > > Hyperrealism in Buddhism > > > > Backstage interview > > > > Obama and the History of Christianity in America > > > > The Chinese Occupation of Tibet > > > > Why the Dalai Lama Matters > > > > The Source of the Dalai Lama’s Popularity > > > > > Many points here…most are quite interesting. What do you think? > > > > >http://fora.tv/2009/02/09/Robert_Thurman_at_City_Arts__Lectures > > > > > I studied w/Bob back in the mid 80s.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" 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/minds-eye?hl=en.
