Ian, Too many good books and not enough time!
Sounds like an excellent book, and of course I've ordered it. Thanks. Marsha At 04:06 PM 2/20/2008, you wrote: >Jorge, Ron, Marsha et al, Time and Energy. > >I think this equating DQ to Energy is another kind of chauvinism. > >Like, as we peel back the levels of physics we find things that look >more fundamental - at one level we might see the vacuum as alive with >energy and conclude that material particles (dynamic stuff) are just >patterns in this energetic activity and point at Einstein's >equivalence (E=Mc2) to back up the thought. > >I go one level further and say that energy potential is just any >significant differences / changes in that vacuum - quantum information >I might say - all energy and matter comes from these information >patterns. But I'd still be choosing a comfortable perspective - my >preferred metaphor. Very similar view to Ron's though. > >Interestingly, I too like Dennett's "time chauvinism" - thought I'd >forgotten it until Marsha reminded us. Joining up some dots again, >finding alternate time perspectives is what this link is about. (I >posted it in the time stopping thread.) >http://www.steventaylor.talktalk.net/time.htm > >Ian > >On 2/20/08, Jorge Goldfarb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jorge: I am inclined to say that Energy is not at > > all much like DQ. Energy, as opposed to DQ, can be > > precisely formulated in terms of mathematical > > equations. > > > > Ron:(from Wiki) > > "In physics and other sciences, energy (from the Greek > > ???????, energos, "active, working")[1] is a scalar > > physical quantity that is a property of objects and > > systems which is conserved by nature. > > Quantity is a kind of which exists as magnitude or > > multitude. It is > > among the basic classes of things along with QUALITY, > > substance, change, and relation." > > > > Ron: > > So it's safe to say quantity is a quality. > > >Moq_Discuss mailing list >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >Archives: >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ ************* DEFINITION of Marsha, I, me, self, myself, & etc.: Ever-changing collection of overlapping, interrelated, inorganic, biological, social and intellectual, static patterns of value. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
