Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread Georges Quenot
Hal Ruhl wrote: [...] The idea that defining a thing actually defines two things seems self evident [once you notice it]. At least one case of unavoidable definition also seems self evident [once you notice it]. The problem with evidence is that on one side there is no other known basis to

Fw: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread John M
- Original Message - From: John M [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Hal Ruhl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 4:26 PM Subject: Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model Hi, Hall, (to your post below and many preceding that): I feel there is a semantic game going on. ALL we know of

Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread Georges Quenot
Hal Ruhl wrote: Boundaries: I have as I said in one post of this thread and as I recall in some earlier related threads defined information as a potential to erect a boundary. So the All is chuck full of this potential. Actual boundaries are the Everything and any evolving Something. This is

Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread Eric Cavalcanti
On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 08:39, Georges Quenot wrote: Hal Ruhl wrote: [...] The idea that defining a thing actually defines two things seems self evident [once you notice it]. At least one case of unavoidable definition also seems self evident [once you notice it]. The problem

Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread Hal Ruhl
At 05:39 PM 11/16/2004, you wrote: Hal Ruhl wrote: [...] The idea that defining a thing actually defines two things seems self evident [once you notice it]. At least one case of unavoidable definition also seems self evident [once you notice it]. The problem with evidence is that on one side

Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread Georges Quenot
Eric Cavalcanti wrote: On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 08:39, Georges Quenot wrote: Hal Ruhl wrote: [...] The idea that defining a thing actually defines two things seems self evident [once you notice it]. At least one case of unavoidable definition also seems self evident [once you notice it]. The

Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread Hal Ruhl
At 05:58 PM 11/16/2004, you wrote: Hal Ruhl wrote: Boundaries: I have as I said in one post of this thread and as I recall in some earlier related threads defined information as a potential to erect a boundary. So the All is chuck full of this potential. Actual boundaries are the Everything

Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread Georges Quenot
Hal Ruhl wrote: At 05:39 PM 11/16/2004, you wrote: Hal Ruhl wrote: [...] The idea that defining a thing actually defines two things seems self evident [once you notice it]. At least one case of unavoidable definition also seems self evident [once you notice it]. The problem with evidence is

Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread Georges Quenot
Hal Ruhl wrote: At 05:58 PM 11/16/2004, you wrote: Hal Ruhl wrote: Boundaries: I have as I said in one post of this thread and as I recall in some earlier related threads defined information as a potential to erect a boundary. So the All is chuck full of this potential. Actual boundaries

Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread Hal Ruhl
At 08:48 PM 11/16/2004, you wrote: Hal Ruhl wrote: At 05:39 PM 11/16/2004, you wrote: Hal Ruhl wrote: [...] The idea that defining a thing actually defines two things seems self evident [once you notice it]. At least one case of unavoidable definition also seems self evident [once you notice

Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread Georges Quenot
Hal Ruhl wrote: At 08:48 PM 11/16/2004, you wrote: Darwin seems to have felt this way about Origins [Stephen Gould's The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, page 2] so why should my ideas be special? We agree here. Interesting reference. Georges.

Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi George: At 09:13 PM 11/16/2004, you wrote: Hal Ruhl wrote: At 05:58 PM 11/16/2004, you wrote: Hal Ruhl wrote: Boundaries: I have as I said in one post of this thread and as I recall in some earlier related threads defined information as a potential to erect a boundary. So the All is chuck

Re: Fw: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi John: At 05:46 PM 11/16/2004, you wrote: snip My Multiverse consists of universes unlimited in number and qualia (process capability, whatever). My All would be infinite and could contain multiple multiverses - multiple Somethings - evolving all at once. I see no restriction on the nature

Re: An All/Nothing multiverse model

2004-11-16 Thread rmiller
This is starting to sound like discussion Hume must have had with himself. RM