The Seventh Step (Preamble)

2009-02-04 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Kim, Still interested? I must say I was wrong. I cannot explain to you the functioning of a computer without doing math. Orally, drawing on a black board, I would have been able to explain a big part of it, and simultaneously hiding the mathematics. But I realize now that even this

Re: The arrow of time is the easiest computational direction for life in the manifold

2009-02-04 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno Have you seen this: V. Walsh, A theory of magnitude:common cortical metrics of time, spce and quantity, trends in Cognitive Sciences, 7, 483 (2003) This was a one reference in a paper on time I just read today( Time and Causation http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0559

Templeton Foundation

2009-02-04 Thread Kim Jones
The Templeton Foundation gives sizeable grants to projects for reconciling science and religion, and awards a yearly prize of two million dollars to a philosopher or scientist whose work highlights the spiritual dimension of scientific progress. Go for it, Bruno! If Paul Davies can do it

Re: The Seventh Step (Preamble)

2009-02-04 Thread Kim Jones
Bruno, our posts just crossed each other. I'm still here and listening and thinking hard. We are busy, as you say, but listening and thinking about the realities has to be part of that, so I ensure that I set aside time to follow your reasoning. I may translate part of the Brussels thesis

Re: Templeton Foundation

2009-02-04 Thread Brent Meeker
Kim Jones wrote: The Templeton Foundation gives sizeable grants to projects for reconciling science and religion, and awards a yearly prize of two million dollars to a philosopher or scientist whose work highlights the spiritual dimension of scientific progress. Go for it, Bruno! If

Bruno's Brussels Thesis English Version Chap 1 (trial translation)

2009-02-04 Thread Kim Jones
Trans. Kim Jones (extract only) 1.1 Mechanist Philosophies 1.1.1 Different types of Mechanism I distinguish the following mechanist hypotheses: BEHAVIOURIST MECHANISM Some machines can behave as thinking beings (living, conscious etc.) (BEH-MEC) STRONG MECHANISM Some machines can think

Re: Bruno's Brussels Thesis English Version Chap 1 (trial translation)

2009-02-04 Thread Hector Zenil
This is pretty good. Is there any online source with a complete version available? Thanks. On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Kim Jones kimjo...@ozemail.com.au wrote: Trans. Kim Jones (extract only) 1.1 Mechanist Philosophies 1.1.1 Different types of Mechanism I distinguish the following