Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/2/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:04 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 2/3/2013 7:20 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On 2/3/13, meekerdbmeeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 2/3/2013 8:28 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: It simpler to generalize the notion of God so

Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Russell Standish
Only in the same sense that evolution is teleological, ie not really. Cheers On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 06:59:01PM +1100, Kim Jones wrote: So does this explain the PURPOSE of the universe or merely a dominant FUNCTION? The blind exercise of function doesn't seem to me to include the global

Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 03 Feb 2013, at 19:58, Jason Resch wrote: On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 01 Feb 2013, at 17:10, Jason Resch wrote: Very nice post Bruno. I found your points convincing and informative. Thanks Jason. I appreciate. I really don't know

Science is a religion by itself.

2013-02-05 Thread socra...@bezeqint.net
Alice in Quantumland =. The theory of quantum electrodynamics describes Nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And it agrees fully with experiment. So I hope you accept Nature as She is — absurd. / QED : The Strange Theory of Light and Matter page. 10. by R. Feynman / ‘

Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Alberto G. Corona
I doubt that meaning, existence, creation, purpose makes sense when applied to the mathematical nature of the external reality. I think that these concepts only makes sense when though by a mind. So either we reject these concepts when thinking about the universe (and this makes reasoning almost

Re: Lessons from the Block Universe

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 04 Feb 2013, at 01:14, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sunday, February 3, 2013 9:37:42 AM UTC-5, yanniru wrote: Dear Roger, Only 4d spacetime, matter and energy are physical. Everything else is non-physical and therefore part of the mind. This includes comp up thru quantum mechanics. Only 4

Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 03 Feb 2013, at 22:56, meekerdb wrote: On 2/3/2013 8:28 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: It simpler to generalize the notion of God so that indeed basically all correct machines believes in God, and in some theories question like is God a person can be an open problem. But you have a

Re: Re: Comp: Geometry Is A Zombie

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Alberto G. Corona Your concept is incomplete, because geometry is what Plato called forms, which he gave the Greek name of ideas. So you have a thought without a thinker. - Receiving the following content - From: Alberto G. Corona Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-02-04,

Re: Science is a religion by itself.

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 04 Feb 2013, at 16:22, socra...@bezeqint.net wrote: Brain – Consciousness , Consciousness – Brain. =. Is consciousness a result of evolution or it is its fuel ? # ‘ Contrary to what everyone knows it is so, it may not be the brain that produce consciousness, but rather consciousness that

Re: Re: multiverses and quantum computers

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Marchal Again you are miscontruing Plato's idea or form, which is potential, as matter, which is actual. Not only that, but matter must be created by a creator in Platonism. So altogether we have form, matter, and creator. According to this, quanta are not physical states, they are

Re: context, comp, and multiverses

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Roger, On 04 Feb 2013, at 16:43, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Brunio, I agree with Craig. And I've never understood how there can be any consequence of an emulation, or how it can be proven or not that comp works, since no comparison can be made. If comp is true, then we can explain why we

Re: Plotinus vs Aquinas

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 04 Feb 2013, at 18:02, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal Sorry, I keep forgetting about the UTM. But isn't your view a circular argument, since you employ UTM as a mind in showing that comp is mind-like ? I assume comp. I never try to convince anyone that comp is true. It is my

On matter as an illusion: two different interpretations.

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Marchal Indeed, Plato, just as Leibniz did, considered the idea of matter more real than matter itself.\ Both considered matter, however, somewhat differently. While Plato called it an illusion, Leibniz and Kant called it (as perceived) phenomenological, presumably because an

Re: context, comp, and multiverses

2013-02-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Hi Roger, On 04 Feb 2013, at 16:43, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Brunio, I agree with Craig. And I've never understood how there can be any consequence of an emulation, or how it can be proven or not that comp works, since

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 04 Feb 2013, at 18:18, John Mikes wrote: Here is another one about intelligence: My definition goes back to the original Latin words: to READ between - lines, or words that is. To understand (reflect?) on the unspoken. A reason why I am not enthusiastic about AI - a machine (not Lob's

Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Stephen P. King
Hi, ISTM that purpose is a 1p, so to ask the question in a 3p sense is to make it meaningless. On 2/5/2013 6:23 AM, Russell Standish wrote: Only in the same sense that evolution is teleological, ie not really. Cheers On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 06:59:01PM +1100, Kim Jones wrote: So does

Re: Topical combination

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 04 Feb 2013, at 19:48, meekerdb wrote: On 2/4/2013 7:56 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 03 Feb 2013, at 12:30, Roger Clough wrote: Hi John Mikes It says The Fabric of Eternity is the author's personal view of the Universe that allows for science and theology to explore the wonders of

Re: Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Jason Resch God is a word, and the meanings of words are established by use. So the word God can mean whatever you intend it to mean. - Receiving the following content - From: Jason Resch Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-02-04, 22:12:54 Subject: Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A

Re: Re: context, comp, and multiverses

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno, The definitons of simulation and emulation I can find both use the word imitation. Can you explain what you mean as being the difference between the two ? Simulation - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster ...www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simulation a : the imitative

Re: Re: Again, why the triad is necessary-- 1p, 2p,and 3p as types of knowledge

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Telmo Menezes Garbage in, garbage out. - Receiving the following content - From: Telmo Menezes Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-02-04, 17:19:36 Subject: Re: Again, why the triad is necessary-- 1p, 2p,and 3p as types of knowledge Hi Roger, 1p/3p is a label for a very

Re: multiverses and quantum computers

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 04 Feb 2013, at 23:21, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 02 Feb 2013, at 11:28, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 01 Feb 2013, at 09:46, Telmo Menezes

Re: context, comp, and multiverses

2013-02-05 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/5/2013 7:47 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Bruno Marchalmarc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Hi Roger, On 04 Feb 2013, at 16:43, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Brunio, I agree with Craig. And I've never understood how there can be any consequence of an emulation, or how it can

Re: Re: Topical combination

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi meekerdb There's nothing wrong with science as science. But a problem arises when you apply the results to theology. Two completely different worlds. - Receiving the following content - From: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-02-04, 13:48:50 Subject: Re: Topical

Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Feb 2013, at 08:16, Kim Jones wrote: http://io9.com/5981472/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-universe-here-is-one-possible-answer OK - so rip into it and say why it's all nonsense. It is full of sense, but a bit trivial, and then he uses implicitly comp, but fail to generalize its

Re: Lessons from the Block Universe

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 6:50:14 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Feb 2013, at 01:14, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sunday, February 3, 2013 9:37:42 AM UTC-5, yanniru wrote: Dear Roger, Only 4d spacetime, matter and energy are physical. Everything else is non-physical and

Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:01 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/2/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:04 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 2/3/2013 7:20 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On 2/3/13, meekerdbmeeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 2/3/2013

Re: Why I love the Jews

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Feb 2013, at 00:58, Alberto G. Corona wrote: I think that Roger said nothing agains Jews. simply, ethnic personal tastes are not a topic for this group. I agree. Things happened like that: Clough: I am Lutheran, Clark: Luther is anti-Semite, Clough: I love jews Of course, to say I

Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Feb 2013, at 08:16, Kim Jones wrote: http://io9.com/5981472/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-universe-here-is-one-possible-answer OK - so rip into it and say why it's all nonsense. It is full of sense, but a bit

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread socra...@bezeqint.net
I think that it is possible to understand the universe using usual common logical thought. We need only understand in which zoo (reference frame ) physicists found higgs-boson and 1000 its elementary brothers. socratus . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Re: context, comp, and multiverses

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Marchal If comp is assumed, then we need not worry about consequences of emulation, it's a given that it works. Then what is the purpose of this discussion ? - Receiving the following content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-02-05, 07:32:01

Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Kim Jones I thought that black holes destroy rather than create. That only life can create. - Receiving the following content - From: Kim Jones Receiver: Everything List Time: 2013-02-05, 02:16:59 Subject: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

Re: Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Kim Jones Life seems to be the only thing in the universe that has purpose-- which is, or course, to create more life. - Receiving the following content - From: Kim Jones Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-02-05, 02:59:01 Subject: Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

Re: Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Stephen P. King Anything that has a purpose is teleological. - Receiving the following content - From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-02-05, 07:53:22 Subject: Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success Hi, ISTM that purpose is a 1p, so to ask

Re: Science is a religion by itself.

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi socra...@bezeqint.net To say that nature is absurd is to say that our current understanding of nature --materialism-- is wrong. - Receiving the following content - From: socra...@bezeqint.net Receiver: Everything List Time: 2013-02-05, 06:43:51 Subject: Science is a religion by

Re: context, comp, and multiverses

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Feb 2013, at 16:44, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal If comp is assumed, then we need not worry about consequences of emulation, it's a given that it works. Then what is the purpose of this discussion ? To get a theory of everything. To figure out why and how physical

Fw: RE: The internet takeover

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Perhaps I have misinterpreted what I hear on the news, maybe I'm just paranoid, but... The president has said that the internet is a RIGHT, so everyone must have it, which means to him of course that the govt must supply the country with wi-fi. I suspect that that will put internet suppliers

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread John Mikes
I hate to refresh an old-old topic, but... what is really your context of a machine? (In the usual verbiage it points to some 'construct of definite parts with definite functions' or the like.) I doubt that 'your' universal machine can be inventoried in KNOWN parts only. Or; that it may have a

Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Feb 2013, at 15:04, Jason Resch wrote: On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:01 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: snip I do not believe in any *personified* gods, and in any *dogmas*, so in that settings I would call myself an atheist. I'm agnostic about what I could call an

Re: Topical combination

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Feb 2013, at 14:34, Roger Clough wrote: Hi meekerdb There's nothing wrong with science as science. But a problem arises when you apply the results to theology. Two completely different worlds. That's indeed a point where string atheists agree with string christian. Let us try to

Re: Lessons from the Block Universe

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Feb 2013, at 14:45, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 6:50:14 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Feb 2013, at 01:14, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sunday, February 3, 2013 9:37:42 AM UTC-5, yanniru wrote: Dear Roger, Only 4d spacetime, matter and energy are

Re: Re: context, comp, and multiverses

2013-02-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Marchal Before you can arrive at a TOE you need to be able to define what everything means. Your responses indicate that everything to you means the world of mechanism. No ? - Receiving the following content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-02-05,

Re: Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 11:59:09 AM UTC-5, rclough wrote: Quentin, I agree with you, if that's what religion is. But it is not generally like that. Instead, you are talking about a cult. The distinction is questionable. I would say that all religions begin as cults and that

Re: multiverses and quantum computers

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Feb 2013, at 13:29, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal Again you are miscontruing Plato's idea or form, which is potential, as matter, which is actual. Not only that, but matter must be created by a creator in Platonism. So altogether we have form, matter, and creator. According

Re: Topical combination

2013-02-05 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/2/5 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be On 05 Feb 2013, at 14:34, Roger Clough wrote: Hi meekerdb There's nothing wrong with science as science. But a problem arises when you apply the results to theology. Two completely different worlds. That's indeed a point where string atheists

Re: context, comp, and multiverses

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Feb 2013, at 13:47, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Hi Roger, On 04 Feb 2013, at 16:43, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Brunio, I agree with Craig. And I've never understood how there can be any consequence of an emulation, or how

Re: context, comp, and multiverses

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Feb 2013, at 14:14, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno, The definitons of simulation and emulation I can find both use the word imitation. Can you explain what you mean as being the difference between the two ? A computer can simulate a storm. It can also simulate another computer. In

Re: Fw: RE: The internet takeover

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 11:22:25 AM UTC-5, rclough wrote: Perhaps I have misinterpreted what I hear on the news, maybe I'm just paranoid, but... The president has said that the internet is a RIGHT, so everyone must have it, which means to him of course that the govt must

Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 7:53:22 AM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: Hi, ISTM that purpose is a 1p, so to ask the question in a 3p sense is to make it meaningless. Yeah, I don't see how noting that the 3p mechanism of probabilistic replication implies any 1p significance.

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Feb 2013, at 17:38, John Mikes wrote: I hate to refresh an old-old topic, but... what is really your context of a machine? (In the usual verbiage it points to some 'construct of definite parts with definite functions' or the like.) That's a good idea. I use the term machine for

Re: context, comp, and multiverses

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Feb 2013, at 18:03, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal Before you can arrive at a TOE you need to be able to define what everything means. I distinguish the ontological everything (all the natural numbers), from the everything epistemological or better imo, theological, which

Re: Topical combination

2013-02-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Feb 2013, at 18:10, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/2/5 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be On 05 Feb 2013, at 14:34, Roger Clough wrote: Hi meekerdb There's nothing wrong with science as science. But a problem arises when you apply the results to theology. Two completely different

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 12:41:53 PM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: If we fix the TOE as arithmetic. If arithmetic has no theory of itself, can it really be said to provide a TOE? Isn't it just like physics in the sense of 'Give me one free miracle (energy or numbers) and I'll tell

Re: Topical combination

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 12:51:10 PM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 05 Feb 2013, at 18:10, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/2/5 Bruno Marchal mar...@ulb.ac.be javascript: On 05 Feb 2013, at 14:34, Roger Clough wrote: Hi meekerdb There's nothing wrong with science as science.

Re: Topical combination

2013-02-05 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/2/5 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be On 05 Feb 2013, at 18:10, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/2/5 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be On 05 Feb 2013, at 14:34, Roger Clough wrote: Hi meekerdb There's nothing wrong with science as science. But a problem arises when you apply the

Re: Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: Unpopular religions are denounced as cults. A religion is just a cult with good PR. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from

Re: Fw: RE: The internet takeover

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
In the interest of helping to bring things back on track and reducing irritation, I'll no longer be the first responder on Roger's threads. On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 12:58:17 PM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: Roger, Why you persist again and again into initiate discussions that have

Re: Fw: RE: The internet takeover

2013-02-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger is on another list, the Mind/Brain forum which allows anything to be discussed and even allows personal attacks. He should just stay there unless he has something constructive to say. BTW every post he makes to this list also goes to Mind/Brain Richard On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Craig

Re: Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 , Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: I define intelligence as the ability to make choices or selctions completely on one's own. Such as roulette wheels. Adding free will to the requirements, it rules out computers Because free will is gibberish and computers are

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote: I'm not claiming that intelligence == mind. Do you believe that your fellow human beings have minds? If so why? John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List

Re: Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 1:14:07 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com javascript:wrote: Unpopular religions are denounced as cults. A religion is just a cult with good PR. It's interesting. I would be curious to know whether

Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Alberto G. Corona
2013/2/5 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net Hi, ISTM that purpose is a 1p, so to ask the question in a 3p sense is to make it meaningless. That´s it. But to insist into make the question in 3p may force the introduction of an implicit 1p that contemplate the 3p, that is, a

Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 3:27:27 PM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: 2013/2/5 Stephen P. King step...@charter.net javascript: Hi, ISTM that purpose is a 1p, so to ask the question in a 3p sense is to make it meaningless. That´s it. But to insist into make the question in

Re: Comp: Geometry Is A Zombie

2013-02-05 Thread Simon Forman
On Monday, February 4, 2013 12:22:53 PM UTC-8, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Monday, February 4, 2013 3:09:16 PM UTC-5, Alberto G.Corona wrote: but there is a self reference when we try to imagine how the brain or a computer process geometry, and we imagine them embedded in the space and

Re: multiverses and quantum computers

2013-02-05 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 04 Feb 2013, at 23:21, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 02 Feb 2013, at 11:28, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Bruno Marchal

Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread meekerdb
On 2/5/2013 6:04 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:01 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com mailto:allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/2/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:04 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 7:49 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote: I'm not claiming that intelligence == mind. Do you believe that your fellow human beings have minds? If so why? Yes (weakly). Occam's razor. If I'm the

Re: Re: Again, why the triad is necessary-- 1p, 2p,and 3p as types of knowledge

2013-02-05 Thread Russell Standish
Sorry for appearing thick, but I missed the garbage in bit. :) On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 08:17:09AM -0500, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Telmo Menezes Garbage in, garbage out. - Receiving the following content - From: Telmo Menezes Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-02-04,

Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/5/2013 12:41 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 7:53:22 AM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: Hi, ISTM that purpose is a 1p, so to ask the question in a 3p sense is to make it meaningless. Yeah, I don't see how noting that the 3p mechanism of

Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:53 AM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: You then say there is no single result in Bruno's experiment Not true, there is a single result in Bruno's experiment, John K Clark sees Washington and

Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/5/2013 3:27 PM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: 2013/2/5 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net Hi, ISTM that purpose is a 1p, so to ask the question in a 3p sense is to make it meaningless. That´s it. But to insist into make the question in

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 6:00:17 PM UTC-5, telmo_menezes wrote: On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 7:49 PM, John Clark johnk...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com javascript:wrote: I'm not claiming that intelligence == mind. Do you

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: I question whether it is possible to ask whether your fellow human beings have minds without resorting to sophistry. I say that not because I am incapable of questioning naive reasoning, but because it does not

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 8:02:41 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: I question whether it is possible to ask whether your fellow human beings have minds without resorting to sophistry. I say that not

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe if there was a computer which was not specifically designed to deceive our senses... which would mean that it was one which occurred naturally and did not include anything which was ever designed or programmed by

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 9:13:40 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Maybe if there was a computer which was not specifically designed to deceive our senses... which would mean that it was one which

Re: Topical combination

2013-02-05 Thread meekerdb
On 2/5/2013 9:51 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 05 Feb 2013, at 18:10, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/2/5 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be mailto:marc...@ulb.ac.be On 05 Feb 2013, at 14:34, Roger Clough wrote: Hi meekerdb There's nothing wrong with science as science. But a

Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread meekerdb
On 2/5/2013 9:53 AM, John Clark wrote: You've agreed there is a single definite result (even in MW) after making some measurement. Yes. You then say there is no single result in Bruno's experiment Not true, there is a single result in Bruno's experiment, John K Clark sees

Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread meekerdb
On 2/5/2013 11:02 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 1:14:07 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Unpopular religions are denounced as cults. A religion is just a cult with good PR.

How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wednesday, February 6, 2013, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 9:13:40 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe if there was a computer which was not specifically designed to deceive our senses...

Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS.

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 10:00:05 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 2/5/2013 11:02 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 1:14:07 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com wrote: Unpopular religions are denounced as

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 11:05:30 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Wednesday, February 6, 2013, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 9:13:40 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe if there was a

Re: How can intelligence be physical ?

2013-02-05 Thread socra...@bezeqint.net
It is impossible using particle accelerators to understand god-particles and the ultimate truth of nature as physicists hope. =. To create particle accelerators is needed reference frame of vacuum. (!) It means that physicists take vacuum as a reflector of the real (!) structure of nature: the