RE: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Chris de Morsella
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of LizR Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 11:37 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from? On 2 March 2014 20:28, Chris de Morsella

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 2 March 2014 21:05, Chris de Morsella cdemorse...@yahoo.com wrote: I agree that it does not reach the level of an explanation, but am toying with how it could be a mechanism by which something could seemingly arise from nothing at all. If - as you point out the laws of physics (or math

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Mar 2014, at 11:53, Chris de Morsella wrote: From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com ] On Behalf Of Bruno Marchal Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 12:23 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: If it's all math, then where does math

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Mar 2014, at 10:15, LizR wrote: On 1 March 2014 21:03, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 01 Mar 2014, at 02:06, LizR wrote: On 1 March 2014 03:22, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 26 Feb 2014, at 03:31, LizR wrote: Indeed. I have mentioned at times that if you accept

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Mar 2014, at 12:08, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, March 1, 2014 3:12:49 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Mar 2014, at 02:36, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Friday, February 28, 2014 5:32:48 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: If it's all math, then where does math come from? Strange to

Re: Alien Hand/Limb Syndrome

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Mar 2014, at 12:24, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, March 1, 2014 1:52:12 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 Feb 2014, at 03:22, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:03:15 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 28 February 2014 03:02, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com

Re: Alien Hand/Limb Syndrome

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Mar 2014, at 13:06, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Friday, February 28, 2014 3:31:25 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Friday, February 28, 2014, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, February 27, 2014 7:54:53 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On 28 February 2014 01:05, Craig

Re: Alien Hand/Limb Syndrome

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 06:55, Craig Weinberg wrote: consciousness is deflated to the sum of a set of functions. That does not happen in the computationalist theory. No 1p things are ever representable into a 3p thing. There are no 3p description of []p p; That simply cannot exist, except,

RE: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Chris de Morsella
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of LizR On 2 March 2014 21:05, Chris de Morsella cdemorse...@yahoo.com wrote: I agree that it does not reach the level of an explanation, but am toying with how it could be a mechanism by which

Re: Alien Hand/Limb Syndrome

2014-03-02 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 2 March 2014 16:49, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: You have too simplistic a view of what function means in the context of an intelligent being. I think that you have too naive a view of what function means. That is actually your whole problem: you look at machine, imagine

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 2 March 2014 21:33, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Because 1+1=2 is elementary math, learned in high school. 1+1=2 is a fact is a non trivial philosophical statement, which involved a non trivial notion like fact. I have seen people discussing ad nauseam on what is a fact, and

RE: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Chris de Morsella
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bruno Marchal Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 12:13 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from? On 01 Mar 2014, at 11:53, Chris de

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Kim Jones
Kim Jones B. Mus. GDTL On 1 Mar 2014, at 7:43 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: and I chose numbers as people are familiarized with them. Bruno How about music? Music is just a bunch of numbers. We're music. Let's go to the pub and celebrate. Kim -- You received this

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Mar 2014, at 22:30, meekerdb wrote: On 3/1/2014 12:28 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Mar 2014, at 07:04, meekerdb wrote: On 2/28/2014 9:22 PM, LizR wrote: Nevertheless, it does seem to be. That is, 17 is a prime number regardless of whether anyone knows it is, or even knows what

Re: Digital Neurology

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 08:09, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 1 March 2014 01:40, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: If you start with the assumption that the physics relevant to brain function is not computable then computationalism is false: it would be impossible to make a machine

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Mar 2014, at 21:21, John Mikes wrote: Bruno concluded his Feb 28 post: The TOE extracted from comp assumes we agree on the laws of addition and multiplication, and on classical logic. From this you can prove the existence of the universal numbers and or all their computations, and

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 10:21, Chris de Morsella wrote: From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com ] On Behalf Of LizR On 2 March 2014 21:05, Chris de Morsella cdemorse...@yahoo.com wrote: I agree that it does not reach the level of an explanation, but am

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 06:14, meekerdb wrote: On 3/1/2014 6:43 PM, Chris de Morsella wrote: From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com ] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 1:31 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: If it's

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 04:54, Russell Standish wrote: On Sat, Mar 01, 2014 at 01:03:39PM -0800, meekerdb wrote: On 3/1/2014 12:07 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 Feb 2014, at 23:58, meekerdb wrote: On 2/28/2014 2:32 PM, LizR wrote: If it's all math, then where does math come from? Strange to

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 10:49, LizR wrote: On 2 March 2014 21:33, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Because 1+1=2 is elementary math, learned in high school. 1+1=2 is a fact is a non trivial philosophical statement, which involved a non trivial notion like fact. I have seen people

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Mar 2014, at 14:00, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Bruno, This is incorrect. We know truth by its consistency across scope. Consistency does not entail truth. The universe is consistent. That makes no sense. The universe is not a theory, nor a believer, a priori. I don't know what you

Re: For John Clark

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 01:56, LizR wrote: I like the frog and bird metaphors, though! At least I prefer the idea of the bird looking down on the mathematical landscape than worrying about the eye of god. I prefer the inner god to be a bird than a frog, but may be that's personal : The

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Mar 2014, at 15:45, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, March 1, 2014 8:00:54 AM UTC-5, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Bruno, This is incorrect. We know truth by its consistency across scope. How do we know consistency though? Isn't the ability to detect and interpret consistency (through

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 10:49, Chris de Morsella wrote: the null set... the set of nothing at all. The null set is a lot more than nothing. Sure. The set { { } } is not empty. { } *is* something. Yes, with the set theoretical principles of reflexion and comprehension, you can get almost

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 11:13, Kim Jones wrote: Kim Jones B. Mus. GDTL On 1 Mar 2014, at 7:43 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: and I chose numbers as people are familiarized with them. Bruno How about music? Music is just a bunch of numbers. Well, you can't say that. Especially

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Mar 2014, at 22:03, meekerdb wrote: On 3/1/2014 12:07 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 Feb 2014, at 23:58, meekerdb wrote: On 2/28/2014 2:32 PM, LizR wrote: If it's all math, then where does math come from? Strange to say, elementary maths just appears to be a fact. That is, it is

consciousness questions bruno or anyone

2014-03-02 Thread ghibbsa
So, why do we get tired, and why is being tired like the way that it is? If its exhaustion, maybe up a couple of days, why does it stop being about motivation and becomes that we can't think straight? ass Why do we need to sleep? Why do we need to REM sleep in what looks to be precise

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, March 2, 2014 3:46:07 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Mar 2014, at 12:08, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, March 1, 2014 3:12:49 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Mar 2014, at 02:36, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Friday, February 28, 2014 5:32:48 PM

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread spudboy100
Ghibbs, I really do take it seriously, but I have also become aware that (from a behavioral anthropological view) even climate scientists can get corrupted, can follow their peers in to group think, just like anyone else. So, I say, even though its their expertise (indeed!) they may not be

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread spudboy100
Hmm. Show me how I disinformed? Oh! By disagreeing. Ah! But what are the facts? What is the behavior of pols and billionaires? Where's the panic over inundating waters? No crash programs? I guess its easy to be lied to, if one is bought off by ideology in the first place. The cause and effect

Re: consciousness questions bruno or anyone

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 13:36, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: So, why do we get tired, and why is being tired like the way that it is? If its exhaustion, maybe up a couple of days, why does it stop being about motivation and becomes that we can't think straight? ass Why do we need to sleep? Why do

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread ghibbsa
On Sunday, March 2, 2014 9:39:45 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Mar 2014, at 21:21, John Mikes wrote: Bruno concluded his Feb 28 post: *The TOE extracted from comp assumes we agree on the laws of addition and multiplication, and on classical logic. From this you can prove the

Re: Alien Hand/Limb Syndrome

2014-03-02 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, March 2, 2014 3:50:07 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Mar 2014, at 12:24, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, March 1, 2014 1:52:12 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 Feb 2014, at 03:22, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:03:15 PM UTC-5, Liz R

Re: consciousness questions bruno or anyone

2014-03-02 Thread spudboy100
Just a hunch, is that we cannot separate consciousness from physics. What this implies I shall leave for the truly, brainy. -Original Message- From: ghibbsa ghib...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, Mar 2, 2014 7:36 am Subject: consciousness

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 17:10, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sunday, March 2, 2014 3:46:07 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Mar 2014, at 12:08, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, March 1, 2014 3:12:49 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Mar 2014, at 02:36, Craig Weinberg wrote: On

Re: consciousness questions bruno or anyone

2014-03-02 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, March 2, 2014 11:34:33 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: ptruth Bpbeliefs Bp pknowledge Bp p observations Bp p p sensations I would invert this of course. We do not know that the universe begins with 'truth'. Truth is a belief about what a sensation

Re: Block Universes

2014-03-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, To answer your final question. If I understand your 3 points correctly then I agree with all 3. Though I suspect we understand them differently. When you spring your 'proof' we will find that out. And to your first points. I agree completely that there is no objective or actual truth

Digital Neurology

2014-03-02 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 2 March 2014 22:18, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be javascript:; wrote: On 02 Mar 2014, at 08:09, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 1 March 2014 01:40, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be javascript:; wrote: If you start with the assumption that the physics relevant to brain function is not

MODAL Last exercise

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
Brent, Liz, others, I sum up the main things, and give a lot of exercises, or meditation subject. Liz we can do them one at a time, even one halve. Ask questions if the question asked seems unclear. *** A Kripke frame, or multiverse, is a couple (W, R) with W a non empty set of worlds,

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 17:34, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, March 2, 2014 9:39:45 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Mar 2014, at 21:21, John Mikes wrote: Bruno concluded his Feb 28 post: The TOE extracted from comp assumes we agree on the laws of addition and multiplication, and on

Re: Block Universes

2014-03-02 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Jesse, To address your points in order: 1. Yes, you said that proper ages are invariant. But note the important point that the proper age of A to himself is a direct observation (he looks at his age clock), but to

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 2:50 PM, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: I wanted to ask 'why the closed mind FOR solar? I have nothing against solar and I'm in favor of anything that works, but there is a reason it hasn't taken over by now and its not because of a sinister secret ruling cabal

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:13 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: By the way, here is some scientific evidence, in case you're interested. http://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus [image: Inline images 1] If that chart is supposed to be scary it isn't, it shows a .74 degree Celsius

Re: consciousness questions bruno or anyone

2014-03-02 Thread ghibbsa
On Sunday, March 2, 2014 4:34:33 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 02 Mar 2014, at 13:36, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: So, why do we get tired, and why is being tired like the way that it is? If its exhaustion, maybe up a couple of days, why does it stop being about

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, March 2, 2014 11:54:21 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 02 Mar 2014, at 17:10, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sunday, March 2, 2014 3:46:07 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Mar 2014, at 12:08, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, March 1, 2014 3:12:49 AM

Re: Block Universes

2014-03-02 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Jesse, To answer your final question. If I understand your 3 points correctly then I agree with all 3. Though I suspect we understand them differently. When you spring your 'proof' we will find that out. Thanks for

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread meekerdb
On 3/1/2014 11:20 PM, Chris de Morsella wrote: *From:*everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *meekerdb *Sent:* Saturday, March 01, 2014 11:14 PM *To:* everything-list@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: The solar example of a town in Germany On

Re: Block Universes

2014-03-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, I'll address your points in a later post, but first let me run this simple new case by you. Imagine the symmetric trips of the twins continually criss cross each other at 1 second intervals (of their own proper clocks) for the duration of the entire trip. At each 1 second meeting I'm

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread meekerdb
On 3/1/2014 11:37 PM, LizR wrote: On 2 March 2014 20:28, Chris de Morsella cdemorse...@yahoo.com mailto:cdemorse...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes, except I conceive of a virtuous circle of explanation...and reject the idea that there is an base. An interesting view. Recently I have been

Re: Block Universes

2014-03-02 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Jesse, I'll address your points in a later post, but first let me run this simple new case by you. Imagine the symmetric trips of the twins continually criss cross each other at 1 second intervals (of their own proper

Re: consciousness questions bruno or anyone

2014-03-02 Thread meekerdb
On 3/2/2014 8:34 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 02 Mar 2014, at 13:36, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: So, why do we get tired, and why is being tired like the way that it is? If its exhaustion, maybe up a couple of days, why does it stop being about motivation and becomes that we can't think

Re: consciousness questions bruno or anyone

2014-03-02 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, March 2, 2014 3:54:25 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 3/2/2014 8:34 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 02 Mar 2014, at 13:36, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: So, why do we get tired, and why is being tired like the way that it is? If its exhaustion, maybe up a couple of

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 05:33, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Hmm. Show me how I disinformed? Oh! By disagreeing. Ah! But what are the facts? What is the behavior of pols and billionaires? Where's the panic over inundating waters? No crash programs? I guess its easy to be lied to, if one is bought off by

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 05:24, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: If GW is now upon us, despite weeks and weeks or artic storms here in the continental US and Canada, Oh, we had a cold winter so global warming's a myth! Please be serious. I assume you know enough about climate science to realise that arctic

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 07:53, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:13 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: By the way, here is some scientific evidence, in case you're interested. http://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus [image: Inline images 1] If that chart is

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 07:53, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: Sometimes you have to set logic aside to come to your senses. Why do I get a McCoy - Spock vibe here? Fascinating suggestion, Doctor, but completely illogical. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 08:33, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I don't think Tegmark appreciates how much the laws of physics depend on our demands that the laws be invariant, e.g. conservation of energy is a consequence of requiring the lagrangian to be time-translation invariant. That isn't

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread meekerdb
On 3/2/2014 2:38 PM, LizR wrote: On 3 March 2014 08:33, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I don't think Tegmark appreciates how much the laws of physics depend on our demands that the laws be invariant, e.g. conservation of energy is a consequence

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, March 2, 2014 5:34:50 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 3 March 2014 07:53, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com javascript:wrote: Sometimes you have to set logic aside to come to your senses. Why do I get a McCoy - Spock vibe here? Fascinating suggestion, Doctor, but completely

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, Mar 02, 2014 at 01:31:28PM -0500, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 2:50 PM, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: I wanted to ask 'why the closed mind FOR solar? I have nothing against solar and I'm in favor of anything that works, but there is a reason it hasn't taken

Re: Block Universes

2014-03-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, Glad we agree on the first point but, even if there is some minimum time limit to the criss crosses, you miss the real point of my example. Let me restate it: Since a criss cross symmetric trip is NO DIFFERENT IN PRINCIPLE than our previous symmetric trip (only a single meeting) it is

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread spudboy100
Its not just the weather outside, its worldwide, its not matching the models I have looked at (courtesy IPCC and NASA) and they fall down. Inaccurate. Word games are played by your side, demonstrating that its been the 2nd hottest year on record, squeal! But, why not go for clean energy? Do we

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 11:54, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/2/2014 2:38 PM, LizR wrote: On 3 March 2014 08:33, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I don't think Tegmark appreciates how much the laws of physics depend on our demands that the laws be invariant, e.g. conservation of

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 12:21, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, March 2, 2014 5:34:50 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 3 March 2014 07:53, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com wrote: Sometimes you have to set logic aside to come to your senses. Why do I get a McCoy - Spock vibe here?

Re: Block Universes

2014-03-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, Just checking but I'm sure you would agree that twins AT REST with respect to each other are the same actual age (have a 1:1 proper age correlation) even if they are SEPARATED by distance? You just don't agree that if they are separated by distance AND in symmetric acceleration that

Re: Block Universes

2014-03-02 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Jesse, Just checking but I'm sure you would agree that twins AT REST with respect to each other are the same actual age (have a 1:1 proper age correlation) even if they are SEPARATED by distance? You just don't agree that

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread John Mikes
Dear Russell, please allow me to address your contribution after so much of emotionally impaired and poorly adjusted hoopla in this discussion. Let me join your considerate way - if I am capable of - and speak about SOME details only. I spent a lifetime in environmentally 'infected'

Re: Block Universes

2014-03-02 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Jesse, Glad we agree on the first point but, even if there is some minimum time limit to the criss crosses, you miss the real point of my example. Let me restate it: Since a criss cross symmetric trip is NO DIFFERENT IN

Re: Block Universes

2014-03-02 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Jesse Mazer laserma...@gmail.com wrote: No, of course I wouldn't agree that there is any unique actual truth about their ages in this case, nor would any mainstream physicist. Sorry, I wrote too quickly here--what I meant is that I don't agree there is any

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread meekerdb
On 3/2/2014 3:46 PM, LizR wrote: On 3 March 2014 11:54, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/2/2014 2:38 PM, LizR wrote: On 3 March 2014 08:33, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I don't think Tegmark

Re: Block Universes

2014-03-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, OK good, that's what I assumed you meant. BUT now take the two twins at rest standing on opposite sides of the earth, and then they each start walking in different directions. By your criterion you then have to say that suddenly and instantly there is NO more 1:1 correlation of their

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, March 2, 2014 6:47:51 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 3 March 2014 12:21, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com javascript:wrote: On Sunday, March 2, 2014 5:34:50 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 3 March 2014 07:53, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com wrote: Sometimes you have to set logic

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 13:39, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/2/2014 3:46 PM, LizR wrote: IMHO it makes perfect sense to expect an unexplained phenomenon to obey conservation laws, given their success to date. That is, given that everything in the universe that had been studied over the

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement comes to mind. It's seen as a silent, gradual but finalizing invasion of Europe/US sovereignty by large corporate interests, according to Le Monde as example. Harmonization of for example environmental and health standards entail the imposition of the lowest,

Re: Block Universes

2014-03-02 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Jesse, OK good, that's what I assumed you meant. BUT now take the two twins at rest standing on opposite sides of the earth, and then they each start walking in different directions. By your criterion you then have to

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, You claim my p-time theory sounds outrageous but you haven't been able to meaningfully comment on my many demonstrations of how it actually works that I've made to Jesse. For example Jesse claims that there is no 1:1 correlation of proper ages of twins separated by distance in relative

Re: Block Universes

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
A little consideration of trains travelling at half lightspeed with photons bouncing between parallel mirrors, and people observing lights being turned on in the station should suffice to demonstrate that there is no objective truth about the order of spatially separated events. This margin is too

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 11:45, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: I also just wanted to focus on when the climate whammy will happen, and we can do about? That's the $64 trillion question, indeed. I'm happy to focus on that, rather than speculating about which left- or right-wing conspiracy is currently

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 12:42, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Its not just the weather outside, its worldwide, its not matching the models I have looked at (courtesy IPCC and NASA) and they fall down. Inaccurate. Word games are played by your side, demonstrating that its been the 2nd hottest year on

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 13:06, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Russell, please allow me to address your contribution after so much of emotionally impaired and poorly adjusted hoopla in this discussion. Let me join your considerate way - if I am capable of - and speak about SOME details

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 13:51, Platonist Guitar Cowboy multiplecit...@gmail.comwrote: Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement comes to mind. It's seen as a silent, gradual but finalizing invasion of Europe/US sovereignty by large corporate interests, according to Le Monde as example. Harmonization of for

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread meekerdb
On 3/2/2014 4:50 PM, LizR wrote: I find Tegmark's metaphysical speculations interesting, because he is at least trying to get his head around the big questions, like why is there something rather than nothing? To quote the late Norm Levitt: What is there? Everything! So what isn't there?

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread spudboy100
Well to the idea about clathrates, is that if we cannot develop solar or fusion, we'll have to use gas hydrate to survive and burn it, rather than release it. I do keep informed and we do need to know what is occurring. What does this say about our arguments?

RE: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread Chris de Morsella
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Platonist Guitar Cowboy Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 4:51 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The solar example of a town in Germany Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement comes to

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 14:58, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Well to the idea about clathrates, is that if we cannot develop solar or fusion, we'll have to use gas hydrate to survive and burn it, rather than release it. I do keep informed and we do need to know what is occurring. Yes, mining offshore

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 15:33, Chris de Morsella cdemorse...@yahoo.com wrote: You are so right about the race to the bottom. The race so good for short term profit; so foolish for long term preservation. With leadership like this, one could ask: who needs enemies. Ain't that the truth. Of course

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 3 March 2014 14:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/2/2014 4:50 PM, LizR wrote: I find Tegmark's metaphysical speculations interesting, because he is at least trying to get his head around the big questions, like why is there something rather than nothing? To quote the late

Re: MODAL Last exercise

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
So does reflexive (alpha R alpha) mean that all universes are *only*accessible to themselves, or does it mean that all universes are accessible to themselves and possibly, but not necessarily, to each other? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything

RE: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread Chris de Morsella
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of LizR Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 7:39 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The solar example of a town in Germany On 3 March 2014 15:33, Chris de Morsella cdemorse...@yahoo.com

Re: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread meekerdb
On 3/2/2014 8:20 PM, Chris de Morsella wrote: *From:*everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *LizR *Sent:* Sunday, March 02, 2014 7:39 PM *To:* everything-list@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: The solar example of a town in Germany On 3 March

Re: MODAL Last exercise

2014-03-02 Thread meekerdb
On 3/2/2014 9:57 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Brent, Liz, others, I sum up the main things, and give a lot of exercises, or meditation subject. Liz we can do them one at a time, even one halve. Ask questions if the question asked seems unclear. *** A Kripke frame, or multiverse, is a couple (W,

RE: The solar example of a town in Germany

2014-03-02 Thread Chris de Morsella
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 8:26 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The solar example of a town in Germany On 3/2/2014 8:20 PM, Chris de Morsella wrote: From:

Re: MODAL Last exercise

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 03 Mar 2014, at 04:55, LizR wrote: So does reflexive (alpha R alpha) mean that all universes are only accessible to themselves, or does it mean that all universes are accessible to themselves and possibly, but not necessarily, to each other? Good question. Mathematician are

Re: Modal Logic (Part 1: Leibniz)

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 21 Jan 2014, at 11:14, Alberto G. Corona wrote: Thanks for the info. It is very interesting and It helps in many ways. You are welcome. The problem with mathematical notation is that it is good to store and systematize knowledge, not to make it understandable. The transmission of

Re: Alien Hand/Limb Syndrome

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 17:42, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sunday, March 2, 2014 3:50:07 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Mar 2014, at 12:24, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, March 1, 2014 1:52:12 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 Feb 2014, at 03:22, Craig Weinberg wrote: On

Re: consciousness questions bruno or anyone

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 17:45, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Just a hunch, is that we cannot separate consciousness from physics. What do you mean by this? It is more that we can't separate physics from consciousness. Are you aware that if we (in the third person view) are machine, then physics

Re: consciousness questions bruno or anyone

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 18:01, Craig Weinberg wrote: Truth is a belief about what a sensation represents. Not at all. By definition, truth is independent of belief. Arithmetic truth does explain where the belief come from. If not you fall into solipsism. Bruno

Re: Digital Neurology

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 18:51, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 2 March 2014 22:18, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 02 Mar 2014, at 08:09, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 1 March 2014 01:40, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: If you start with the assumption that the physics

Re: consciousness questions bruno or anyone

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 19:53, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, March 2, 2014 4:34:33 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 02 Mar 2014, at 13:36, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: So, why do we get tired, and why is being tired like the way that it is? If its exhaustion, maybe up a couple of days, why

Re: If it's all math, then where does math come from?

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 20:33, meekerdb wrote: On 3/1/2014 11:37 PM, LizR wrote: On 2 March 2014 20:28, Chris de Morsella cdemorse...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes, except I conceive of a virtuous circle of explanation...and reject the idea that there is an base. An interesting view. Recently I have

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