RE: [foar] Amoeba's Secret, by Bruno Marchal available from Kindle store

2014-03-09 Thread Chris de Morsella
I am waiting for Russell to give the thumbs up on the print version - I still prefer print for some things like books. Cheers, Chris From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Platonist Guitar Cowboy Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 3:59 PM

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Mar 2014, at 06:16, meekerdb wrote: On 3/7/2014 8:26 PM, LizR wrote: On 8 March 2014 08:14, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/7/2014 1:24 AM, LizR wrote: On 7 March 2014 18:29, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/6/2014 9:15 PM, Jason Resch wrote: A related question is,

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2014-03-09 Thread LizR
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Re: consciousness questions bruno or anyone

2014-03-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Mar 2014, at 14:07, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Bruno - I read below but am answering here. You're sincere and I'm not getting my single point across to you. I'm about done trying I think. I've taken a lot of value from the process and it's shame if you haven't but sincerity was

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Mar 2014, at 20:50, meekerdb wrote: On 3/8/2014 12:11 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: The existence of the UD is a consequence of elementary axioms in arithmetic (like x+0=x, etc.). I can't hardly imagine something less random than that. But we don't know that it exists. ? I just said:

Re: Why an empty space within which events occur does NOT exist.

2014-03-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Mar 2014, at 14:27, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Bruno, Yes, of course I agree the physical universe is not primitive. OK. So what is primitive? How many times do I have to say that it arises from computational space before it registers with you? I got that, but I still miss your

Re: MODAL Last exercise

2014-03-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Mar 2014, at 06:32, LizR wrote: On 6 March 2014 22:06, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Liz, meanwhile you might try this one, which is a bit more easy than the transitivity case: Show that (W,R) respects []A - A if and only if R is ideal. (I remind you that R is ideal means

Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Mar 2014, at 09:39, Chris de Morsella wrote: From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com ] On Behalf Of John Clark Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 10:56 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be

Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-09 Thread spudboy100
Liz, you are doing the same thing, Chris does, which, when confronted with someone who disagrees with their world view, hurls snarky accusations. This is not a good thing, but I do admit, yourself, Chris, and me, are, at times, ruled by our amygdala, our limbic systems. This is part of being a

Re: Amoeba's Secret, by Bruno Marchal available from Kindle store

2014-03-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Mar 2014, at 12:32, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:16 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Bruno, I am shocked and saddened to hear what has been done to you. You have my greatest sympathies. (I too have been susceptible to manipulation, as I am rather shy and

Re: MODAL Last exercise

2014-03-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Mar 2014, at 06:20, LizR wrote: On 6 March 2014 22:06, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Mar 2014, at 23:31, LizR wrote: Let's take 3 worlds A B C making a minimal transitive multiverse. ARB and BRC implies ARC. So if we assume ARB and BRC we also get ARC Right. (if

Re: Why an empty space within which events occur does NOT exist.

2014-03-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Russell, Yes, but that is crazy because it assumes all theories are equally valid with which I disagree. Science selects theories based on which best explain the observable universe. Therefore it is reasonable to assume that theories DO reflect actual reality. They are not just made up by

Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-09 Thread John Clark
Let me try that again: On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 11:08 AM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: There's no plausible theory by which clouds could nullify the warming caused by increased CO2 If not clouds it's crystal clear that SOMETHING is capable of nullifying the warming caused by increased CO2

Re: The way the future was

2014-03-09 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, March 8, 2014 9:09:32 PM UTC, Liz R wrote: On 9 March 2014 00:18, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: this is what the Clash predicted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkyCrx4DyMk I stumbled on itconsidering it's meant to be Punk, I was surprised how good it is. Good

Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-09 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 3:39 AM, Chris de Morsella cdemorse...@yahoo.comwrote: I not only know they're very violent I know why they're violent. If government made chocolate bars illegal the demand for chocolate bars would not end and organizations would come into existence to fill that demand.

Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-09 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 1:34 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: A black market degenerates into a cutthroat cartel True, but the blackness of the market has nothing to do with the nature of the commodity being transacted, it's black because somebody in government decided to make it

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-09 Thread meekerdb
On 3/9/2014 12:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 08 Mar 2014, at 06:16, meekerdb wrote: On 3/7/2014 8:26 PM, LizR wrote: On 8 March 2014 08:14, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/7/2014 1:24 AM, LizR wrote: On 7 March 2014 18:29, meekerdb

RE: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-09 Thread Chris de Morsella
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of spudboy...@aol.com Liz, you are doing the same thing, Chris does, which, when confronted with someone who disagrees with their world view, hurls snarky accusations. This is not a good thing, but

RE: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-09 Thread Chris de Morsella
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Clark Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 10:34 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 3:39 AM, Chris

RE: The way the future was

2014-03-09 Thread Chris de Morsella
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ghib...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 10:31 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The way the future was On Saturday, March 8, 2014 9:09:32 PM UTC, Liz R wrote: On 9

Re: Why an empty space within which events occur does NOT exist.

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
On 10 March 2014 02:15, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Russell, Yes, but that is crazy because it assumes all theories are equally valid with which I disagree. Science selects theories based on which best explain the observable universe. This is true. David Deutsch argues for this

Re: The way the future was

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
Yes, there were quite a few punk-style bands in the 60s, although memory fails me apart from the obvious, the Velvet Underground and associated spinoffs (John Cale in particular). One song in particular - I just remember this line about an ice cream cone, but the rest escapes me. On 10 March

Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
On 10 March 2014 01:39, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Liz, you are doing the same thing, Chris does, which, when confronted with someone who disagrees with their world view, hurls snarky accusations. Actually I was satirising the paragraph of yours I quoted, which mentioned Stalin at least 3

Re: Why an empty space within which events occur does NOT exist.

2014-03-09 Thread meekerdb
On 3/9/2014 1:46 PM, LizR wrote: On 10 March 2014 02:15, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net mailto:edgaro...@att.net wrote: Russell, Yes, but that is crazy because it assumes all theories are equally valid with which I disagree. Science selects theories based on which best explain

Re: Why an empty space within which events occur does NOT exist.

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
On 10 March 2014 10:20, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/9/2014 1:46 PM, LizR wrote: On 10 March 2014 02:15, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Russell, Yes, but that is crazy because it assumes all theories are equally valid with which I disagree. Science selects theories

Re: The way the future was

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
Sorry, that wasn't quite what I meant. I should have said there were some 60s songs that were fairly punk style, one of which mentioned an ice cream cone but I can't remember anything else about it. As a separate point, Cale was (probably) the most punkish of the Velvets imho - Leaving it up to

Re: Why an empty space within which events occur does NOT exist.

2014-03-09 Thread meekerdb
On 3/9/2014 2:40 PM, LizR wrote: On 10 March 2014 10:20, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/9/2014 1:46 PM, LizR wrote: On 10 March 2014 02:15, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net mailto:edgaro...@att.net wrote: Russell, Yes, but

Re: Why an empty space within which events occur does NOT exist.

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
On 10 March 2014 10:49, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/9/2014 2:40 PM, LizR wrote: God did it isn't a theory or an explanation unless it goes into more depth about what God is, why it exists and how it does things, and uses these details to make some testable predictions that

Re: MODAL Last exercise

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
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RE: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-09 Thread spudboy100
Yah. Its way too late. You have gotten me reflecting on the old saying by Tip Oneil, who said All politics is local. I would paraphrase this and say all politics is personel. I can observe two things, despite my diminished capacity. One is that the climate is not behaving at all like you

Re: Why an empty space within which events occur does NOT exist.

2014-03-09 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, Mar 09, 2014 at 06:15:07AM -0700, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Russell, Yes, but that is crazy because it assumes all theories are equally valid with which I disagree. Science selects theories based on which best explain the observable universe. Therefore it is reasonable to assume that

Re: Why an empty space within which events occur does NOT exist.

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
On 10 March 2014 12:38, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: But my point remains, at this point in time, intrasubjective consistency is not sufficient to demonstrate the existence of an external reality independent of the process of observation, contra Edgar's claim. Even the

RE: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-09 Thread chris peck
Hi Bruno With respect to the UDA, graves and me are just using different vocabulary. Really? the last time I quoted her: What ... should Alice expect to see? Here I invoke the following premise: whatever she knows she will see, she should expect (with certainty!) to see.

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
Surely QM + collapse makes the prediction that there is a mechanism that causes the collapse (e.g. Penrose's idea about it being gravitational) and therefore predicts that at some point that mechanism will kick in, so we can only have superpositions up to a particular size? While QM on its own

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-09 Thread meekerdb
On 3/9/2014 5:36 PM, LizR wrote: Surely QM + collapse makes the prediction that there is a mechanism that causes the collapse (e.g. Penrose's idea about it being gravitational) and therefore predicts that at some point that mechanism will kick in, so we can only have superpositions up to a

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
On 10 March 2014 14:15, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/9/2014 5:36 PM, LizR wrote: Surely QM + collapse makes the prediction that there is a mechanism that causes the collapse (e.g. Penrose's idea about it being gravitational) and therefore predicts that at some point that

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-09 Thread meekerdb
On 3/9/2014 6:34 PM, LizR wrote: On 10 March 2014 14:15, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/9/2014 5:36 PM, LizR wrote: Surely QM + collapse makes the prediction that there is a mechanism that causes the collapse (e.g. Penrose's idea about it

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
On 10 March 2014 14:54, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: So exactly how has MWI dealt with this? Everett just sort of said it has to be that way, i.e. humans are like measuring instruments and so they make measurements which diagonalize their reduced density matrix (but not the whole

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
For some reason google decided to post that last post just as I was about to remove iirc.from in front of recall. I'm sure it had good reasons for doing so... On 10 March 2014 15:00, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 10 March 2014 14:54, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: So exactly how

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-09 Thread meekerdb
On 3/9/2014 7:00 PM, LizR wrote: On 10 March 2014 14:54, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: So exactly how has MWI dealt with this? Everett just sort of said it has to be that way, i.e. humans are like measuring instruments and so they make measurements

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-09 Thread meekerdb
On 3/9/2014 7:01 PM, LizR wrote: For some reason google decided to post that last post just as I was about to remove iirc.from in front of recall. I rely on the kindness of strangers...to correct my typos. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

RE: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-09 Thread Chris de Morsella
Yah. Its way too late. You have gotten me reflecting on the old saying by Tip Oneil, who said All politics is local. I would paraphrase this and say all politics is personel. I can observe two things, despite my diminished capacity. One is that the climate is not behaving at all like you

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
On 10 March 2014 15:09, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: Decoherence is what I described above. It's tracing over the environment variables, having selected what counts as environment and what as instrument/observer, in order to get the reduced density matrix and then saying Obviously we

Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
On 10 March 2014 12:19, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: One is that the climate is not behaving at all like you been stating. Could you be more specific? There appear to have been plenty of extreme weather events recently, but it's possible they're more noticeable because more people are likely to

Re: Why an empty space within which events occur does NOT exist.

2014-03-09 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 01:09:43PM +1300, LizR wrote: On 10 March 2014 12:38, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: But my point remains, at this point in time, intrasubjective consistency is not sufficient to demonstrate the existence of an external reality independent of the

Re: Why an empty space within which events occur does NOT exist.

2014-03-09 Thread LizR
On 10 March 2014 16:50, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 01:09:43PM +1300, LizR wrote: On 10 March 2014 12:38, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: But my point remains, at this point in time, intrasubjective consistency is not

Re: Why an empty space within which events occur does NOT exist.

2014-03-09 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 04:55:27PM +1300, LizR wrote: On 10 March 2014 16:50, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 01:09:43PM +1300, LizR wrote: On 10 March 2014 12:38, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: But my point remains, at this

Re: MODAL Last exercise

2014-03-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 09 Mar 2014, at 23:01, LizR wrote: I think I need the sequel. Nice. OK. (asap). Bruno -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to