Re: Questions about the Equivalence Principle (EP) and GR

2019-02-18 Thread Brent Meeker
On 2/18/2019 2:05 PM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: *Is it correct to say that in 3-space with the Euclidian metric the geodesic is the path determined by minimal distance between two points, whereas in 4-space with the Lorentzian metric it's the maximal distance? TIA, AG* That's right as

Re: Questions about the Equivalence Principle (EP) and GR

2019-02-18 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 2:26:12 PM UTC-7, John Clark wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 7:07 PM > wrote: > > *1) Using the EP and the example of an accelerating elevator, it follows >> that light takes a curved path in space (not space-time). * >> > > No, it's spacetime. If a photon of

Re: Test 20190218

2019-02-18 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Received! -Original Message- From: Bruno Marchal To: everything-list Sent: Mon, Feb 18, 2019 4:10 am Subject: Test 20190218 Hi, This is a test. I did not get my last answers back. I guess some problem with google account… Sorry, I will try to send them again. I will see on the web

Re: Questions about the Equivalence Principle (EP) and GR

2019-02-18 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 6:34:24 AM UTC-7, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 6:06:58 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> 1) Using the EP and the example of an accelerating elevator, it follows >> that light takes a curved path in space (not

Modal logic, consciousness, and matter

2019-02-18 Thread Philip Thrift
On Monday, February 18, 2019 at 9:14:38 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/0SIiavzPI84/jUkaOlUdAwAJ This is the link to the reply in the topic "When Did Consciousness Begin?" As I have said before, the modal logic and numerical semantics written

Re: When Did Consciousness Begin?

2019-02-18 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 10:14 AM Bruno Marchal wrote: >> Matter doesn't care if you believe in it or not, it will just continue >> doing what it does. > > > *> Assuming it exists.* > You've said that many many times before but I still don't get your point. Apparently I don't know what you mean

Re: When Did Consciousness Begin?

2019-02-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
I send again my answer, that I wrote yesterday. All in one post. === Hi Philip, I cannot answer in your text for reason of bad formatting. It looks hard to be sent too. I comment here: when you say: << Matter is everything that we can see, smell, touch, feel and even can't see. >> I

Test 20190218

2019-02-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi, This is a test. I did not get my last answers back. I guess some problem with google account… Sorry, I will try to send them again. I will see on the web google pages. Bruno -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To