Re: Yablo, Quine and Carnap on ontology

2009-09-21 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno and others, here is how a Star Trek transporter work(taken from Memory Alpha): A typical transport sequence began with a coordinate lock, during which the destination was verified and programmed, via the targeting scanners. Obtaining or maintaining a transporter lock enables the

Re: books on logic/computing

2009-09-19 Thread ronaldheld
suggestion, for serious studies,  is: 1) Mendelson 2) Boolos 1979 Bruno On 18 Sep 2009, at 15:14, ronaldheld wrote: Bruno: It sounds as if the way to begin is  with the latest Mendelson book.                                 Ronald On Sep 18, 2:55 am, Bruno Marchal marc

Re: books on logic/computing

2009-09-18 Thread ronaldheld
a problem to find them, or if you search for other   books. Logicians like to write book, and there are many of them.   Original papers on the UDA and AUDA can be found on my web pages (http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ ). Bruno On 10 Sep 2009, at 21:48, ronaldheld wrote: I thought

Brain-computer interface and quantum robots

2009-09-10 Thread ronaldheld
arXiv.org/abs/0909.1508 I saw the title and thought of what Bruno would make of it. Any thoughts? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Brain-computer interface and quantum robots

2009-09-10 Thread ronaldheld
into 'machine-consciousness' etc. ideas. John M On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:06 AM, ronaldheld ronaldh...@gmail.com wrote:  arXiv.org/abs/0909.1508 I saw the title and thought of what Bruno would make of it. Any thoughts?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text

books on logic/computing

2009-09-10 Thread ronaldheld
I thought that I would start a thread to consolidate some of the books useful in following current and old threads. if people alos want to post key papers here, I do not see a problem with that. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: A Possible Mathematical Structure for Physics

2009-08-19 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno: the Plotinus paper is the first one on your list of publications on your website? Ronald On Aug 18, 10:46 am, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Ronald, On 18 Aug 2009, at 14:14, ronaldheld wrote: I have heard of Octonians but have not used them. I do

Re: A Possible Mathematical Structure for Physics

2009-08-18 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno: I have heard of Octonians but have not used them. I do not know anything about intelligible hypostases . Ronald On Aug 18, 2:58 am, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Aug 2009, at 16:23, ronaldheld wrote: arxiv.org:0908.2063v1 Any comments? Very

A Possible Mathematical Structure for Physics

2009-08-17 Thread ronaldheld
arxiv.org:0908.2063v1 Any comments? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send

Re: Can mind be a computation if physics is fundamental?

2009-08-14 Thread ronaldheld
I think I have at least two problems, not necessarily well formulated. I accept that there are concepts(mathematical) that are not necessrily part of the physical Universe(Multiverse). I do not see that there are only the abstractions. Also, Bruno mentions QM, as being included in COMP. QM is an

Re: Can mind be a computation if physics is fundamental?

2009-08-10 Thread ronaldheld
I am behind, because I was away delivering Science talk to Star Trek fans. I am uncertain what to take away from this thread, and could use the clarification. As an aside, I read(or tried to) read the SANE paper on the plane. Ronald On Aug 10, 11:24 

Re: Can mind be a computation if physics is fundamental?

2009-08-07 Thread ronaldheld
As a formally trained Physicist, what do I accept? that Physics is well represented mathematically? That the Multiverse is composed of mathematical structures some of which represent physical laws? Or something else? Ronald On Aug 6, 10:23 pm, Brent

Re: The seven step series

2009-07-28 Thread ronaldheld
, ronaldheld wrote:   I am following, but have not commented, because there is nothing controversal. Cool. Even the sixth first steps of UDA?   When you are done, can your posts be consolidated into a paper or a document that can be read staright through? I should do that. Bruno

Non unique Universe

2009-07-02 Thread ronaldheld
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0907/0907.0216v1.pdf comments? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To

Re: Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe

2009-06-05 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno: I understand a little better. is there a citition for a version of Church Thesis that all algorithm can be written in FORTRAN? Ronald On Jun 4, 10:49 am, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Hi Ronald, On 02 Jun 2009, at 16:45, ronaldheld wrote: Bruno

Re: Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe

2009-06-04 Thread ronaldheld
Russell: Maybe you might be interested in gfortran(http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/ GFortran)? Ronald On Jun 2, 6:38 pm, russell standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 07:45:22AM -0700, ronaldheld wrote: Bruno:    Since I program

Re: No MWI

2009-05-21 Thread ronaldheld
modified paper from Tegmark: http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0905/0905.2182v1.pdf Ronald On May 19, 5:41 pm, ronaldheld ronaldh...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to branch away temporarily, due to the Star Trek movie. Is it the case in MWI, that a decision

Re: No MWI

2009-05-19 Thread ronaldheld
I would like to branch away temporarily, due to the Star Trek movie. Is it the case in MWI, that a decision is made in Universe A (destruction of the Kelvin). Before that event, the Universe, or at least the causal part of it has a certain physical configuration. Immediately after that event,

Re: Victor Korotkikh

2009-05-15 Thread ronaldheld
wrote: Ronald, On 14 May 2009, at 13:19, Ronald (ronaldheld) wrote: Can you explain your Physics statement in more detail, which I can understand? UDA *is* the detailed explanation of that physics statement. So it   would be simpler if you could tell me at which step you have a problem

Re: No MWI

2009-05-15 Thread ronaldheld
I still do not see any arguments against what I read, that one Universe fits observations better than the MWI. Ronald On May 15, 1:01 am, daddycay...@msn.com wrote: On May 14, 9:47 pm, daddycay...@msn.com wrote: On May 14, 4:45 

Re: Victor Korotkikh

2009-05-14 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno: Can you explain your Physics statement in more detail, which I can understand? Ronald On May 13, 11:30 am, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Thanks Russell, I will take a look. At first sight he makes the same   error with numbers that

No MWI

2009-05-14 Thread ronaldheld
read Aixiv.org:0905.0624v1 (quant-ph) and see if you agree with it Ronald --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this

Comments on The Mathematical Universe

2009-04-07 Thread ronaldheld
Arxiv.org:0904.0867v1 I think the author presents some good arguments. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To

Re: Reality as simplicity

2009-03-11 Thread ronaldheld
I thought I would add the paper:Temporal Platonic Metaphysics:arxiv.org:0903.18001v1 On Mar 9, 12:26 pm, ronaldheld ronaldh...@gmail.com wrote: Not certain what thread this belongs in so I started up a new one. arxiv.org:0903.1193v1 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Reality as simplicity

2009-03-09 Thread ronaldheld
Not certain what thread this belongs in so I started up a new one. arxiv.org:0903.1193v1 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [Fwd: NDPR David Shoemaker, Personal Identity and Ethics: A Brief Introduction]

2009-03-03 Thread ronaldheld
Stathis This was mentioned in the TNG technical manual. I do not recall, right, now, which post TOS episodes mentioned it. Ronald On Mar 2, 8:42 am, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/3/2 ronaldheld ronaldh...@gmail.com

Re: random thoughts

2009-03-02 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno: Dur to financial considerations I will wait for the fifth edition to come out. On Feb 28, 6:11 am, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 27 Feb 2009, at 13:34, ronaldheld wrote:  The fifth edition of Mendelson's book is due out in August;is it worth waiting for? I really

Re: [Fwd: NDPR David Shoemaker, Personal Identity and Ethics: A Brief Introduction]

2009-03-02 Thread ronaldheld
Maybe the terminology does not fit here, to make a copy of my brain, wouldn't you need more than memories, but the state of the brain at one time to quantum resolution (TNG transporter term). Ronald On Feb 23, 9:04 pm, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: random thoughts

2009-02-27 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno: The fifth edition of Mendelson's book is due out in August;is it worth waiting for? I will take a look at some of the links on Podnieks page. Ronald On Feb 26, 11:17 am, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 23 Feb 2009, at 16:40, ronaldheld

random thoughts

2009-02-23 Thread ronaldheld
Perhaps this paper would be of interest: Deterministic multivalued logic scheme for information processing and routing in the brain(arxiv.org/abs/0902.2033)? Speaking of logic, even though I am not starting from zero,and given that it is not my full time profession, which papers/book should be

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

Re: Newbie Questions

2009-01-21 Thread ronaldheld
I do not know that the ekpyrotic and cyclic models reprodce the observations better than the BB+inflation. Yes, no one knows what the inflation field is, but no one has observed a gluon or single quark either. I do not know what Penrose's argument is.Without the observable Universe being in

Re: Newbie Questions

2009-01-20 Thread ronaldheld
I do not see the Inflation paradigm as ad-hoc, for it explains the flatness, Horizon problem and lack of early universe relics better than any other to date. Now the Big Bang may be replaced by oscillating solutions from LQG or other theories, but AFAIK they still need an Inflation period.

Re: KIM 2.1

2008-12-19 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno: I may have missed something in the last two days. I still do not understand. You say this starts with the real world, which to me is the physical universe/Multiverse, but it actually starts with arithmetic. How is there any mathematics with nothing to conceive of it? What are the

Re: KIM 1 (was: Lost and not lost 1)

2008-12-12 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno: I am uncertain that this was answered. You are starting with mathematics, and going to some Multiversal computation program? If there is no physical universe, what does the computer run on? With no energy, how are your thoughts being generated?

Re: Consciousness and free will

2008-12-04 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno: I am aware of Everett's many worlds universe, which is predicted on the wavefunction not collapsing. So far, that seems to be experientally so. Not many Physicists take consciousness into account, althought there is a paper I just found today you may be interested in:http://

Re: Consciousness and free will

2008-12-03 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno: We may be talking different thing but the TOE for Physics does not exist yet. I would think it would be QM and General Relativity and other things we do not know. Could this program be running an evolving mathematical structure or maybe you prefer evolving block universe/multiverse?

Re: Lost and not lost?

2008-12-01 Thread ronaldheld
This is going to be crude, but if I understand what Bruno( and others) are saying, there is no Physics or physical universe. There is a (are) large computer program(s) running, some segment of which exhibits consciousness? Does that crudely imply that everything I sense could be considered a

Re: multiverse talk

2008-07-14 Thread ronaldheld
I would think that Star Trek is Level I, and that Level III adds nothing. The comment that Q(and maybe The Prophets) comes from a Level IV is something I may be able to use if he knows how to change our physical low energy laws to anything that is possible(and suits his current needs). Of course,

Re: multiverse talk

2008-07-12 Thread ronaldheld
Can I explain the Star Trek universe(s) as being a part of Level I or Level III? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To

Re: multiverse talk

2008-07-10 Thread ronaldheld
Can someone construct an example I can understand, to compute the nearest distance to a Level I duplicate? Perhaps all of the ones I have read are too coarse estimates? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: multiverse talk

2008-07-08 Thread ronaldheld
Thanks for all of the suggestions, past and future. I will be reading the paper by Guariga and Vilenkin In this case finding the correct level to present at is about as difficult as compuring certain measures.I tend to be at a higher level than most of the audience can easily understand, but in

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