Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-24 Thread Bruno Marchal
- From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-22, 23:38:55 Subject: Re: Pratt theory On 8/22/2012 4:04 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Now this is interesting: Points have necessary existence, all being present simultaneously in the physical object A.� 15.States are possible, making

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
Stephan, Thanks for telling me what bisimulation means. I was interested in that choosing only one state at a time eliminates the multiverse. Richard On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: On 8/22/2012 4:04 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Now this is

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Stephen P. King
Hi Richard, I was just writing up a brief sketch... I too am interested in a selection rule that yields one state at a time. What I found is that this is possible using an itterated tournament where the winners are the selected states. We don't eliminate the multiverse per se as serves

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
Stephan, Agreed. All possible states are present in the mind, but IMO only one state gets to be physical at any one time, exactly what Pratt seems to be saying. That's why I called it an axiom or assumption. Richard On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote:

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Stephen P. King
Hi Richard, Yes, the tough but fun part is understanding the continuous version of this for multiple 1p points of view so that we get something consistent with GR. On 8/23/2012 7:32 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Stephan, Agreed. All possible states are present in the mind, but IMO only

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
Please tell me how 1p is inconsistent with GR. I thought it was inconsistent with QM. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: Hi Richard, Yes, the tough but fun part is understanding the continuous version of this for multiple 1p points of view so

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Stephen P. King
Hi Richard, The 1p is the subjective view of one observer. It is not inconsistent with GR proper. The problem happens when we abstract to a 3p. I claim that there is no 3p except as an abstraction, it isn't objectively real. On 8/23/2012 7:40 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Please tell me

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
Stephan, Is not the method of Godel sufficient to define a consciousness although the last step to consciousness is a leap of faith? Richard On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: Hi Richard, On 8/23/2012 8:01 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Stephan,

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, Who cares if a theory is not substantial. What matters is if the theory correctly or approximately models the substance. You are arguing against a straw man of your creation. But thank you for reminding me that ideas are emergent and the incompleteness of consistent systems that Godel

Re: Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Roger Clough
: everything-list Time: 2012-08-22, 23:45:58 Subject: Re: Pratt theory On 8/22/2012 4:04 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: The following implies some sort of entanglement in order to interrogate all entities. When we unravel the primitive causal links contributing to secondary causal interaction we

Re: Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Roger Clough
: Richard Ruquist Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-23, 09:44:45 Subject: Re: Pratt theory Roger, Who cares if a theory is not substantial. What matters is if the theory correctly or approximately models the substance. You are arguing against a straw man of your creation. But thank you

Re: Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Roger Clough
: Richard Ruquist Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-23, 09:24:36 Subject: Re: Pratt theory Stephan, Is not the method of Godel sufficient to define a consciousness although the last step to consciousness is a leap of faith? Richard On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Stephen P. King stephe

Re: Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Roger Clough
so everything could function. - Receiving the following content - From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-23, 12:43:58 Subject: Re: Pratt theory Hi Roger, By Existence I mean all that is necessarily possible. By this definition mathematical points

Re: Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
have to invent him so everything could function. - Receiving the following content - *From:* Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com *Receiver:* everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com *Time:* 2012-08-23, 09:24:36 *Subject:* Re: Pratt theory Stephan, Is not the method

Re: Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
, we'd have to invent him so everything could function. - Receiving the following content - *From:* Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com *Receiver:* everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com *Time:* 2012-08-23, 09:44:45 *Subject:* Re: Pratt theory Roger, Who cares if a theory

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
http://vixra.org/pdf/1101.0044v1.pdf On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: Hi Richard, I am not sure what you mean. Is there a paper or article that gives an explanation of what you mean by ...method of Godel sufficient to define a consciousness?

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Stephen P. King
Hi Richard, OK! I'll read it. On 8/23/2012 1:16 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: http://vixra.org/pdf/1101.0044v1.pdf On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net wrote: Hi Richard, I am not sure what you mean. Is there a

Re: Re: Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Roger Clough
Time: 2012-08-23, 13:14:30 Subject: Re: Re: Pratt theory Don't be silly with me On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist No leap of faith is needed for consciousness. All you have to do is open your eyes. Roger Clough, rclo

Re: Re: Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Roger Clough
-list Time: 2012-08-23, 13:14:59 Subject: Re: Re: Pratt theory I know and that's not science On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist My version of Leibniz is not my creation, I try to follow him as closely as I can. Roger Clough, rclo

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-22 Thread Stephen P. King
Hi Richard! Wonderful! Another pair of eyes looking at Pratt's work. This is progress! There are a couple open problems, such as how to model large networks of bisimulations but from my toy model study I think I have a solution to that one. The only technical problems are the formulation

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-22 Thread Stephen P. King
On 8/22/2012 8:56 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 8/22/2012 1:04 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: 5.Inference is logical, and logic swims upstream against time. / Prolog’s backward-chaining strategy dualizes this by viewing logic as primary and time as swimming upstream against logic, / / but this amounts

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-22 Thread Stephen P. King
On 8/22/2012 4:04 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Now this is interesting: Points have necessary existence, all being present simultaneously in the physical object A. 15.States are possible, making a Chu space a kind of a Kripke structure [Gup93]: only *one state at a time* may be chosen from the