Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2011-09-19 Thread nihil0
Hi everyone, This is my first post on the List. I find this topic fascinating and I'm impressed with everyone's thoughts about it. I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but it has been discussed on a few other Everything threads. Norman Samish posted the following to the thread Tipler Weighs In

Re: Interesting paper on consciousness, computation and MWI

2011-09-19 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 03:12:31PM -0700, David Nyman wrote: This paper presents some intriguing ideas on consciousness, computation and the MWI, including an argument against the possibility of consciousness supervening on any single deterministic computer program (Bruno might find this

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2011-09-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 Sep 2011, at 08:27, nihil0 wrote: Hi everyone, This is my first post on the List. I find this topic fascinating and I'm impressed with everyone's thoughts about it. I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but it has been discussed on a few other Everything threads. Norman Samish posted

Re: 0, + and * = Physical laws ?

2011-09-19 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sep 19, 1:28 am, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote:      I give number and their physical implementation an equal ontological status, they are independent of each other in that their behaviours are independent but co-existence the same way that we see in the Stone duality between

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2011-09-19 Thread Stephen P. King
Hi! On 9/19/2011 5:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 19 Sep 2011, at 08:27, nihil0 wrote: Hi everyone, This is my first post on the List. I find this topic fascinating and I'm impressed with everyone's thoughts about it. I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but it has been discussed on a few

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2011-09-19 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:27 AM, nihil0 jonathan.wol...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, This is my first post on the List. I find this topic fascinating and I'm impressed with everyone's thoughts about it. I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but it has been discussed on a few other

Re: Interesting paper on consciousness, computation and MWI

2011-09-19 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/19/2011 3:20 AM, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 03:12:31PM -0700, David Nyman wrote: This paper presents some intriguing ideas on consciousness, computation and the MWI, including an argument against the possibility of consciousness supervening on any single deterministic

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2011-09-19 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/19/2011 11:19 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:27 AM, nihil0 jonathan.wol...@gmail.com mailto:jonathan.wol...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, This is my first post on the List. I find this topic fascinating and I'm impressed with everyone's thoughts about it.

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2011-09-19 Thread Jason Resch
On Sep 19, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: On 9/19/2011 11:19 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:27 AM, nihil0 jonathan.wol...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, This is my first post on the List. I find this topic fascinating and I'm

Re: bruno list

2011-09-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 Sep 2011, at 19:24, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sep 18, 11:55 am, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 18 Sep 2011, at 06:13, Craig Weinberg wrote: Accounting is not explaining. Which actually sums up my entire position on this endless thread. Consciousness explains and counts.

Re: 0, + and * = Physical laws ?

2011-09-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 Sep 2011, at 19:49, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sep 18, 12:00 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Sep 2011, at 19:07, Stephen P. King wrote: You seem posit as primitive some form of number and then build a structure upon it that serves as an explanatory model for

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2011-09-19 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sep 19, 1:22 pm, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: On 9/19/2011 11:19 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:27 AM, nihil0 jonathan.wol...@gmail.com mailto:jonathan.wol...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, This is my first post on the List. I find this

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2011-09-19 Thread meekerdb
On 9/19/2011 8:19 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:27 AM, nihil0 jonathan.wol...@gmail.com mailto:jonathan.wol...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, This is my first post on the List. I find this topic fascinating and I'm impressed with everyone's thoughts about it.

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2011-09-19 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/19/2011 2:18 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Sep 19, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net wrote: On 9/19/2011 11:19 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:27 AM, nihil0 jonathan.wol...@gmail.com mailto:jonathan.wol...@gmail.com

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2011-09-19 Thread Jason Resch
On Sep 19, 2011, at 2:59 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 9/19/2011 8:19 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:27 AM, nihil0 jonathan.wol...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, This is my first post on the List. I find this topic fascinating and I'm impressed with

Re: bruno list

2011-09-19 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: Evolution follows from the fact that DNA replication is not 100% accurate and if the resulting organism is successful the mutation will be propagated. This can lead to surprising results but not magical results.