Re: Is Earth F**ked?

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2013, at 17:58, meekerdb wrote: On 10/31/2013 3:55 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: I believe there's an important aspect of this type of discussion that is rarely considered. This sort of thing takes almost a religious tone where we are supposed to feel guilty. I'm very suspicious of

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 6:54 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: this distracts from the question asked, which concerns the first person pov, from the first person pov. That is the first person experience. [...]

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2013, at 18:54, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: this distracts from the question asked, which concerns the first person pov, from the first person pov. That is the first person experience. [...] Comp accepts that

RE: Is Earth F**ked?

2013-11-01 Thread Chris de Morsella
Jesse how much oil is embedded in European renewables? Calculate the energy budget along the entire pipeline form the original mining of raw materials all the way through final disposal of obsolete windmills/panels etc. How much of this energy is fossil in nature? Believe me I am all for

Re: Neural activity in the brain is harder to disrupt when we are aware of it

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2013, at 19:29, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, October 31, 2013 12:06:52 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 Oct 2013, at 18:01, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 4:52:49 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 29 Oct 2013, at 19:15, Craig Weinberg wrote:

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2013, at 19:34, Richard Ruquist wrote: Bruno: It is the Indra net of universal numbers reflecting themselves which exists as consequences of the laws of addition or multiplication. Richard: Very Platonic and that is perhaps what programs the Metaverse number net. But from my

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2013, at 20:49, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: As I said before there is a profound difference between the two. After Everett's thought experiment is over only ONE person is seen by a third party so it's easy to

Re: Is Earth F**ked?

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2013, at 22:01, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 5:58 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/31/2013 3:55 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: I believe there's an important aspect of this type of discussion that is rarely considered. This sort of thing takes almost a

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Nov 2013, at 02:51, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: A) The test described where the simulation process forks 8 times and 256 copies are created and they each see a different pattern of the ball changing color

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-11-01 Thread Pierz
Come on Craig, admit you wrote that. It's the last paragraph that is the dead give-away. On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 4:07:59 PM UTC+11, Craig Weinberg wrote: A Quora answer to the following question. Nothing new for me here probably, but It's maybe organized in a more concise way.

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Nov 2013, at 07:04, LizR wrote: So, has step 3 gone from that's absurd to everyone knows that ?! Since more than one or two years, John Clark oscillates between obvious non sense to obvious, period. We might hope than in his obvious, period phase, he might go to the next step,

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Quentin Anciaux
Le 1 nov. 2013 00:39, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com a écrit : John, you are not the first that Quentin has categorized as a roger or stephen lin. Richard What does suggest that the universe is finite in the fact that we've found a fully formed galaxy 700 millions years after the big bang?

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-11-01 Thread Richard Ruquist
Bruno: No problem, Richard. But then UDA shows that our bodies are not machines. You better have to say no to the doctor. Richard: Indeed I would. But I wonder how UDA shows that our bodies are not machines. What else could they be? Bruno: Then, physics first, or its idealist counterpart sense

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Richard Ruquist
Intuition On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: Le 1 nov. 2013 00:39, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com a écrit : John, you are not the first that Quentin has categorized as a roger or stephen lin. Richard What does suggest that the universe is

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Quentin Anciaux
OK... but then you shouldn't have use that as an argument... I respect intuition, I don't respect using that as an argument. Quentin 2013/11/1 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com Intuition On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: Le 1 nov. 2013 00:39,

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/11/1 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com OK. I should have said suggests intuitively: or intuitively suggests rather than merely suggests that the universe is finite. However, your insult of categorizing me with roger and stephen lin is unmerited. Yes. On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 7:01 AM,

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: OK. I should have said suggests intuitively: or intuitively suggests rather than merely suggests that the universe is finite. However, your insult of categorizing me with roger and stephen lin is unmerited. And now you

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/11/1 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: OK. I should have said suggests intuitively: or intuitively suggests rather than merely suggests that the universe is finite. However, your insult of categorizing me

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/11/1 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: OK. I should have said suggests intuitively: or intuitively suggests rather than merely

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Richard Ruquist
Telmo, Do you think Quentin should be banned for bullying? On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.comwrote: On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/11/1 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/11/1 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com Telmo, Do you think Quentin should be banned for bullying? I did not bully you, I asked several times the same question, firstly gently, and you mocked me, secondly, you mocked the proves/suggest, then you said fuck you (I said for fuck sake before,

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
When some bully oversteps the line of decency, then by default any discussion ceases to be rational. Then we are left with the choice to let it be or denounce the crossing of our personalized line. With regards to this infinite back and forth, all the insults and cul-de-sac arguments, with zero

Re: If human beings are nothing more than matter, why are you conscious as yourself?

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Nov 2013, at 11:19, Richard Ruquist wrote: Bruno: No problem, Richard. But then UDA shows that our bodies are not machines. You better have to say no to the doctor. Richard: Indeed I would. OK. That is clear, and makes your work coherent with respect to comp. But I wonder how UDA

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Telmo, Do you think Quentin should be banned for bullying? I don't think that anyone should be banned. We are all grown ups and it's not that hard to set up an email filter. I do think that it's depressing when people start

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Nov 2013, at 08:06, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 6:54 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: this distracts from the question asked, which concerns the first person pov, from the first

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:04 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: So, has step 3 gone from that's absurd to everyone knows that ?! Yes that is the situation right now, but with backpedaling and additional caveats and restrictions made by Bruno and other members of this list that I expect to hear

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Jason Resch
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 11:40 AM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:04 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: So, has step 3 gone from that's absurd to everyone knows that ?! Yes that is the situation right now, but with backpedaling and additional caveats and

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/11/1 John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:04 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: So, has step 3 gone from that's absurd to everyone knows that ?! Yes that is the situation right now, but with backpedaling and additional caveats and restrictions made by Bruno and

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Nov 2013, at 15:17, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: When some bully oversteps the line of decency, then by default any discussion ceases to be rational. Then we are left with the choice to let it be or denounce the crossing of our personalized line. With regards to this infinite back

Re: Is Earth F**ked?

2013-11-01 Thread meekerdb
On 11/1/2013 12:15 AM, Chris de Morsella wrote: Jesse how much oil is embedded in European renewables? Calculate the energy budget along the entire pipeline form the original mining of raw materials all the way through final disposal of obsolete windmills/panels etc. How much of this energy is

Re: Is Earth F**ked?

2013-11-01 Thread meekerdb
On 11/1/2013 12:50 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Brent It does not matter now that in a million years nothing we do now will matter. --- Thomas Nagel Nice! What we will do now can matter a lot in our normal futures in a millions years. What we do now might still matter in a million years.

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
Liz, On 01 Nov 2013, at 17:40, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:04 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: So, has step 3 gone from that's absurd to everyone knows that ?! Yes that is the situation right now, but with backpedaling and additional caveats and restrictions made by Bruno

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Richard Ruquist
I am definitely slow compared to most of the members of this list. Although I have a 1966 PhD in physics from Harvard, my major was in electromagnetic theory, and after graduation, studied radar scattering and laser propagation, which are 19th century subjects even though the technology is 20th

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-11-01 Thread John Mikes
liz wrote (Oct. 24) to Craig: *What are inorganic atoms? Or rather (since I suspect all atoms are inorganic), what are organic atoms?* * * What are 'atoms'? (IMO models of our ignorance (oops: knowledge) about a portion of the unknowable infinite explained during the latest some centuries of human

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-11-01 Thread meekerdb
On 11/1/2013 1:20 PM, John Mikes wrote: liz wrote (Oct. 24) to Craig: */What are inorganic atoms? Or rather (since I suspect all atoms are inorganic), what are organic atoms?/* */ /* What are 'atoms'? (IMO models of our ignorance (oops: knowledge) about a portion of the unknowable infinite

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-11-01 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, November 1, 2013 4:20:45 PM UTC-4, JohnM wrote: liz wrote (Oct. 24) to Craig: *What are inorganic atoms? Or rather (since I suspect all atoms are inorganic), what are organic atoms?* * * What are 'atoms'? (IMO models of our ignorance (oops: knowledge) about a portion of the

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 3:06 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote The diary is useless because the diary was written by you and contains predictions about the further adventures of you, but now there are 2 (or more) people with the title you ... ..., but now there are 2 (or more)

Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/11/1 John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 3:06 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote The diary is useless because the diary was written by you and contains predictions about the further adventures of you, but now there are 2 (or more) people with the title you

RE: Is Earth F**ked?

2013-11-01 Thread Chris de Morsella
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 10:18 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Is Earth F**ked? On 11/1/2013 12:15 AM, Chris de Morsella wrote: Jesse how much oil is

RE: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-11-01 Thread Chris de Morsella
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Craig Weinberg Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 1:45 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article On Friday, November 1, 2013 4:20:45 PM UTC-4, JohnM wrote:

Re: Are dogs People?

2013-11-01 Thread Pierz
Wow, dogs might have emotions? What will they think of next? I suppose they'll do MRIs on autistic people to demonstrate the possibility that they have feelings too. There's got to be a Nobel in that. Mind you, where will it all end? First dogs, then maybe mice will feel things too, and we'll

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-11-01 Thread Craig Weinberg
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Re: For John Clark

2013-11-01 Thread LizR
On 2 November 2013 15:57, Chris de Morsella cdemorse...@yahoo.com wrote: By the way, personally, I thank you for – at substantial personal cost -- blowing the whistle on this 1980s MIC gravy train. A world without whistleblowers is – IMO the kind of place Torquemada would feel right at home