Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/11 John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.comwrote: We always feel that we are a single person Yes but the copy that walked out of the duplicating chamber with you (or perhaps you are the copy and he is the original, no

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread Quentin Anciaux
In john mind, if you can encounter (only in principle) your doppelganger, then probability lose meaning (comp though experiment), if you can't (MWI) then probability make sense... yeah... totally logical ! And for comp I said only in principle... because you could reconstruct the second one 100

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread LizR
On 12 December 2013 17:00, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Liz, In forking MWI worlds, your ID is constantly changing as it depends on various quantum states. Your detailed nature is never duplicated. Every fork is a change from your previous state. If comp supports MWI, why

Re: The Yes-Doctor Experiment for real

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Dec 2013, at 17:06, Richard Ruquist wrote: Bruno: but the human will say yes to the doctor anyway, and without thinking to much on the theoretical consequences of the possible survival. Richard: I would always say no to the doctor because of the no- cloning theorem. The goal

Re: Santa Klaus does exist!

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 Dec 2013, at 06:30, Jesse Mazer wrote: Thanks Bruno. As I understand it step 8's movie-graph argument is making a point similar to the implementation problem chalmers discusses in the paper at http://consc.net/papers/rock.html -- basically the problem is that there seems to be no

Re: The Yes-Doctor Experiment for real

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Dec 2013, at 22:18, LizR wrote: ISTM that Yes Doctor sums up comp. If a digital brain made below my substitution level can substitute for my organic one, then I literally have a 50% chance of waking up as the digital version. However if the Subst Level is quantum, no cloning stops

Re: The Yes-Doctor Experiment for real

2013-12-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
Bruno: So, indeterminacy, non-locality, and non-cloning, are, qualitatively, consequence of the comp hypothesis. [if the sub level is above the quantum level, which you say is empirically likely] Richard: So if non-cloning is a consequence of comp, how is duplication possible? I read your

Re: The Yes-Doctor Experiment for real

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Dec 2013, at 21:35, John Mikes wrote: Yes - to the doctor? I was always kept aback from agreeing, because I still believe to have included M O R E in my mind (brainfunctions, as you say) then whatever that good doctor and his device may supply. You have to assumed that there

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Dec 2013, at 21:17, meekerdb wrote: On 12/11/2013 1:13 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 10 Dec 2013, at 20:08, meekerdb wrote: On 12/10/2013 12:49 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 09 Dec 2013, at 23:28, meekerdb wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:06 PM, Jason Resch wrote: Bell's theorm proves that

Re: The Yes-Doctor Experiment for real

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Dec 2013, at 21:10, meekerdb wrote: On 12/11/2013 12:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 10 Dec 2013, at 20:20, George wrote: Hi List I haven't contributed to this list for a while but I thought you might be interested in this article from the Science Daily on line magazine Neural

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Dec 2013, at 18:58, John Clark wrote: On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Determinism is far from well established. It's a basic assumption in almost every scientific theory. In the most important theory in physics, Quantum Mechanics, no such

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Dec 2013, at 18:10, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote: We always feel that we are a single person Yes but the copy that walked out of the duplicating chamber with you (or perhaps you are the copy and he is the original,

Auguson Farms emergency food supplies at walmart

2013-12-12 Thread Roger Clough
Hi In preparation for the coming weimar-type economy collapse, where a loaf of bread will cost you $100 or more, I'm going up to Germantown to buy Auguson Farms emergency food pails at walmart. The 30 day pails of emergency food will keep for 25 years, run from $80 to $160 for 30 days. Maybe 6

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Dec 2013, at 17:19, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:49 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Then you can't say that you will survive anything. We die at each instant OK, but then you can't say that survival is important, or that the word means much of

Arctic sea ice increased by 51 % last year.

2013-12-12 Thread Roger Clough
Hi - Global warming ? Liberals live in a universe of lies. Arctic sea ice increased by 51 % last year. http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/51-growth-in-thick-arctic-ice-over-last-year/ Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread meekerdb
On 12/12/2013 1:36 AM, LizR wrote: On 12 December 2013 17:00, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com mailto:yann...@gmail.com wrote: Liz, In forking MWI worlds, your ID is constantly changing as it depends on various quantum states. Your detailed nature is never duplicated. Every

Re: The Yes-Doctor Experiment for real

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 Dec 2013, at 12:00, Richard Ruquist wrote: Bruno: So, indeterminacy, non-locality, and non-cloning, are, qualitatively, consequence of the comp hypothesis. [if the sub level is above the quantum level, which you say is empirically likely] Richard: So if non-cloning is a consequence

Uruguay

2013-12-12 Thread meekerdb
Is it true that you're transferring to the University of Uruguay, Bruno? Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: Uruguay

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 Dec 2013, at 18:31, meekerdb wrote: Is it true that you're transferring to the University of Uruguay, Bruno? Yes, but not exactly. Apparently I will be triplicated in Washington, Colorado, *and* Uruguay. At the biochemical level, for sure! :) Bruno Brent -- You received

Re: The Yes-Doctor Experiment for real

2013-12-12 Thread meekerdb
On 12/12/2013 9:21 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: 2) the lower level: the description of the Heisenberg matrix state of the entire (quantum observable) state of the entire local cluster of galaxies, (including dark matter!) and all this at the level of the right fields, or at the level of elementary

Re: Uruguay

2013-12-12 Thread spudboy100
As the great philosopher Tex Williams once wrote- Now I'm a feller with a heart of gold And the ways of a gentleman I've been told The kind of guy that wouldn't even harm a flea But if me and a certain character met The guy that invented the cigarette I'd murder that son-of-a-gun in the

Re: The Yes-Doctor Experiment for real

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 Dec 2013, at 19:06, meekerdb wrote: On 12/12/2013 9:21 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: 2) the lower level: the description of the Heisenberg matrix state of the entire (quantum observable) state of the entire local cluster of galaxies, (including dark matter!) and all this at the level of

Re: Uruguay

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 Dec 2013, at 19:27, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: As the great philosopher Tex Williams once wrote- Now I'm a feller with a heart of gold And the ways of a gentleman I've been told The kind of guy that wouldn't even harm a flea But if me and a certain character met The guy that invented the

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread Jason Resch
On Dec 12, 2013, at 11:00 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/12/2013 1:36 AM, LizR wrote: On 12 December 2013 17:00, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Liz, In forking MWI worlds, your ID is constantly changing as it depends on various quantum states. Your detailed

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread meekerdb
On 12/12/2013 12:57 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Dec 12, 2013, at 11:00 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/12/2013 1:36 AM, LizR wrote: On 12 December 2013 17:00, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com mailto:yann...@gmail.com wrote: Liz, In

Re: The Yes-Doctor Experiment for real

2013-12-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
Bruno: Please tell me if above helped. Richard: Yes. Very much so. We being celestial, divine creatures, if you want. We (first person) are already in heaven, or Platonia, is completely consistent with my thinking Bruno: To get non-comp, you need to install some function, which should be shown

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: In Everett it's always obvious who I'm talking about when I use the personal pronoun you, it's the only other fellow in the room with me; but in Bruno's thought experiment there is a man standing to the right of the

Re: The Yes-Doctor Experiment for real

2013-12-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
Bruno: If our subst level is far above the quantum level, then QM can still be derivable from arithmetic, but some constants can be geographical (and thus variable in the whole of the physical reality). Richard: Astronomical observations/measurements of the structure constant across nearly the

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:10 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/12/2013 12:57 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Dec 12, 2013, at 11:00 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/12/2013 1:36 AM, LizR wrote: On 12 December 2013 17:00, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread Jason Resch
Any time John Clark pretends that he does not understand or believe in first-person indeterminancy, refer him to his own post where he admitts to understanding it and believing in it: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/5PR1FXp_CSU/PnuTSn_82PwJ John Clark: So yes, subjectively the

Re: Arctic sea ice increased by 51 % last year.

2013-12-12 Thread LizR
From http://nsidc.org/ (The National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado) [image: Inline images 1] Cue dismissal of the data based on the motives of the people putting it forward. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List

Re: Arctic sea ice increased by 51 % last year.

2013-12-12 Thread LizR
*Or if you prefer it in tabular form...Table 1. * Previous minimum Arctic sea ice extents YEARMINIMUM ICE EXTENTDATEIN MILLIONS OF SQUARE KILOMETERSIN MILLIONS OF SQUARE MILES20074.171.61September 1820084.591.77September 202009 5.131.98September 1320104.631.79September 2120114.331.67September

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread LizR
On 12 December 2013 22:36, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 December 2013 17:00, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Liz, In forking MWI worlds, your ID is constantly changing as it depends on various quantum states. Your detailed nature is never duplicated. Every fork is a change

Re: Arctic sea ice increased by 51 % last year.

2013-12-12 Thread Alberto G. Corona
You are a bunch of oil-paid negationists! Your hands are stained with petrol! 2013/12/12, LizR lizj...@gmail.com: *Or if you prefer it in tabular form...Table 1. * Previous minimum Arctic sea ice extents YEARMINIMUM ICE EXTENTDATEIN MILLIONS OF SQUARE KILOMETERSIN MILLIONS OF SQUARE

Re: A definition of human consciousness

2013-12-12 Thread John Mikes
The present title is better: *H U M A N consciousness. * I buy THAT as being conscious. Of what? first of myself. Then: the world around ME. Then the development of HUMAN thinking over the past millennia, including good old D. Hume, who - IMO - was a wise person, but I feel since his time

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread LizR
On 13 December 2013 06:00, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/12/2013 1:36 AM, LizR wrote: On 12 December 2013 17:00, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Liz, In forking MWI worlds, your ID is constantly changing as it depends on various quantum states. Your detailed

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread LizR
On 13 December 2013 10:27, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: In Everett it's always obvious who I'm talking about when I use the personal pronoun you, it's the only other fellow in the room with me; but in Bruno's

Re: Arctic sea ice increased by 51 % last year.

2013-12-12 Thread LizR
On 13 December 2013 11:11, Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com wrote: You are a bunch of oil-paid negationists! Your hands are stained with petrol! Why would posting a graph showing that Arctic sea ice has been in decline since 1978, and that the current increase is insignificant compared

Re: Auguson Farms emergency food supplies at walmart

2013-12-12 Thread LizR
Good luck! On 13 December 2013 00:34, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi In preparation for the coming weimar-type economy collapse, where a loaf of bread will cost you $100 or more, I'm going up to Germantown to buy Auguson Farms emergency food pails at walmart. The 30 day pails

Re: Uruguay

2013-12-12 Thread LizR
On 13 December 2013 07:04, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 12 Dec 2013, at 18:31, meekerdb wrote: Is it true that you're transferring to the University of Uruguay, Bruno? Yes, but not exactly. Apparently I will be triplicated in Washington, Colorado, *and* Uruguay. And

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread meekerdb
On 12/12/2013 2:52 PM, LizR wrote: On 13 December 2013 06:00, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/12/2013 1:36 AM, LizR wrote: On 12 December 2013 17:00, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com mailto:yann...@gmail.com wrote: Liz, In

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread LizR
On 13 December 2013 13:07, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/12/2013 2:52 PM, LizR wrote: On 13 December 2013 06:00, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/12/2013 1:36 AM, LizR wrote: On 12 December 2013 17:00, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Liz, In

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread meekerdb
On 12/12/2013 4:18 PM, LizR wrote: On 13 December 2013 13:07, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/12/2013 2:52 PM, LizR wrote: On 13 December 2013 06:00, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/12/2013 1:36

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread LizR
On 13 December 2013 14:04, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: The result was lack of frequency dispersion for gamma rays. So it was assuming some interaction between photons and the discrete units of spacetime. That seems pretty tight. Assuming the interpretation is correct, at least.

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread meekerdb
On 12/12/2013 5:12 PM, LizR wrote: On 13 December 2013 14:04, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: The result was lack of frequency dispersion for gamma rays. So it was assuming some interaction between photons and the discrete units of spacetime. That

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread LizR
Thanks, I will have a go at understanding those. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-12 Thread LizR
Having had a go at following the first paper, I will have to give in and just accept that lack of dispersion indicates lack of quantum foam. It seems ironic that quantum theory is supposed to explain what happens at small scales compared to relativity, but now we have what looks like an