Re: Reversing time = local reversal of thermodynamic arrows?

2014-11-14 Thread LizR
On 14 November 2014 12:58, Bruce Kellett bhkell...@optusnet.com.au wrote: No Liz, you don't want me to engage with what you say: you want me to agree with it. Or disagree politely and sensibly, showing that you have understood what I've said and giving a clear explanation of why it's wrong.

Re: Spontaneous creation of the Universe Ex Nihilo

2014-11-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Nov 2014, at 10:07, Samiya Illias wrote: What is your thoughts on The Electrical Universe theory: https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/ I don't see much of a theory there. Anyway, if we are machine, then electricity must be explained from something non-physical. The book by Stenger

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread Samiya Illias
Liz, never mind. I know you only mean to state what you think is correct. If I may add a word of caution, please don't form or state opinions about God. Perhaps, some day, you will be blessed with faith, and then regret having said such things about God and religion which you do not

Re: Spontaneous creation of the Universe Ex Nihilo

2014-11-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Nov 2014, at 08:46, LizR wrote: In case anyone isn't acquainte with the library of Babel, it contains all possible books of a particular length (I think it's around 400 pages) which use a certain number of characters, say 30. If we assume there are, say, 2000 characters per page, we

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Nov 2014, at 00:03, John Mikes wrote: Liz, I stopped 'trying' - I found the best one: the agnostic belief = I dunno. In science, we never know. It is a pseudo-religion or a pseudo-science to believe that we know something in a scientific way. Science leads to evolvable collection

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread Samiya Illias
On 14-Nov-2014, at 3:49 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 00:03, John Mikes wrote: Liz, I stopped 'trying' - I found the best one: the agnostic belief = I dunno. In science, we never know. It is a pseudo-religion or a pseudo-science to believe that

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Nov 2014, at 11:18, Samiya Illias wrote: Liz, never mind. I know you only mean to state what you think is correct. If I may add a word of caution, please don't form or state opinions about God. Perhaps, some day, you will be blessed with faith, and then regret having said such

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread Samiya Illias
On 14-Nov-2014, at 4:03 am, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: Liz, I stopped 'trying' - I found the best one: the agnostic belief = I dunno. We don't, indeed. My belief consists of the existence (potentiality?) of vast amount of 'knowables' we have no acces to. Maybe not even the

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread Samiya Illias
On 14-Nov-2014, at 4:27 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 11:18, Samiya Illias wrote: Liz, never mind. I know you only mean to state what you think is correct. If I may add a word of caution, please don't form or state opinions about God. Perhaps, some

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: It has been proven that entangled BECs can transfer information instantly or at least so much faster than the speed of light that time delay cannot be detected. That is incorrect. It's true that somethings can travel

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
OK, I will accept that information cannot be communicated faster than the speed of light. However, even in single particle EPR experiments MWI requires the creation of two particles for every one particle. That doubles the energy requirement. Considering the total number of particles created in

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Nov 2014, at 12:21, Samiya Illias wrote: On 14-Nov-2014, at 3:49 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 00:03, John Mikes wrote: Liz, I stopped 'trying' - I found the best one: the agnostic belief = I dunno. In science, we never know. It is a

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Nov 2014, at 13:33, Samiya Illias wrote: On 14-Nov-2014, at 4:27 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 11:18, Samiya Illias wrote: Liz, never mind. I know you only mean to state what you think is correct. If I may add a word of caution, please don't form

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Nov 2014, at 16:27, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: It has been proven that entangled BECs can transfer information instantly or at least so much faster than the speed of light that time delay cannot be detected. That

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I will accept that information cannot be communicated faster than the speed of light. However, even in single particle EPR experiments MWI requires the creation of two particles for every one particle. That doubles the energy

QM non local? (was Re: The Span of Infinity)

2014-11-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Nov 2014, at 17:19, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 16:27, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: It has been proven that entangled BECs can transfer information instantly or at least so much faster than the speed of

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
In other words you do not know On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 1:33 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I will accept that information cannot be communicated faster than the speed of light. However, even in single particle

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread LizR
I make fun of everyone equally, except for myself, who I make more fun of than others. I don't wish to offend anyone (but I am also suspicious of religious people who become easily offended, as thought their beliefs are so fragile they can't stand scrutiny (even in humorous form). However I don't

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: In other words you do not know That is correct, I do not know the laws of physics are in other universes, but there is believe they have always been identical to the laws in our home universe. John K Clark -- You

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread John Clark
Correction: I should have said NO reason to believe. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 3:44 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: In other words you do not know That is correct, I do not know the laws of physics are in

Re: Two apparently different forms of entropy

2014-11-14 Thread John Clark
On 13 November 2014 18:57, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: There appears to be a discrepancy between entropy as it is ascribed to black holes and entropy in the form of configurations of mass-energy far from thermodynamic equilibrium. Black hole entropy appears to be a fundamental feature of

Re: Two apparently different forms of entropy

2014-11-14 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, November 14, 2014 9:30:00 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: On 13 November 2014 18:57, LizR liz...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: There appears to be a discrepancy between entropy as it is ascribed to black holes and entropy in the form of configurations of mass-energy far from

Re: Two apparently different forms of entropy

2014-11-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
Along these lines of thought, the universe splitting or differentiation in MWI is said to be irreversible even though the equation of QM are time reversible. That might account for the arrow of time. Of course wave collapse is also irreversible and is similar to MWI to that extent. On Fri, Nov

Re: Spontaneous creation of the Universe Ex Nihilo

2014-11-14 Thread zibbsey
On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:10:09 PM UTC, Peter Sas wrote: Does anybody know this paper: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221268641300037X And is it any good? IMHO it's two time bollocks even if this was a legitimate solution for universe from nothing or

Re: Spontaneous creation of the Universe Ex Nihilo

2014-11-14 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 08:46:16PM +1300, LizR wrote: In case anyone isn't acquainte with the library of Babel, it contains all possible books of a particular length (I think it's around 400 pages) which use a certain number of characters, say 30. If we assume there are, say, 2000 characters

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, November 14, 2014 8:44:46 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Richard Ruquist yan...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: In other words you do not know That is correct, I do not know the laws of physics are in other universes, but there is believe they

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:33:15PM -0500, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I will accept that information cannot be communicated faster than the speed of light. However, even in single particle EPR experiments MWI requires the creation

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:33:15PM -0500, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I will accept that information cannot be communicated faster than the speed of

Re: QM non local? (was Re: The Span of Infinity)

2014-11-14 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, November 14, 2014 6:55:09 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 17:19, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 16:27, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Richard Ruquist yan...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: It has been proven that entangled BECs

Re: Two apparently different forms of entropy

2014-11-14 Thread meekerdb
On 11/14/2014 1:29 PM, John Clark wrote: On 13 November 2014 18:57, LizR lizj...@gmail.com mailto:lizj...@gmail.com wrote: There appears to be a discrepancy between entropy as it is ascribed to black holes and entropy in the form of configurations of mass-energy far from

Re: QM non local? (was Re: The Span of Infinity)

2014-11-14 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, November 14, 2014 10:16:58 PM UTC, zib...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, November 14, 2014 6:55:09 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 17:19, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 16:27, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Richard Ruquist

Re: QM non local? (was Re: The Span of Infinity)

2014-11-14 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 07:55:04PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: Thinking on this, I begin to see more clearly the MW picture of the singlet state. The explanation is not that obvious. Let me proceed by giving an argument which seems to imply that even in the many-world, there is a remnant

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 05:14:24PM -0500, Richard Ruquist wrote: But QM equations are time reversible, The differentiation of the universe is not Your point being? -- Prof Russell Standish Phone

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 05:14:24PM -0500, Richard Ruquist wrote: But QM equations are time reversible, The differentiation of the universe is not Your point being? Differentiation may not be unitary --

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, November 14, 2014 10:09:09 PM UTC, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:33:15PM -0500, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 Richard Ruquist yan...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: OK, I will accept that information cannot be communicated faster than the

Re: Reversing time = local reversal of thermodynamic arrows?

2014-11-14 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, November 7, 2014 2:53:28 AM UTC, Brent wrote: On 11/6/2014 5:59 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote: LizR wrote: On 7 November 2014 12:32, Bruce Kellett bhke...@optusnet.com.au javascript: mailto:bhke...@optusnet.com.au javascript: wrote: I have not seen your arguments for

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread LizR
On 15 November 2014 11:14, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: But QM equations are time reversible, True, or so I've been told. I believe the Wheeler-deWitt equation doesn't include time at all. The differentiation of the universe is not It is in principle, otherwise we would

Re: The Span of Infinity

2014-11-14 Thread meekerdb
On 11/14/2014 6:12 PM, LizR wrote: On 15 November 2014 11:14, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com mailto:yann...@gmail.com wrote: But QM equations are time reversible, True, or so I've been told. I believe the Wheeler-deWitt equation doesn't include time at all. The differentiation

Re: Two apparently different forms of entropy

2014-11-14 Thread LizR
On 15 November 2014 11:23, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 11/14/2014 1:29 PM, John Clark wrote: On 13 November 2014 18:57, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: There appears to be a discrepancy between entropy as it is ascribed to black holes and entropy in the form of

Re: Spontaneous creation of the Universe Ex Nihilo

2014-11-14 Thread LizR
On 15 November 2014 11:09, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 08:46:16PM +1300, LizR wrote: In case anyone isn't acquainte with the library of Babel, it contains all possible books of a particular length (I think it's around 400 pages) which use a

Re: Spontaneous creation of the Universe Ex Nihilo

2014-11-14 Thread meekerdb
On 11/14/2014 6:44 PM, LizR wrote: On 15 November 2014 11:09, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au mailto:li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 08:46:16PM +1300, LizR wrote: In case anyone isn't acquainte with the library of Babel, it contains all possible books

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread Samiya Illias
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 13:33, Samiya Illias wrote: On 14-Nov-2014, at 4:27 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 11:18, Samiya Illias wrote: Liz, never mind. I know you only mean to state what

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread LizR
If the knowledge is unseen and unverifiable, but also not subject to scientific refutation, how can one evaluate it? -- 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

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread Samiya Illias
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 11:04 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: If the knowledge is unseen and unverifiable, but also not subject to scientific refutation, how can one evaluate it? Evaluate what it says of the seen and verifiable (natural phenomenon) for factual accuracy, till you're sure

Re: Spontaneous creation of the Universe Ex Nihilo

2014-11-14 Thread Peter Sas
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kYtkG8INML8/VGb5Cu0WdhI/B-M/v1flmzdgt1E/s1600/miracle.gif I've read it and considered it and I think it's bollocks... though there are some interesting ideas in there, e.g. that in information-theoretic terms nothingness can be described as an

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread meekerdb
On 11/14/2014 4:33 AM, Samiya Illias wrote: On 14-Nov-2014, at 4:27 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be mailto:marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 11:18, Samiya Illias wrote: Liz, never mind. I know you only mean to state what you think is correct. If I may add a word of

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread Samiya Illias
On 15-Nov-2014, at 12:02 pm, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 11/14/2014 4:33 AM, Samiya Illias wrote: On 14-Nov-2014, at 4:27 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 14 Nov 2014, at 11:18, Samiya Illias wrote: Liz, never mind. I know you only mean to state what you

Re: Spontaneous creation of the Universe Ex Nihilo

2014-11-14 Thread Peter Sas
Hi Russell, thanks for your answer... I will definitely give your book a closer reading in the near future, if I can get my poor philosopher's head to understand the mathematics :) I hope you don't mind answering some questions in advance. You wrote: Exactly. The source of the symmetry

Re: Spontaneous creation of the Universe Ex Nihilo

2014-11-14 Thread LizR
On 15 November 2014 16:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: And since the books are limited to 400 pages the catalogue must consist of different volumes, one for each book catalogued. Yes, Russell got that right (and Borges got it wrong). But I think the idea is that each book is unique,

Re: I assume everyone's up to speed with this?

2014-11-14 Thread LizR
Organised religion in its entirety is a veiled threat. -- 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