Re: A scary theory about IS

2015-09-18 Thread John Mikes
Bruno: could you please define* "free market"* (system?) into YOUR terms? Free, but not free indeed, as you wrote: "*only with a regulating system making it not breaking some laws,... "* where could you STOP the list of those 'laws'? Is a 'regulating system a power? (I had a similar problem

Re: Cryonics in the NYT

2015-09-18 Thread John Mikes
Irrespective from the hardship to decide when and who might have been the 'first' Mummy to tell tales and WHAT those tales might have been to develop into later (religious?) tales, the 'Mummy' is an adult who was already subject to 'religious' stories of the powerful for subjecting folks to their

Re: A scary theory about IS

2015-09-18 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 Bruno Marchal wrote: ​> ​ > Well, the term "capitalism" is ambiguous. I am all for the free market, > but only with a regulating system making it not breaking some laws, like > defamation of products and misinformation of the public. ​I think it would

Re: Cryonics in the NYT

2015-09-18 Thread Samiya Illias
Where did the first Mummy get the tale from? > On 18-Sep-2015, at 1:39 am, John Mikes wrote: > > Samiya, "forever" is NOT a timespan, it is the infinite (maybe without an > end, or without a beginning?) so your 'to live forever' may mean: > IT IS OVER WITHIN THE INSTANT IT

Re: A scary theory about IS

2015-09-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Sep 2015, at 23:17, John Mikes wrote: Excellent historical analysis, Smitra. Thanks. I was a contemporary witness during my adult years (40s to 70s) and vouch for your ideas. Bruno, however, picked prohibitionism as the main (sole?) culprit what does not match my conclusions. It was

Re: Gödel's Philosophy

2015-09-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Sep 2015, at 22:12, John Mikes wrote: I do not intend to get involved in a discussion with Gődel about his phikosophy, I appreciate his talent and knowldge, just a remark on the #1 of his list: "Nature is reasonable" In my agnostic views I would not go for that: we have a mental image

Re: Cryonics in the NYT

2015-09-18 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 Samiya Illias wrote: ​> ​ > Is the 'belief in an afterlife' natural? Perhaps it's something hard wired > within, such that even atheists hope to live forever! > ​Well sure, a ​desire not to die must be hard wired in, every one of your ancestors had