Re: What is comparable and incomparable between casually disconnected universes?

2019-01-13 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 11:16:09AM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Some constant might be intrinsically not computable. Normally, the physical > laws should at some point take into account the probability of (self) halting, > which would introduce a non computable constant in nature, although it

Re: Coherent states of a superposition

2019-01-13 Thread Brent Meeker
On 1/13/2019 9:51 PM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: This means, to me, that the arbitrary phase angles have absolutely no effect on the resultant interference pattern which is observed. But isn't this what the phase angles are supposed to effect? AG The screen pattern is determined by

Re: Coherent states of a superposition

2019-01-13 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 7:12:31 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 3:04:10 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 13 Jan 2019, at 07:24, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 4:13:24 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com

Re: What is comparable and incomparable between casually disconnected universes?

2019-01-13 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 11:14 AM Lawrence Crowell < goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 4:51:24 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 9:29 AM Lawrence Crowell < >> goldenfield...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 7:18:21

Re: What is comparable and incomparable between casually disconnected universes?

2019-01-13 Thread Brent Meeker
On 1/13/2019 6:54 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 11 Jan 2019, at 20:51, Brent Meeker wrote: On 1/11/2019 2:16 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: I suspect Planck constant to be not computable, because if we extract QM from arithmetic, the Planck constant might very well related to the mechanist

Modal structuralism simplified

2019-01-13 Thread Philip Thrift
*Modal structuralism simplified* https://seberry.org/modal-structuralism-simplified.pdf by Sharon Berry - https://seberry.org/ Abstract. *Since Benacerraf’s “What Numbers Could Not Be,” there has been a growing interest in mathematical structuralism. An influential form of mathematical

Re: UDA and the origin of physics

2019-01-13 Thread Philip Thrift
On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 9:22:00 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 11 Jan 2019, at 23:36, Philip Thrift > > wrote: > > > > On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 8:41:19 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 11 Jan 2019, at 12:40, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, January

Re: Coherent states of a superposition

2019-01-13 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 3:04:10 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 13 Jan 2019, at 07:24, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 4:13:24 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 8:41:23 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com >>

Re: Solomonoff induction and mechanism

2019-01-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 12 Jan 2019, at 03:14, Mason Green wrote: > > Solomonoff’s method of induction seems like a good fit for a mechanist view > of things. For instance, it could be used to assign a relative probability to > the universe being generated by a universal dovetailer: 2^(-K) * m, where K > is

Re: UDA and the origin of physics

2019-01-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 12 Jan 2019, at 02:25, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 1/11/2019 2:36 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: >>> Of course there are math professors (Dr. Z at Rutgers) who teach on the >>> evils of Platonism. And "Truth" is like God, as Rorty said. >> >> >> >> >> >> That is a good summary of

Re: UDA and the origin of physics

2019-01-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 11 Jan 2019, at 23:36, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 8:41:19 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 11 Jan 2019, at 12:40, Philip Thrift > >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 5:24:20 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 11 Jan

Re: UDA and the origin of physics

2019-01-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 11 Jan 2019, at 21:04, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 1/11/2019 3:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> Anyway, the question is if it is true or false. In mathematics, mechanism >> restricts realism only to finite mathematics, or arithmetic. This is >> basically the idea that 2+2=4, and that

Re: Coherent states of a superposition

2019-01-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 13 Jan 2019, at 07:24, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 4:13:24 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 8:41:23 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com <> wrote: > > > On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 7:40:13 PM UTC, Brent wrote:

Re: What is comparable and incomparable between casually disconnected universes?

2019-01-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 11 Jan 2019, at 20:51, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 1/11/2019 2:16 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> I suspect Planck constant to be not computable, because if we extract QM >> from arithmetic, the Planck constant might very well related to the >> mechanist substitution level. > >

Re: What is comparable and incomparable between casually disconnected universes?

2019-01-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 13 Jan 2019, at 00:28, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 4:17:56 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > On 1/12/2019 2:51 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 7:19:06 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> On 1/11/2019 1:57 PM, Philip Thrift

Re: What is comparable and incomparable between casually disconnected universes?

2019-01-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 12 Jan 2019, at 23:17, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 1/12/2019 2:51 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 7:19:06 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> On 1/11/2019 1:57 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 2:46:35 PM UTC-6,

Re: What is comparable and incomparable between casually disconnected universes?

2019-01-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 12 Jan 2019, at 11:51, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 7:19:06 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > On 1/11/2019 1:57 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 2:46:35 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> On 1/11/2019 6:01 AM, John Clark wrote:

Re: What is comparable and incomparable between casually disconnected universes?

2019-01-13 Thread Philip Thrift
On Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 7:09:29 PM UTC-6, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 4:17:56 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 1/12/2019 2:51 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 7:19:06 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On