Re: Time as a Lattice of Partially-Ordered Causal Events or Moments

2002-09-03 Thread Tim May
On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 02:21 PM, scerir wrote: > Tim May: > I don't have a comprehensive theory of time, > but I am very fond of "causal time." > > Sometimes we read papers saying there is now > experimental evidence that quantum phenomena > are "a-causal" or

Re: Time as a Lattice of Partially-Ordered Causal Events or Moments

2002-09-03 Thread scerir
Tim May: I don't have a comprehensive theory of time, but I am very fond of "causal time." Sometimes we read papers saying there is now experimental evidence that quantum phenomena are "a-causal" or "non-causal" or "out-of-time". See, in example, these recent papers h

Re: Time as a Lattice of Partially-Ordered Causal Events or Moments

2002-09-03 Thread Tim May
I'll say a few words on my personal journey in math. On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 08:46 AM, Osher Doctorow wrote: > One confusing point, I think, is the tendency of many mathematical > logicians > to identify with algebra and in fact to claim that their field is a > branch > or outgrowt

Re: Time as a Lattice of Partially-Ordered Causal Events or Moments

2002-09-03 Thread Osher Doctorow
From: Osher Doctorow [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tues. Sept. 3, 2002 8:26AM It also depends on the logic that one chooses (e.g., Lukaciewicz/Rational Pavelka and Product/Goguen and Godel fuzzy multivalued logics - see P. Hajek Metamathematics of Fuzzy Logics, Kluwer: Dordrecht 1998 for an excellent exposi

Re: MIND and MATTER

2002-09-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
"Stephen Paul King" wrote: > > > >I only have the vaguest hand waving reasoning at this time but let me >> >try to make my case as to why I asked that question. If we identify >MATTER >> >with the notion of a "physical system" simulatable by Comp, following >along >> >the line that D. Deutsch

Re: Rucker's Infinity and the Mind

2002-09-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
Title: Re: Rucker's Infinity and the Mind George Levy wrote in part: Beautiful post, Hal. I have read and reread Rudy Rucker's "Infinity and the Mind" four or five times. This is such a rich book that I enjoy it everytime. His explanation of the infinite always leaves me in awe. I share the j

Re: Time as a Lattice of Partially-Ordered Causal Events orMoments

2002-09-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
At 23:07 -0700 2/09/2002, Tim May wrote: >You say you prefer continuity and connectednessthis all depends >on the topology one chooses. In the microcircuit case, the natural >topology of circuit elements and conductors and clock ticks gives us >our lattice points. In other examples, set co