Creating an Everything List wiki

2007-02-07 Thread Jason
On Feb 7, 8:26 pm, Hal Ruhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi John: > > I think the idea before was to provide an acronym > list and also give each person or like minded > group a limit of a few pages in the FAQ document > in which to present a summary of their point of view. > > Hal Ruhl I think t

Re: ASSA and Many-Worlds

2007-02-07 Thread Hal Ruhl
Hi John: I think the idea before was to provide an acronym list and also give each person or like minded group a limit of a few pages in the FAQ document in which to present a summary of their point of view. Hal Ruhl At 11:59 AM 2/7/2007, you wrote: >Hal: >you really believe that anybody coul

RE: The Meaning of Life

2007-02-07 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
I don't "know" a right position from a wrong one either, I'm only trying to make the best guess I can given the evidence. Sometimes I really have no idea, like choosing which way a tossed coin will come up. Other times I do have evidence on which to base a belief, such as the belief that the wo

Re: Searles' Fundamental Error

2007-02-07 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 06:10:34PM -0500, John M wrote: > > I can't wait for Bruno's (and others') versions. > > John M > My take on physical and existence. Physical: that which "kicks back" in the Samuel Johnson sense. It doesn't rule out idealism, because the virtual reality in a VR simula

Re: The Meaning of Life

2007-02-07 Thread John M
And you, Stathis, are very kind to assume that I "know' a right position from a wromng one. I may be in indecision before I denigrate... On the contrary. if someone 'believes' the 6 day creation, I start speculating WHAT "days" they could have been metaphorically, starfting before the solar syst

Re: Searles' Fundamental Error

2007-02-07 Thread John M
Mark: fascinating. I like to ask such stupid questions myself. On my question 'what is consciousness' the best answer I got was: "everybody knows it" from a prof-fessional. (Yes, but everybody knows it differently). Existence??? I wonder how the honored listers will vote, I would resort to "the

Re: Searles' Fundamental Error

2007-02-07 Thread John M
By who's logic? John M - Original Message - From: Torgny Tholerus To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 1:35 PM Subject: Re: Searles' Fundamental Error Brent Meeker skrev: > Torgny Tholerus wrote: > >> Mark Peaty skrev: >>

Re: Searles' Fundamental Error

2007-02-07 Thread Brent Meeker
Torgny Tholerus wrote: > Brent Meeker skrev: >> Torgny Tholerus wrote: >> >>> Mark Peaty skrev: >>> And next: what do you mean by 'exist'? >>> 'Exist' is exactly the same as 'mathematical possibility'. >>> >>> Our Universe is a mathemathical possibility. That is why our U

Re: Searles' Fundamental Error

2007-02-07 Thread Torgny Tholerus
Brent Meeker skrev: > Torgny Tholerus wrote: > >> Mark Peaty skrev: >> >>> And next: what do you mean by 'exist'? >>> >> 'Exist' is exactly the same as 'mathematical possibility'. >> >> Our Universe is a mathemathical possibility. That is why our Universe >> exists. Every mathema

Re: Searles' Fundamental Error

2007-02-07 Thread Brent Meeker
Torgny Tholerus wrote: > Mark Peaty skrev: >> And next: what do you mean by 'exist'? > 'Exist' is exactly the same as 'mathematical possibility'. > > Our Universe is a mathemathical possibility. That is why our Universe > exists. Every mathematically possible Universe exists in the same way.

Re: ASSA and Many-Worlds

2007-02-07 Thread John M
Hal: you really believe that anybody could provide responses acceptable for all others? (I did not say understandable") Everybody sits in his own mindset and speaks his own scientific religion (=scientific belief system) - [said so, whether I aggraveted now (again) Russell or not.] We are in

Re: Searles' Fundamental Error

2007-02-07 Thread Torgny Tholerus
Mark Peaty skrev: And next: what do you mean by 'exist'? 'Exist' is exactly the same as 'mathematical possibility'. Our Universe is a mathemathical possibility.  That is why our Universe exists.  Every mathematically possible Universe exists in the same way.  But we can not get in touch

Re: Searles' Fundamental Error

2007-02-07 Thread Mark Peaty
Bruno: 'Dont hesitate to ask why, I am sure few people have understand the whole point. Some are close to it, perhaps by having figure this out by themselves.' MP: Don't look at me boss ... I'm just glad I don't have to understand 'it' to be able to exist within it! SO, yes I will ask: What do