Re: An Equivalence Principle

2008-04-24 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 06:04:25AM -0700, Youness Ayaita wrote: The equivalence principle states that we don't contradict ourselves by taking the two apparently different roads at the same time. But the reconciliation of QM and GR might be as difficult as explaining the concept of

Re: Which mathematical structure -is- the universe in Physics?

2008-04-24 Thread nichomachus
On Apr 22, 11:28 pm, Brian Tenneson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps Hilbert was right and Physics ought to have been axiomatized when he suggested it.  ;)  Then again, there might not have been a motivation to until recently with Tegmark's MUH paper and related material (like by David

Re: Which mathematical structure -is- the universe in Physics?

2008-04-24 Thread Brian Tenneson
I was attempting to -invalidate- that argument against the existence of the universe, actually, by saying that in three truth values, which the Physicists can't rule out as being the more accurate logic of their universe, the argument reductio ad absurdum is not a tautology and, therefore, can't

Re: Which mathematical structure -is- the universe in Physics?

2008-04-24 Thread Russell Standish
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:08:16AM -0700, Brian Tenneson wrote: I was attempting to -invalidate- that argument against the existence of the universe, actually, by saying that in three truth values, which the Physicists can't rule out as being the more accurate logic of their universe, the