Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-10 Thread benjayk
Brent Meeker-2 wrote: > > benjayk wrote: >> Rex Allen wrote: >> Where could the explanation begin? >>> I'd say there is no explanation. It just is what it is. As Brent >>> said...it's descriptions all the way down. >>> >> I wouldn't neccesarily disagree, though only if

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-10 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:17 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > > > But if numbers can "just exist", and matter can "just exist", then why > > can't conscious experiences "just exist"? > > Numbers can just exist, and this is the last unsolvable mystery. Yet > we can explain (assuming comp) why this

Re: Crystallizing block universe?

2009-12-10 Thread ronaldheld
I should have added this in the previous post. it is an article about time from a different perspective. http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0912/0912.1604v1.pdf Ronald On Dec 10, 1:01 pm, ronaldheld wrote: > I have problems accepting some of these approaches. It seems that he > mostly uses QM

Re: Crystallizing block universe?

2009-12-10 Thread ronaldheld
I have problems accepting some of these approaches. It seems that he mostly uses QM without really considering GR. Without a proper theory of Quantum Gravity, it is difficult to know what approach yields correct results. Ronald On Dec 9, 1:40 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 09 Dec 2009, at 11:25,

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-10 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Dec 2009, at 03:23, benjayk wrote: > For me numbers don't make independent sense of the appearance (!) of > matter, > too. Since I cannot conceive of any meaning of the number 2 without > reffering to some "real" (in the sense of every day usage) object. > So I find it unconvincing that c

Re: The seven step series (december 2009)

2009-12-10 Thread m.a.
Bruno, This English version of the 7-Step Series is greatly appreciated and I am more than willing to accept its conclusions on faith. Unfortunately, it seems that the only proof of these concepts, at present, requires the traversing of long chains of logical formulae which I am unabl

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-10 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Dec 2009, at 03:23, benjayk wrote: > For me numbers don't make independent sense of the appearance (!) of > matter, > too. Since I cannot conceive of any meaning of the number 2 without > reffering to some "real" (in the sense of every day usage) object. Then all physical theories are

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-10 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 09 Dec 2009, at 20:51, Rex Allen wrote: > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Bruno Marchal > wrote: >> >> On 08 Dec 2009, at 09:50, Rex Allen wrote: >> > In such a reality, things just are what they are. If you find > some > explanations "good" and others "bad", that's just the