Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

2010-07-17 Thread Mark Buda
>>I'm not kidding. I understand your concern > > It's also statistically more likely if you're a male between 18-25... Statistics govern groups. I am an individual. I am 42. As was my father when I was born. What an interesting coincidence. Not. > You did post a testable prediction though -- that

Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

2010-07-17 Thread Kevin Fischer
>I'm not kidding. I understand your concern It's also statistically more likely if you're a male between 18-25... that's when these sorts of brain farts are most common. It doesn't mean you're crazy, but the most important step to understanding what you're thinking is to understand that you're stu

RE: Civilization-level quantum suicide

2010-07-17 Thread Mark Buda
> Mark, if you're not kidding here I honestly think you may be experiencing > some kind of mental disorder, perhaps a manic state (good description of > these kinds of states by Oliver Sacks at > http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2008/sep/25/a-summer-of-madness/?pagination=false > ) or even

RE: Civilization-level quantum suicide

2010-07-17 Thread Jesse Mazer
> > Why do you want to convince Richard Dawkins? You give him credit. > > Because I know that I know how to persuade him of the truth based on > evidence *and* emotion. I can prove to him, personally, that I am God, and > that I created the universe. And he will believe it. Because I can show >

time cube

2010-07-17 Thread Mark Buda
I finally have a testable prediction for my Theory of Everything. Gene Ray will die today, peacefully, in his sleep. And the true meaning of the Time Cube will be revealed to the world. :-) -- Mark Buda I get my monkeys for nothing and my dchimps for free. -- You received this message because

Re: Fred Hoyle's story

2010-07-17 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/17/2010 2:30 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Jul 2010, at 19:30, Mark Buda wrote: But seriously, I can't figure out where I've made a mistake. It may come to be known as "Buda's last theorem". He discover the truth, but his bandwidth was to small to contain it. Brent -- You received

Re: Fred Hoyle's story

2010-07-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jul 2010, at 19:30, Mark Buda wrote: But seriously, I can't figure out where I've made a mistake. You talk like if you know the truth. This is not the game favorized by most people of the list, I think. The game here is "science", or as close as possible (which is the very essence

Re: Fred Hoyle's story

2010-07-17 Thread Quentin Anciaux
Well maybe going to see a psychiatrist will help you figure out what's wrong with you... In the meantime if what you write is not bullshit, don't arm anyone. Quentin 2010/7/17 Mark Buda > > A question: does it make any sense that one goes to live in a > > "personal paradise in their own subjec

RE: Fred Hoyle's story

2010-07-17 Thread Mark Buda
> A question: does it make any sense that one goes to live in a > "personal paradise in their own subjective reality in a different branch > of the universe" only after death? Would it not make sense that we are > always in the state of "existing in a subjective reality in some branch > of the univ

RE: Fred Hoyle's story

2010-07-17 Thread Stephen P. King
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Re: Civilization-level quantum suicide

2010-07-17 Thread Mark Buda
> On 16 Jul 2010, at 14:13, Mark Buda wrote: > >> But the upshot of it is this: I have found out what happens when you >> commit quantum suicide. You discover that you believe a contradiction, >> and that even though nothing about the world has changed, you >> understand the universe. > > That seem

RE: Digest for everything-list@googlegroups.com - 6 Messages in 2 Topics

2010-07-17 Thread Mark Buda
>> Fred Hoyle suggested the idea of quantum suicide for a civilisation in >> “October the 1st is too late” written around 1964 I think. That’s the >> first occurrence I know of it. > > I just read it. I meant, I just read part of it. I googled it and found a PDF file and read that, mistaking it f

RE: Digest for everything-list@googlegroups.com - 6 Messages in 2 Topics

2010-07-17 Thread Mark Buda
> Fred Hoyle suggested the idea of quantum suicide for a civilisation in > “October the 1st is too late” written around 1964 I think. That’s the > first occurrence I know of it. Thank you. I just read it. I am now more convinced than ever that I have the right idea. I've figured out the links betw