On 8/2/2012 4:43 PM, Alberto G. Corona wrote:
We think thar our self is in the head because in this way we control better ourselves
and we can react to inmediate dangers better.( That is why fighter pilots, that need
heavy feedback and agile movements fly with their machines, while the spy and
On 8/2/2012 5:26 PM, Jason Resch wrote:
I came across this today, which I thought others on this list might enjoy
http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2012/08/01/memories-of-kurt-godel/
Among other things Godel mentions a belief in the illusion of time,
compatibilist free will, Platonism, oneness of
On 8/2/2012 5:06 PM, meekerdb wrote:
On 8/2/2012 12:18 PM, Stephen P. King wrote:
Hi Ronald,
I have a severe problem with this entire thread!
What exactly determines the particular properties, such as
charge, angular momentum, mass, etc., of this universe?
They are conserved quantit
On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 04:46:07PM -0700, meekerdb wrote:
>
> But then to compete with other agents it may well be optimum to
> adopt a random policy and flip a coin.
Of course. But rationality is not just about doing the optimal thing,
its about knowing what is the optimal thing to do, and then
On 8/2/2012 3:55 PM, Russell Standish wrote:
On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 09:17:00AM -0700, meekerdb wrote:
From the responses I've received on this list, I don't think people
are using the term rational in the same way it is used in
economics. Flipping a coin is never rational, although it may wel
Evgnii,. The question is that the mind is not the brain in the same way
that Microsoft Word running in a computer ins not the computer. The
intuitive notion of location of our self, our mind behind de eyes and thus
inside the skull is not a mere derivation of the fact that the brain is
located ther
On 8/2/2012 3:38 PM, Russell Standish wrote:
On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 01:24:59PM -0400, John Clark wrote:
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Russell Standishwrote:
Flipping a coin is never rational, although it may well be the best thing
to do.
I don't know what to make of that. If X is the best
On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 09:17:00AM -0700, meekerdb wrote:
> >> From the responses I've received on this list, I don't think people
> >are using the term rational in the same way it is used in
> >economics. Flipping a coin is never rational, although it may well be
> >the best thing to do.
> Random
On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 01:24:59PM -0400, John Clark wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Russell Standish wrote:
>
> > Flipping a coin is never rational, although it may well be the best thing
> > to do.
> >
>
> I don't know what to make of that. If X is the best way to achieve a goal
> then
Evgenn
I have not much time this week. I just added a paragraph below. I will ask
this with more detail later:
2012/8/2 Evgenii Rudnyi
> Alberto,
>
> I have one more question.
>
> On 31.07.2012 11:08 Alberto G. Corona said the following:
>
> Evgenii, great questions
>>
>> 2012/7/30 Evgenii Ru
I came across this today, which I thought others on this list might enjoy
http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2012/08/01/memories-of-kurt-godel/
Among other things Godel mentions a belief in the illusion of time,
compatibilist free will, Platonism, oneness of reality and mind.
Jason
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On 8/2/2012 12:18 PM, Stephen P. King wrote:
Hi Ronald,
I have a severe problem with this entire thread!
What exactly determines the particular properties, such as charge, angular momentum,
mass, etc., of this universe?
They are conserved quantities, so if they are zero now it follow
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 Bruno Marchal wrote:
>>The problem is I have no conception of free will and neither do you nor
>> does anybody else, at least not a consistent coherent one that has any
>> depth.
>>
>
> > This contradicts your own definition of free will that you already find
> "much better"
I do not want to suggest a definition, but have a question concerning comp
frame. When I improvise, often in Jazz or Rock context the free will
question becomes fuzzy in this way:
Sometimes you hit a point where all the patterns/formulas you've learned;
i.e. the kind of stuff you can play in your
Alberto,
I have one more question.
On 31.07.2012 11:08 Alberto G. Corona said the following:
Evgenii, great questions
2012/7/30 Evgenii Rudnyi
On 30.07.2012 11:19 Alberto G. Corona said the following:
...
Let us say that there is some conglomerate of atoms. When it
computes and when n
Hi Ronald,
I have a severe problem with this entire thread!
What exactly determines the particular properties, such as charge,
angular momentum, mass, etc., of this universe? Why are we assuming that
the choice of what went into the zero net sum is a prior definite and
constrained. Th
If this universe has zero net energy charge and angular momemtum, I see no
problem being created via a chaotic inflation scenario.
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On 02 Aug 2012, at 00:27, RMahoney wrote:
Bruno wrote:
"And my (older) definition asks for one more thing: it is that the
subject know (is aware or is conscious) about that inability and
that he can still make the decision. There is a reflexion on the
possibilities. If not, all non senti
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