A thought on right and left hemispheres and reality - and their relationship to 'comp'

2013-05-11 Thread Pierz
I've long been interested in the very different realities which the left and right brain hemispheres perceive. I recently read a fascinating account of the 'pure' right brain perspective in Jill Bolte Taylor's book "My Stroke of Insight". Bolte Taylor is a neuroanatomist who suffered a catastro

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-05-11 Thread meekerdb
On 5/11/2013 12:27 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: I used to participate in the mailing list years ago and this was a recurring theme -- quantum suicide. There was some anecdote that some guy actually tried it but fell in love minutes before going through with it, and that stopped him. I think Russell m

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-05-11 Thread Jason Resch
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 9:07 AM, John Clark wrote: > On Fri, May 10, 2013 Jason Resch wrote: > > > Religion is a set of beliefs which cannot be proved. >> > > Not only can strongly held religious beliefs not be proven to be correct > they can often be proven to be incorrect, > Here you are usi

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-05-11 Thread John Clark
On Fri, May 10, 2013 Jason Resch wrote: > Religion is a set of beliefs which cannot be proved. > Not only can strongly held religious beliefs not be proven to be correct they can often be proven to be incorrect, of course that fact doesn't make the slightest difference to the devout. Also makin

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-05-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 May 2013, at 19:18, meekerdb wrote: On 5/10/2013 10:04 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 10 May 2013, at 18:09, meekerdb wrote: On 5/10/2013 1:00 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 09 May 2013, at 18:08, meekerdb wrote: On 5/9/2013 1:44 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: I don't think that requires a wa

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-05-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 May 2013, at 19:03, John Clark wrote: On Fri, May 10, 2013 Bruno Marchal wrote: > How could a pseudo-religion, fake by definition, be superior to anything? Well, I'd rather be a fake moron that a real moron, wouldn't you? > And why should a religion be illogical? Because if it de

Leibniz stood materialism on its head.

2013-05-11 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz stood materialism on its head. Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 5/11/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving em

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-05-11 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:34 PM, John Clark wrote: > On Fri, May 10, 2013 Telmo Menezes wrote: > >>> > No they are not exactly alike. A tiny change in a cuckoo clock causes a >>> > tiny change in the clock's performance, but a tiny change in the roulette >>> > wheel causes a HUGE change in the wh