Re: AUDA and pronouns

2013-10-07 Thread meekerdb
On 10/6/2013 10:36 PM, Russell Standish wrote: Unfortunately, the thread about AUDA and its relation to pronouncs got mixed up with another thread, and thus got delete on my computer. Picking up from where we left off, I'm still trying to see the relationship between Bp, Bpp, 1-I, 3-I and the

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Oct 2013, at 19:03, meekerdb wrote: On 10/6/2013 12:43 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 05 Oct 2013, at 19:55, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: you have agreed that all bruno marchal are the original one (a case where Leibniz

Re: The ultimate reason of knowledge faith power and entrophy reduction, computabilty, evolution, the universe and everithing

2013-10-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Oct 2013, at 18:08, Alberto G. Corona wrote: Some academies are just prostituted to rotten (sometime) politics, often just to get enough funding to survive. Money is not the problem. Black, obscure and grey money is the problem. Wait, this is indeed the most fundamental question!

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Oct 2013, at 19:48, John Clark wrote: On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: The M-guy is the H-guy (the M-guy remembers having been the H-guy) The H-guy turns into the M-guy, but they are not identical just as you are not identical with the Bruno

Re: A challenge for Craig

2013-10-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Oct 2013, at 22:00, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sunday, October 6, 2013 5:06:31 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 06 Oct 2013, at 03:17, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 5 October 2013 00:40, Bruno Marchal mar...@ulb.ac.be wrote: The argument is simply summarised thus: it is impossible

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Oct 2013, at 06:24, chris peck wrote: Hi Brent This is true, but it's also something Bruno has said many times. If comp is correct (to the extent that the mind is a computation, at least) then this is happening all the time. Heraclitus was right, you aren't the same person even

Re: AUDA and pronouns

2013-10-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Oct 2013, at 07:36, Russell Standish wrote: Unfortunately, the thread about AUDA and its relation to pronouncs got mixed up with another thread, and thus got delete on my computer. Picking up from where we left off, I'm still trying to see the relationship between Bp, Bpp, 1-I, 3-I and

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Oct 2013, at 22:48, LizR wrote: On 7 October 2013 06:48, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: The M-guy is the H-guy (the M-guy remembers having been the H-guy) The H-guy turns into the M-guy, but they are

Re: AUDA and pronouns

2013-10-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Oct 2013, at 10:20, Bruno Marchal wrote (to Russell): Yes, you can read that in that way, but you get only the 3-view of the 1-view. I meant: you get only the 3-view ON the 1-view. Not of. Sorry, Bruno http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ -- You received this message because

RE: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread chris peck
Hi Bruno Are you saying that the step 3 would provide a logical reason to say no to the doctor, and thus abandoning comp? I'm saying only the suicidal would expect a 50/50 chance of experiencing Moscow (or Washington) after teleportation and then say yes to the doctor. regards From:

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/10/7 chris peck chris_peck...@hotmail.com Hi Bruno * Are you saying that the step 3 would provide a logical reason to say no to the doctor, and thus abandoning comp?* I'm saying only the suicidal would expect a 50/50 chance of experiencing Moscow (or Washington) after teleportation

RE: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread chris peck
Quentin Either you should say probability are non sensical in the MWI or if you accept them with the MWI, you should accept them the same way with the comp duplication experience. But MWI does have a problem when it comes to probabilities and it is taken very seriously by Everetians and

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 3:20 PM, chris peck chris_peck...@hotmail.com wrote: Quentin Either you should say probability are non sensical in the MWI or if you accept them with the MWI, you should accept them the same way with the comp duplication experience. But MWI does have a problem when

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Chris, On 07 Oct 2013, at 13:39, chris peck wrote: Are you saying that the step 3 would provide a logical reason to say no to the doctor, and thus abandoning comp? I'm saying only the suicidal would expect a 50/50 chance of experiencing Moscow (or Washington) after teleportation and

Re: A challenge for Craig

2013-10-07 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Monday, October 7, 2013 3:56:55 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 06 Oct 2013, at 22:00, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sunday, October 6, 2013 5:06:31 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 06 Oct 2013, at 03:17, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 5 October 2013 00:40, Bruno Marchal

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 4:48 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: The H-guy turns into the M-guy, but they are not identical just as you are not identical with the Bruno Marchal of yesterday. This is true, but it's also something Bruno has said many times. Then Bruno is not always wrong. If

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/10/7 John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 4:48 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: The H-guy turns into the M-guy, but they are not identical just as you are not identical with the Bruno Marchal of yesterday. This is true, but it's also something Bruno has said many

Re: A challenge for Craig

2013-10-07 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Craig’s use of the term “Aesthetic”. One of the hindrances preventing me from understanding Craig’s statements is the pluralistic use of the term “aesthetics”. Sorry for not being able to produce a proper account but the following conflicts will just be stream of consciousness for 15 minutes:

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 3:50 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Rhetorical tricks my ass! These are details of profound importance simply glossed over with the slapdash use of personal pronouns. And that's pretty damn sloppy for a mathematician. That's again an unconvincing

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread meekerdb
On 10/7/2013 7:02 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 3:20 PM, chris peck chris_peck...@hotmail.com wrote: Quentin Either you should say probability are non sensical in the MWI or if you accept them with the MWI, you should accept them the same way with the comp duplication

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread John Mikes
Bruno, I tried to control my mouse for a long time The M guy is NOT the Y guy, when he remembers having been the Y guy. Yes, you said it many times, but NOW again! Has this list no consequential resolution? Some people seem to have inexhaustible patience! It was in the past and in the

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread meekerdb
On 10/7/2013 1:32 PM, John Mikes wrote: Bruno, I tried to control my mouse for a long time The M guy is NOT the Y guy, when he remembers having been the Y guy. Yes, you said it many times, but NOW again! Has this list no consequential resolution? Some people seem to have inexhaustible

Re: The ultimate reason of knowledge faith power and entrophy reduction, computabilty, evolution, the universe and everithing

2013-10-07 Thread John Mikes
Bruno: you wrote: *The US constitution is very good, but is not really followed, and things like prohibition have put bandits into power, who have broken the important separation of powers.* *Lobbying and the role of money in politics should be revised. But we are a bit out of topic here, I

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread John Mikes
M On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 4:38 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/7/2013 1:32 PM, John Mikes wrote: Bruno, I tried to control my mouse for a long time The M guy is NOT the Y guy, when he remembers having been the Y guy. Yes, you said it many times, but NOW again! Has this

Re: The ultimate reason of knowledge faith power and entrophy reduction, computabilty, evolution, the universe and everithing

2013-10-07 Thread LizR
One thing wrong with the US constitution is that the right to bear arms meant muskets and flintlock pistols at the time, but has been extended to, for example, semi-automatic weapons. The people who wrote it were only aware of single-shot weapons, even the colt revolver hadn't been invented! If

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-07 Thread LizR
Why is there such a huge argument about this duplication chamber business? It seems to be not getting anywhere. Could you perhaps go back to the original statement of step 3 and use that to point out what is wrong? From memory step 3 was - Helsinki man is teleported to both Washington and Moscow.

Re: The ultimate reason of knowledge faith power and entrophy reduction, computabilty, evolution, the universe and everithing

2013-10-07 Thread meekerdb
On 10/7/2013 3:01 PM, LizR wrote: One thing wrong with the US constitution is that the right to bear arms meant muskets and flintlock pistols at the time, but has been extended to, for example, semi-automatic weapons. The people who wrote it were only aware of single-shot weapons, even the colt

Re: The ultimate reason of knowledge faith power and entrophy reduction, computabilty, evolution, the universe and everithing

2013-10-07 Thread LizR
Yes of course it's mostly handguns, just as most deaths aren't due to mass shootings. Handguns are more common (cheaper, and easier to conceal if you intend to commit a crime). Firearms cause around 30,000 deaths/year in the US, apparently (plus about 70,000 injuries) - about the same number as

Re: The ultimate reason of knowledge faith power and entrophy reduction, computabilty, evolution, the universe and everithing

2013-10-07 Thread meekerdb
On 10/7/2013 4:14 PM, LizR wrote: Yes of course it's mostly handguns, just as most deaths aren't due to mass shootings. Handguns are more common (cheaper, and easier to conceal if you intend to commit a crime). Firearms cause around 30,000 deaths/year in the US, Of which 2/3 were suicides. I

Re: A challenge for Craig

2013-10-07 Thread Craig Weinberg
I can understand why it seems that my use of 'aesthetic' (and sense) is all over the place, and part of that is because I am trying to prompt others to make a connection between all of the different uses of the word. What I like about aesthetic is: Anesthetic is used to refer to both general

Re: The ultimate reason of knowledge faith power and entrophy reduction, computabilty, evolution, the universe and everithing

2013-10-07 Thread LizR
On 8 October 2013 12:57, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/7/2013 4:14 PM, LizR wrote: Yes of course it's mostly handguns, just as most deaths aren't due to mass shootings. Handguns are more common (cheaper, and easier to conceal if you intend to commit a crime). Firearms cause

Re: The ultimate reason of knowledge faith power and entrophy reduction, computabilty, evolution, the universe and everithing

2013-10-07 Thread meekerdb
On 10/7/2013 5:29 PM, LizR wrote: On 8 October 2013 12:57, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/7/2013 4:14 PM, LizR wrote: Yes of course it's mostly handguns, just as most deaths aren't due to mass shootings. Handguns are more common (cheaper,

Re: The ultimate reason of knowledge faith power and entrophy reduction, computabilty, evolution, the universe and everithing

2013-10-07 Thread LizR
I've found the article I read... http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2013/10/gun_violence_epidemiology_garen_wintemute_on_mental_illness_and_background.html Unfortunately I haven't been able to find where I read that there would be restrictions on what research into

Re: The ultimate reason of knowledge faith power and entrophy reduction, computabilty, evolution, the universe and everithing

2013-10-07 Thread LizR
Oops, silly me, it was in the very same article. I missed it when I skimmed through to check... *TO: After recent mass shootings, hasn't funding for gun violence research received more attention?* *GM:* There is a proposal in Congress to allow for $10 million in research funding. But I suspect

Re: The ultimate reason of knowledge faith power and entrophy reduction, computabilty, evolution, the universe and everithing

2013-10-07 Thread meekerdb
On 10/7/2013 8:15 PM, LizR wrote: Oops, silly me, it was in the very same article. I missed it when I skimmed through to check... *TO: After recent mass shootings, hasn't funding for gun violence research received more attention?* *GM:* There is a proposal in Congress to allow for

Re: The ultimate reason of knowledge faith power and entrophy reduction, computabilty, evolution, the universe and everithing

2013-10-07 Thread LizR
On 8 October 2013 16:36, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/7/2013 8:15 PM, LizR wrote: Oops, silly me, it was in the very same article. I missed it when I skimmed through to check... *TO: After recent mass shootings, hasn't funding for gun violence research received more

Re: The ultimate reason of knowledge faith power and entrophy reduction, computabilty, evolution, the universe and everithing

2013-10-07 Thread meekerdb
On 10/7/2013 9:08 PM, LizR wrote: On 8 October 2013 16:36, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/7/2013 8:15 PM, LizR wrote: Oops, silly me, it was in the very same article. I missed it when I skimmed through to check... *TO: After recent