Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread meekerdb
On 12/6/2013 11:47 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: What is subjective is the appreciation, or not, of the term theology, and that is subjective indeed, but it could also be related to strategy. My difference with Quentin is on that point. But I have already hidden the wording theology for a long

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 18:21, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/12/6 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Dec 5, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 18:22, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/12/6 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Dec 5, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Samiya Illias
Jason, please see: http://can-you-answer.com/ particularly: http://can-you-answer.com/CanBahaisAnswer/canBaAns.htm On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/6 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Dec 5, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Quentin Anciaux

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 19:48, meekerdb wrote: On 12/6/2013 12:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:13, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: A religion is based on dogma,

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 19:50, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:03 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Can you refute comp-I? No I can not because of the IHA principle. Comp-I = Comp-Immortality. Bruno John K Clark -- You received this message because you are

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 19:55, meekerdb wrote: On 12/6/2013 12:31 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:29, meekerdb wrote: On 12/5/2013 1:43 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Dec 2013, at 13:13, Alberto G. Corona wrote: I repeat the cult of men to men is the most primitive and

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 20:16, meekerdb wrote: On 12/6/2013 7:27 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Dec 5, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: A

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 20:23, meekerdb wrote: On 12/6/2013 10:17 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: There is no science. There are only field of inquiries, and humans having a scientific attitude. Scientific attitude is field independent. Research can be refrained only by abuse of authority. Genuine

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 20:27, meekerdb wrote: On 12/6/2013 12:45 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:57, meekerdb wrote: On 12/5/2013 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: In measure theory ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(mathematics) ) just because there are an infinite number

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 20:33, Jason Resch wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:57, meekerdb wrote: On 12/5/2013 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: In measure theory ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(mathematics) ) just

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 20:35, Jason Resch wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:10 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 December 2013 21:52, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 20:05, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 21:31, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Well John not you nor I are believers in QI but there seem to be plenty on this list. I neither believe nor disbelieve in quantum immortality, I am not ashamed to

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 23:04, Quentin Anciaux wrote (to PGC) So your world discovery quoted above is already too dogmatic; even to a Wiki-Taoist. Are you saying we can't ? Yes, one hypothesis of science, is that the world is understandable... if it is not, all of what you're saying is

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Dec 2013, at 09:06, meekerdb wrote: On 12/6/2013 11:47 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: What is subjective is the appreciation, or not, of the term theology, and that is subjective indeed, but it could also be related to strategy. My difference with Quentin is on that point. But I have

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Alberto G. Corona
2013/12/6 Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com Science comes from latin and means knowledge... if some wants to use science as a cover for something else, that doesn't redefine what it is... science is an attitude towards pursuit of knowledge... Thank you. The victims of sectarianism in the

A modern monadology

2013-12-07 Thread Roger Clough
For those wishing to delve deeper into Leibniz, see A modern monadology http://www.ucl.ac.uk/jonathan-edwards/monadology Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough --- This email is free from viruses and malware because

For those interested in the theory of conscious experience, see

2013-12-07 Thread Roger Clough
For those interested in the theory of conscious experience, see the excellent site, http://www.ucl.ac.uk/jonathan-edwards Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough --- This email is free from viruses and malware because

A definition of human consciousness

2013-12-07 Thread Roger Clough
A definition of human consciousness Human consciousness is experience by the first person singular. Materialistic theories of consciousness can only describe experience, not deal with experience itself. Actual experience is only available in philosophical Idealism (Kant, Plato, Leibniz).

Some basic principles of mind - a wakeup call for materialists.

2013-12-07 Thread Roger Clough
Some basic principles of mind - a wakeup call for materialists. 1. There are two forms of knowledge: a) knowledge by acquaintance, such as you have met Obama, and b) knowledge by description, such as you have been told that Obama is president of the USA. 2. Knowledge by acquaintance is

Re: doesn't dark matter falsify general relativity?

2013-12-07 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 5:28 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: If you were falling back first into a Black Hole things that were behind you would start to look as if they were ahead of you, and as you got very close to the event horizon all the light from the entire external universe would be

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Comp-I = Comp-Immortality. I know what a bull is and I know what shit is so I know what bullshit is. I know what immortality is but I don't know what comp is so I don't know what comp-Immortality is. John K Clark -- You received

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: What about comp-immortality? That's what I'd like to know, what the hell is comp-immortality? How does it differ from regular run of the mill immortality? Your homemade words acronyms and phrases are getting out of hand. have you an

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread Jason Resch
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 06 Dec 2013, at 20:35, Jason Resch wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:10 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 December 2013 21:52, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 20:05, Jason Resch

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread meekerdb
On 12/7/2013 12:27 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: It looks like some atheists are condescending with the people. They act like thinking that the people are so stupid that they should be allowed to believe in Santa Klaus. But that attitude keep such beliefs strongly in the hand of the authoritative

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread meekerdb
On 12/7/2013 12:37 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 06 Dec 2013, at 19:48, meekerdb wrote: On 12/6/2013 12:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:13, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:38

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread meekerdb
On 12/7/2013 12:51 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 06 Dec 2013, at 19:55, meekerdb wrote: On 12/6/2013 12:31 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:29, meekerdb wrote: On 12/5/2013 1:43 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Dec 2013, at 13:13, Alberto G. Corona wrote: I repeat the cult of

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread meekerdb
On 12/7/2013 12:59 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 06 Dec 2013, at 20:16, meekerdb wrote: On 12/6/2013 7:27 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Dec 5, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com mailto:allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread meekerdb
On 12/7/2013 1:06 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Describe an experience which gives sense to multiverses. The Young two slits. Only in some interpretations. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread meekerdb
On 12/7/2013 1:34 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: But we know already that the universe, whatever it is, cannot entirely understand itself, notably because no machine can ever completely understand itself. That depends on it being digital and infinite. Brent -- You received this message because

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread meekerdb
On 12/7/2013 1:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 07 Dec 2013, at 09:06, meekerdb wrote: On 12/6/2013 11:47 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: What is subjective is the appreciation, or not, of the term theology, and that is subjective indeed, but it could also be related to strategy. My difference with

Re: Some basic principles of mind - a wakeup call for materialists.

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Dec 2013, at 14:03, Roger Clough wrote: Some basic principles of mind - a wakeup call for materialists. 1. There are two forms of knowledge: a) knowledge by acquaintance, such as you have met Obama, and b) knowledge by description, such as you have been told that Obama is

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Dec 2013, at 17:37, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Comp-I = Comp-Immortality. I know what a bull is and I know what shit is so I know what bullshit is. I know what immortality is but I don't know what comp is so I don't know what

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread spudboy100
Good explanation, Professor Marchal, so Comp is the same thing as what Roboticist, Hans Moravec wrote about 25 years ago? Followup question. Does Comp provide any conceptualization for, bluntly, stating it, resurrection of those who perished, shall I say, 100,000 years ago? A Denisovian, or a

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Dec 2013, at 17:58, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: What about comp-immortality? That's what I'd like to know, what the hell is comp-immortality? How does it differ from regular run of the mill immortality? Your homemade words acronyms

Re: A definition of human consciousness

2013-12-07 Thread LizR
On 8 December 2013 07:26, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 7:22 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Materialistic theories of consciousness can only describe experience, not deal with experience itself. Consciousness theories are a dime a dozen and

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Dec 2013, at 18:17, Jason Resch wrote: On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 06 Dec 2013, at 20:35, Jason Resch wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:10 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 December 2013 21:52, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be

Re: A definition of human consciousness

2013-12-07 Thread John Mikes
Liz wrote Dec. 7: *Could you name a materialistic theory that explains consciousness (or a theorist who does so) ? I've not come across any who do much of a job (Dennett for example tries to explain that consciousness doesn't exist, which doesn't quite cut it for me).* I don't go for past 'big

Re: doesn't dark matter falsify general relativity?

2013-12-07 Thread John Mikes
Telmo asked: *Honest question: isn't dark matter a fancy name for failed predictions?* *I would not be so rude * - just call it an ingenious way to save our scientific face in so far developed conventional science. Then it required 'dark energy' in the dark minds.And ALL had been justified by

Re: Some basic principles of mind - a wakeup call for materialists.

2013-12-07 Thread LizR
On 8 December 2013 02:03, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: 7. Intelligence is the ability to autonomously make choices. This means that computers, since they can only do what is given to them from outside by a programmer, can have no true intelligence. Actual artificial

Re: A definition of human consciousness

2013-12-07 Thread LizR
On 8 December 2013 11:50, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: I (a confessd agnostic) don't have all the answers, but have lots of questions. Pleased to meet you, perhaps us confessed agnostics with lots of questions should form a club or something. -- You received this message because you

Re: doesn't dark matter falsify general relativity?

2013-12-07 Thread LizR
On 8 December 2013 11:58, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: Telmo asked: *Honest question: isn't dark matter a fancy name for failed predictions?* *I would not be so rude * - just call it an ingenious way to save our scientific face in so far developed conventional science. Then it

From Leibniz: gravity is the universal striving toward a more perfect beauty

2013-12-07 Thread Roger Clough
From Leibniz: gravity is the universal striving toward a more perfect beauty James Collins, in chapter III, section 3 of The Continental Rationalists, [Bruce publishing, 1967] discusses the metaphysics of Leibniz, in particular Leibniz's belief that the universe is striving toward a more

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread Jason Resch
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:08 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/7/2013 1:06 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Describe an experience which gives sense to multiverses. The Young two slits. Only in some interpretations. Everett's idea explains the appearance of collapse without

Re: From Leibniz: gravity is the universal striving toward a more perfect beauty

2013-12-07 Thread LizR
Leibniz doesn't appear to be correct. The universe gives the appearance of striving to become larger, and eventually losing bits of itself over the cosmic event horizon, until in the distant future there will perhaps only be a few galaxies left within anyone's Hubble sphere. -- You received this

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread meekerdb
On 12/7/2013 9:34 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:08 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/7/2013 1:06 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Describe an experience which gives sense to multiverses. The Young two slits. Only in