Re: The best education money can buy.

2014-03-14 Thread LizR
The Catholic Church had a similar policy, I believe. "Give us a person for the first five years and they will be ours for life" or words to that effect. On 15 March 2014 19:25, Chris de Morsella wrote: > "Despite Canadian support for tar sands oil projects and the Keystone XL > pipeline falling

The best education money can buy.

2014-03-14 Thread Chris de Morsella
"Despite Canadian support for tar sands oil projects and the Keystone XL pipeline falling to 52 percent in December from 68 percent in April, the decision to include the oil and gas companies in early education is supported by Education Minister Jeff Johnson. Johnson believes that in order 'to buil

RE: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-14 Thread Chris de Morsella
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Clark Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 8:29 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Chr

Re: Quick video about materialism

2014-03-14 Thread LizR
On 15 March 2014 13:50, Russell Standish wrote: > For me mathematics works best when I can visualise it. > This is probably true of most things if you're a visually oriented person. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubs

Re: Quick video about materialism

2014-03-14 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 05:22:20PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 14 Mar 2014, at 10:11, Kim Jones wrote: > > > > > > >Craig, you have just explained to me the basis of my discalculia. > >No one else has ever managed to do that in all my 57 years. > > > >Music was always instantaneously under

Re: Amoeba's Secret, by Bruno Marchal available from Kindle store

2014-03-14 Thread LizR
On 15 March 2014 08:18, wrote: > > If you're a Doctor Who fan, I'm reminded of a scene where the Doctor > responds adamantly to a suggested way to deal with a threat by saying "you > don't understand, I can't do that. I have rules that I live by" > > The other person responds with a slight contem

Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-14 Thread LizR
To me the most important global problems are the fact that even now people are starving and suffering diseases that could easily be cured. But climate change is on the watch list, because it allegedly can hit a tipping point and go pear shaped rather fast (due to positive feedback) if we're not car

Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-14 Thread LizR
Yeah it does look flattish over last 15 years. I hope this isn't like the 1940-1980 plateau, which was followed by a 0.5 deg rise over about 20 years. [image: Inline images 1] On 15 March 2014 10:35, John Clark wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Jesse Mazer wrote: > >> >>> So, lik

Re: Quick video about materialism

2014-03-14 Thread LizR
I'm not sure I'm convinced by the video. Why can't the brain think it's "about something" ? (Also the Chinese Room has an amazingly small manual, if I was Chinese I think I'd be a bit offended...) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" grou

Re: Quick video about materialism

2014-03-14 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 14 Mar 2014, at 10:11, Kim Jones wrote: > > > On 14 Mar 2014, at 1:12 pm, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > Information must be made evident through sensory participation, or it is > nothing at all. > > > Craig, you have just explained to me t

Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-14 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Jesse Mazer wrote: > >>> >>> So, like a creationist >>> >> >> >> You need a new insult, you've used that one before. >> > > > It's not an insult > Of course not, I'm sure that being insulting was the furthest thing from your mind. > This focus on "occasional ano

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, March 14, 2014 8:26:47 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Friday, March 14, 2014 5:21:05 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 14 Mar 2014, at 16:18, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> On Sunday, March 9, 2014 6:32:08 PM UTC, Brent wrote: >> >> On 3/9/2014 12:47 AM, Bruno Marchal

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, March 14, 2014 5:21:05 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 14 Mar 2014, at 16:18, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Sunday, March 9, 2014 6:32:08 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > On 3/9/2014 12:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 08 Mar 2014, at 06:16, meekerdb wrote: > > On 3/7/2014 8:2

Re: Amoeba's Secret, by Bruno Marchal available from Kindle store

2014-03-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, March 14, 2014 6:49:44 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Friday, March 14, 2014 4:46:09 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 14 Mar 2014, at 17:08, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> On Friday, March 7, 2014 8:18:22 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 07 Mar 2014, at 00

Re: Amoeba's Secret, by Bruno Marchal available from Kindle store

2014-03-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, March 14, 2014 4:46:09 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 14 Mar 2014, at 17:08, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Friday, March 7, 2014 8:18:22 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 07 Mar 2014, at 00:05, meekerdb wrote: >> >> On 3/6/2014 2:58 PM, Russell Standish wrote: >> >>

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Mar 2014, at 16:18, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, March 9, 2014 6:32:08 PM UTC, Brent wrote: On 3/9/2014 12:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 08 Mar 2014, at 06:16, meekerdb wrote: On 3/7/2014 8:26 PM, LizR wrote: On 8 March 2014 08:14, meekerdb wrote: On 3/7/2014 1:24 AM, LizR wro

Re: Amoeba's Secret, by Bruno Marchal available from Kindle store

2014-03-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Mar 2014, at 17:08, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, March 7, 2014 8:18:22 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 07 Mar 2014, at 00:05, meekerdb wrote: On 3/6/2014 2:58 PM, Russell Standish wrote: My only comment is that I don't think X's hostility towards Bruno started when he mentione

Re: Quick video about materialism

2014-03-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Mar 2014, at 10:11, Kim Jones wrote: On 14 Mar 2014, at 1:12 pm, Craig Weinberg wrote: Information must be made evident through sensory participation, or it is nothing at all. Craig, you have just explained to me the basis of my discalculia. No one else has ever managed to do

Re: Amoeba's Secret, by Bruno Marchal available from Kindle store

2014-03-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, March 7, 2014 8:18:22 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 07 Mar 2014, at 00:05, meekerdb wrote: > > On 3/6/2014 2:58 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > > My only comment is that I don't think X's hostility towards Bruno > started when he mentioned the question "Goedel?" in class. That,

Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-14 Thread spudboy100
Just to muddy the waters further, here is a study from from Geoscience, courtesy, Physorg. I could re-name the article Localized Global heating. It kicks up my suspicion, that soot might be the biggest culprit for the heat around Indonesia? This has been proposed by some climate scientists, and

Re: Tegmark and UDA step 3

2014-03-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Sunday, March 9, 2014 6:32:08 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > On 3/9/2014 12:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 08 Mar 2014, at 06:16, meekerdb wrote: > > On 3/7/2014 8:26 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 8 March 2014 08:14, meekerdb >wrote: > > On 3/7/2014 1:24 AM, LizR wrote: > > On 7 March 2014

Re: Quick video about materialism

2014-03-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, March 14, 2014 9:11:56 AM UTC, Kim Jones wrote: > > > On 14 Mar 2014, at 1:12 pm, Craig Weinberg > > wrote: > > Information must be made evident through sensory participation, or it is > nothing at all. > > > Craig, you have just explained to me the basis of my discalculia. No one >

Re: Quick video about materialism

2014-03-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, March 14, 2014 1:59:57 PM UTC, Liz R wrote: > > it would appear the answer is yes. > > sounds like a question from the old Oxbridge extrance tests (that I only read about never took or saw Oxbridge) e.g. "Is this a serious question?" apparently one of the answers was "If thi

Re: Quick video about materialism

2014-03-14 Thread LizR
it would appear the answer is yes. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send e

Re: Quick video about materialism

2014-03-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, March 14, 2014 2:12:15 AM UTC, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH2QXQu-HGE > > A brief, handy rebuttal to materialistic views of consciousness. I would > go further, and say that information, even though it is immaterial in its > conception, is still derived f

Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating

2014-03-14 Thread spudboy100
Liz, me too. I liked the Larry Niven Known Space Galaxy. A Galaxy inhabited with rational, space aliens. The people advocating a human die off, and I claim they are in a De Facto way, want energy starvation, and the population to drop, so nature is preserved. Understandable, and de facto, genoc

Re: Quick video about materialism

2014-03-14 Thread Kim Jones
> On 14 Mar 2014, at 1:12 pm, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > Information must be made evident through sensory participation, or it is > nothing at all. Craig, you have just explained to me the basis of my discalculia. No one else has ever managed to do that in all my 57 years. Music was always in