Re: Why is Church's thesis a Miracle?

2018-09-08 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 2:19 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > A function is computable if we can explain to a dumb (but docile) human > being how to compute it, on any of its argument. > And some functions (the Sine function for example) can be proven to be computable and some functions (the Busy

Re: The codical-material universe

2018-09-08 Thread John Clark
Philip Thrift > *A working definition of matter: That which stores, transmits, or > executes code.* That's not bad, that's not bad at all. I wish I'd said that! John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe

The codical-material universe

2018-09-08 Thread John Clark
Bruno Marchal Wrote: *> I cannot see primary matter. In fact I am not sure what you mean by > matter, or by “mathematical-material universe”. [...] I have proven (40 > years ago) that materialism (the belief in some primary matter, or > physicalism) and Mechanism are incompatible.* If you don't

Re: The codical-material universe

2018-09-08 Thread Philip Thrift
On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 4:00:41 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 7 Sep 2018, at 14:43, Philip Thrift > > wrote: > > > > On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 3:59:08 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 6 Sep 2018, at 21:48, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday,

Re: The codical-material universe

2018-09-08 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 7 Sep 2018, at 14:43, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 3:59:08 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 6 Sep 2018, at 21:48, Philip Thrift > >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 11:47:46 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 6 Sep

Re: The codical-material universe

2018-09-08 Thread Philip Thrift
On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 8:07:51 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 9/7/2018 5:35 PM, Martin Abramson wrote: > > Are you saying that galaxies etc. moving away ftl are not moving > relative to spacetime because spacetime is expanding at the same scale > factor? Is the universe, as it