Re: STEP 3

2019-08-12 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 10:43 AM smitra wrote: > On 13-08-2019 01:41, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 9:09 AM smitra wrote: > > > >> On 12-08-2019 08:29, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >>> > >>> Look at this another way. It is just an

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-12 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 9:09 AM smitra wrote: > On 12-08-2019 08:29, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > > > Look at this another way. It is just an illustration of > > complementarity. Measuring which slit the photon went through is a > > position measurement at the slits.

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-12 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 7:36 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 12 Aug 2019, at 04:06, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > > If you do not measure which slit the photon went through, then the > superposition of slits is not broken by decoherence. > > Decoherence break things only if there i

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-12 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 7:30 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 11 Aug 2019, at 14:09, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > It is not a matter of the difference between collapse or no-collapse > models -- it is a matter of the basic interpretation of what Everett's > "relative states&q

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-11 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 4:09 PM Bruce Kellett wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:56 PM smitra wrote: > >> On 12-08-2019 04:06, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:48 AM Bruno Marchal >> > wrote: >> > >> > In the sense you

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-11 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:55 PM smitra wrote: > On 11-08-2019 01:19, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 6:54 AM smitra wrote: > > > > Why not? There is only one computational state for the well-defined > > algorithm at any particular momen

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-11 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:56 PM smitra wrote: > On 12-08-2019 04:06, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:48 AM Bruno Marchal > > wrote: > > > > In the sense you mention I am OK, but we have a slight vocabulary > > problem. Not important, if you ag

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-11 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:48 AM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 9 Aug 2019, at 13:15, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 7:49 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 9 Aug 2019, at 04:07, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> >> From: Bruno Marchal >> >> On

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-11 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 7:25 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 9 Aug 2019, at 02:59, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 6:50 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> > On 7 Aug 2019, at 21:04, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < >> everything-list@googlegr

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-10 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 6:54 AM smitra wrote: > On 10-08-2019 10:20, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 6:16 PM smitra wrote: > > > >> On 10-08-2019 09:49, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >>> > >>> But when you cannot reach, or ignore, som

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-10 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 6:16 PM smitra wrote: > On 10-08-2019 09:49, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > > > But when you cannot reach, or ignore, some of this larger number of > > degrees of freedom, you end up with a mixed state. That is how > > decoherence reduces the

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-10 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 5:51 PM smitra wrote: > On 09-08-2019 13:49, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > From: SMITRA > > > >> On 09-08-2019 07:54, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >>> > >>> What is nonsense? The fact that separate states for the two slits > &g

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-10 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 5:34 PM smitra wrote: > On 10-08-2019 00:53, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 3:22 AM Jason Resch > > wrote: > > > >> On Friday, August 9, 2019, Bruce Kellett > >> wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 9

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-09 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 3:22 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Friday, August 9, 2019, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 8:59 PM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> >>> What role do you see decoherence playing in consciousness? In other >>> words, c

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-09 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 8:19 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Contra-lucid dreams are impossible. Bruce could still claim that all > dreams are lucid, (like day-dreams) and this corroborates his statement > that he knows when he is awake, which indeed presupposes a non > digital-mechanist theory of mi

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-09 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: *smitra* mailto:smi...@zonnet.nl>> On 09-08-2019 07:54, Bruce Kellett wrote: > On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 3:16 PM smitra <mailto:smi...@zonnet.nl>> wrote: > >> On 09-08-2019 05:35, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> >>> It is really quite simple. If a state i

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-09 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 7:39 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 9 Aug 2019, at 03:58, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > From: Bruno Marchal > > On 8 Aug 2019, at 13:59, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 8:51 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 8 Aug 2019, at 11:56,

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-09 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 9:04 PM Jason Resch wrote: > On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 1:49 AM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 2:59 PM Bruce Kellett >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 2:15 PM Jason Resch wrote: >>> >>>>

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-09 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 8:59 PM Jason Resch wrote: > > What role do you see decoherence playing in consciousness? In other > words, could you explain why shedding IR photons into an external > environment necessary for the mind to be conscious? > Consciousness is a classical phenomenon since the

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-09 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 7:49 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 9 Aug 2019, at 04:07, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > From: Bruno Marchal > > On 8 Aug 2019, at 13:59, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 8:51 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > If the superposition are not relevan

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-08 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 2:59 PM Bruce Kellett wrote: > On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 2:15 PM Jason Resch wrote: > >> >> You say this is merely a way of representing what is happening (and >> implying what I suppose to be happening is not really real), but then this >> l

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-08 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 3:52 PM Jason Resch wrote: > On Thursday, August 8, 2019, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 2:15 PM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 10:19 PM Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >>> >>>>

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-08 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 3:16 PM smitra wrote: > On 09-08-2019 05:35, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > > It is really quite simple. If a state is a sum of two components, > > |psi> = (|A> + |B>), then we measure = ( + > > |B>) = + + 2. If does not vanish (the >

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-08 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 2:15 PM Jason Resch wrote: > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 10:19 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 11:57 AM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> On Thursday, August 8, 2019, Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >>> >>>

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-08 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 12:21 PM smitra wrote: > On 09-08-2019 04:07, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > From: BRUNO MARCHAL > > > >>> On 8 Aug 2019, at 13:59, Bruce Kellett > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 8:51 PM Bruno Ma

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-08 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 11:57 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Thursday, August 8, 2019, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 4:50 AM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> >>> A multitude of classical computational traces can be found in a quantum >>>

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-08 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: *Bruno Marchal* mailto:marc...@ulb.ac.be>> On 8 Aug 2019, at 13:59, Bruce Kellett <mailto:bhkellet...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 8:51 PM Bruno Marchal <mailto:marc...@ulb.ac.be>> wrote: If the superposition are not relevant, then I don’t have any m

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-08 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: *Bruno Marchal* mailto:marc...@ulb.ac.be>> On 8 Aug 2019, at 13:59, Bruce Kellett <mailto:bhkellet...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 8:51 PM Bruno Marchal <mailto:marc...@ulb.ac.be>> wrote: On 8 Aug 2019, at 11:56, Bruce Kellett mailto:bhkel

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-08 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 4:50 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 11:41 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> >> On 8/8/2019 1:42 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> Do you not see that there is only one intermediate state and the >> >> super

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-08 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 3:35 AM Philip Thrift wrote: > On Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 11:41:59 AM UTC-5, Brent wrote: >> >> >> There is still only one state, one wave function. >> >> Brent >> > > > How does "only one state" relate to what is observed in experiments, as > when single particles ar

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-08 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 6:50 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 7 Aug 2019, at 21:04, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > > On 8/7/2019 6:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> It is like the difference between the human existence and the human non > existen

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-08 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 8:51 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 8 Aug 2019, at 11:56, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 7:21 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 8 Aug 2019, at 02:23, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> >> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 11:30 PM Bruno Marchal w

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-08 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 7:21 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 8 Aug 2019, at 02:23, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 11:30 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 7 Aug 2019, at 14:41, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> >> >> Superpositions are fine. It is just t

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-07 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 11:30 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 7 Aug 2019, at 14:41, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > > Superpositions are fine. It is just that they do not consist of "parallel > worlds”. > > > But then by QM linearity, it is easy to prepare a superposition with

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-07 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 11:40 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 7 Aug 2019, at 15:08, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > What exactly is the difference between something that it is impossible in > principle to detect and something that does not exist? > > > It is like the difference betwee

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-07 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 11:52 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 7 Aug 2019, at 15:18, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:48 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 7 Aug 2019, at 06:08, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> >> >> Unitary evolution is an assumpt

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-07 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:48 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 7 Aug 2019, at 06:08, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > > Unitary evolution is an assumption. > > Yes. It is called Quantum Mechanics (without collapse). > No, it is actually just the Schroedinger equation. This works in

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-07 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:39 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 7 Aug 2019, at 02:19, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 10:04 AM smitra wrote: > >> On 07-08-2019 00:45, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> >> > The trouble with that argument is that in any simulati

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-07 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:31 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 7 Aug 2019, at 00:37, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 4:00 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> >> In something like Shor

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-06 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 1:54 PM smitra wrote: > On 07-08-2019 02:19, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > > > It is called the "relative state" interpretation for a reason. The > > entanglement with the environmental degrees of freedom that leads to > > the recordin

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-06 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 11:38 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 6 Aug 2019, at 14:46, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > > The problem here is that you are confusing the operation of the QC while > it is doing the calculation with the operation of reading the output. > > Because I study

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-06 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 10:04 AM smitra wrote: > On 07-08-2019 00:45, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > > The trouble with that argument is that in any simulation, you get to > > set the rules of physics that obtain. There is then no guarantee that > > the results of your simulat

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-06 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 6:23 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 1:00 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> >> On 8/6/2019 6:38 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> If the QC does its task effectively, the output basis qbits will be put >> int

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-06 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 5:03 AM smitra wrote: > On 06-08-2019 20:00, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List wrote: > > On 8/6/2019 6:38 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > >>> If the QC does its task effectively, the output basis qbits will > >>> be put into definite states, > >> > >> Relatively to the obs

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-06 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 4:00 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > On 8/6/2019 6:38 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > If the QC does its task effectively, the output basis qbits will be put > into definite states, > > > Relatively to the observer, but in the

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-06 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 10:13 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 6 Aug 2019, at 11:51, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:23 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 6 Aug 2019, at 10:28, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> >> >> No, you are just attempting to dive

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-06 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:23 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 6 Aug 2019, at 10:28, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > > No, you are just attempting to divert attention away from the fact that > you have no answer to my original argument that a quantum computer can > quite reasonably do

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-06 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 6:05 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 5 Aug 2019, at 15:12, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 10:37 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 5 Aug 2019, at 14:13, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> >> On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 6:07 PM Bruno Marchal w

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-05 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 10:37 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 5 Aug 2019, at 14:13, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 6:07 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 5 Aug 2019, at 03:27, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> >> On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 10:52 AM Jason Resch wro

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-05 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 6:07 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 5 Aug 2019, at 03:27, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 10:52 AM Jason Resch wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 7:33 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < >> everything-list@googlegr

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-04 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 10:52 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 7:33 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> On 8/2/2019 5:12 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 6:51 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < >> everything-

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-04 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:59 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 6:44 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:36 AM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 5:18 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < >>> ev

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-02 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:36 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 5:18 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> On 8/2/2019 1:41 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> [Brent]One. It's a unitary evolution of the input state. >>> >> >> We were speakin

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-01 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 2:41 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 1:08 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:On 7/29/2019 2:14 PM, Jason Resch > wrote: > >> That is not a well-defined procedure -- too many ambiguities remain. >>> >>> >> >> Wha

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-01 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 2:38 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 6:16 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 9:01 AM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 5:48 PM Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >>> >>>

Re: STEP 3

2019-08-01 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 2:32 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 6:08 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 6:32 AM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 6:41 AM Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >>> >>>

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-29 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 9:01 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 5:48 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 6:19 AM Jason Resch wrote: >> >> >>> If that is true, and further, if it is the case that "you" would have

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-29 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 6:32 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 6:41 AM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 8:43 PM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 6:29 PM Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >>> >>>

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-29 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 6:19 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 6:32 AM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 8:52 PM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 8:38 PM Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >>> >>>

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-29 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 8:49 PM Jason Resch wrote: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 8:09 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 7:10 AM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 12:44 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List <

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-29 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 8:43 PM Jason Resch wrote: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 6:29 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 8:44 AM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 2:24 AM Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >>> >>&

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-29 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 8:52 PM Jason Resch wrote: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 8:38 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 7:08 AM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 12:15 AM Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >>> >>>

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-26 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 7:08 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 12:15 AM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 2:42 PM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> >>> The third option, (the common sense idea), which says "Certain >

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-26 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 7:08 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 12:15 AM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 2:42 PM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> It's an imprecise and ad-hoc revision to the theory to preserve a >>> "s

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-26 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 7:10 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 12:44 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 2:42 PM Jason Resch wrote: >> >> For example, you could, over time, change neuron by neuron, until

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-26 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 8:44 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 2:24 AM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> >> MWI is irrelevant to this discussion, since the branches in MWI are >> completely disjoint and form separate coherent worlds. Without overlap, >>

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-26 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 5:12 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 25 Jul 2019, at 18:44, Jason Resch wrote: > > > Personal identity theories based on psychological or bodily continuity can > always be shown to break down, either by holding the body the same and > changing the psyche, or holding the psyc

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-25 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 2:42 PM Jason Resch wrote: > On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 10:19 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 1:06 PM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> On Thursday, July 25, 2019, Bruce Kellett wrote: >>> >>>> On F

Re: We Are Legion We Are Bob Bobiverse Book 1

2019-07-25 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 1:12 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > On 7/25/2019 8:02 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 12:48 PM John Clark wrote: > >> When I was younger I read a lot of scie

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-25 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 1:06 PM Jason Resch wrote: > On Thursday, July 25, 2019, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 2:44 AM Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> On Monday, July 22, 2019, Bruce Kellett wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 23,

Re: We Are Legion We Are Bob Bobiverse Book 1

2019-07-25 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 12:48 PM John Clark wrote: > When I was younger I read a lot of science fiction, I don't do it so much > anymore and technically I didn't do it this time either but I did listen to > a audio book called "We Are Legion We Are Bob" it's the first book of > the Bobiverse tril

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-25 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 2:44 AM Jason Resch wrote: > On Monday, July 22, 2019, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 2:41 PM Stathis Papaioannou >> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 11:50, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List &l

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-24 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 3:16 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > On 7/24/2019 4:28 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Note that the personal identity is not a transitive notion. Step 3 >> actually illustrates well this. I recall he cut and copy itself from

Re: Observation versus assumption

2019-07-24 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 5:25 PM Telmo Menezes wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019, at 07:08, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 4:52 PM Telmo Menezes > wrote: > > > I attended a presentation the other day of a psychologist who is > investigating the sort of r

Re: Observation versus assumption

2019-07-24 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 4:52 PM Telmo Menezes wrote: > > I attended a presentation the other day of a psychologist who is > investigating the sort of relationships that people develop with voice > assistants such as Alexa. She told the story of a woman who admits to being > emotionally attached t

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-23 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 1:06 AM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 23 Jul 2019, at 06:45, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 2:30 PM Stathis Papaioannou > wrote: > >> >>>> The inputs serve to put the brain in a particular state, but the brain >> c

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-22 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 2:41 PM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 11:50, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> On 7/22/2019 1:35 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >> Brain scans might have some bearing on whether not your brain can

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-22 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 2:30 PM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 11:39, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 11:19 AM Stathis Papaioannou >> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 11:13, Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >>

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-22 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 11:19 AM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 11:13, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 10:41 AM Stathis Papaioannou >> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 08:55, Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >&g

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-22 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 10:41 AM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 08:55, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 6:35 AM Stathis Papaioannou >> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 21:49, Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >&g

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-22 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 4:06 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > On 7/21/2019 11:09 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > These are good questions. That is why the 'closest continuer' theory has > some merit. It gives

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-22 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 6:35 AM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 21:49, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 9:37 PM Stathis Papaioannou >> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 14:12, Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-22 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 10:43 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 22 Jul 2019, at 14:12, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 9:17 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 22 Jul 2019, at 08:09, Bruce Kellett wrote: >> >> Nozick's closest continuer theory

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-22 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 9:17 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 22 Jul 2019, at 08:09, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > Nozick's closest continuer theory was developed in the light of data from, > and experience of, split brain individuals, which are the closest we can > currently

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-22 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 9:09 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 22 Jul 2019, at 06:12, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:55 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 21 Jul 2019, at 08:11, Dan Sonik wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-22 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 9:37 PM Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 14:12, Bruce Kellett wrote: > >> On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:55 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 21 Jul 2019, at 08:11, Dan Sonik wrote: >>> >>> >>> >&g

Re: subjective experience

2019-07-22 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 7:28 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 22 Jul 2019, at 07:01, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 8:16 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 19 Jul 2019, at 22:47, Dan Sonik wrote: >> > >I think the main "leap of faith" that y

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-21 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 3:22 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > On 7/21/2019 9:12 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:55 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 21 Jul 2019, at 08:11, Dan Sonik wrote:

Re: subjective experience

2019-07-21 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 8:16 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 19 Jul 2019, at 22:47, Dan Sonik wrote: > >I think the main "leap of faith" that you make (and many others simply > can't, because it >appears absurd) is somehow thinking that the completed > computations are already "out >there,” > > If

Re: STEP 3

2019-07-21 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:55 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 21 Jul 2019, at 08:11, Dan Sonik wrote: > > > > > > >> Or, if you don’t die, the only way to avoid the indeterminacy is by >> claiming that you will feel to be at both city at once, but that will need >> some telepathy hardly compatible

Re: subjective experience

2019-07-16 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 12:55 AM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 16 Jul 2019, at 13:44, PGC wrote: > > On Monday, July 15, 2019 at 1:53:11 PM UTC+2, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> >> I don’t understand well what you say. >> > > Nobody, including yourself, understands what you say generally. > > > > Just te

Re: subjective experience

2019-07-14 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 11:01 PM PGC wrote: > On Sunday, July 14, 2019 at 11:00:30 AM UTC+2, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> On 13 Jul 2019, at 12:31, PGC wrote: >> >> On Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 10:41:00 AM UTC+2, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> I need a formula, and means to test it experimen

Re: subjective experience

2019-07-11 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 11:09 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 11 Jul 2019, at 14:23, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 8:40 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> >> > On 10 Jul 2019, at 23:04, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < &g

Re: subjective experience

2019-07-11 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 8:40 PM Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 10 Jul 2019, at 23:04, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 7/10/2019 7:59 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> The machine define by the two following equations Kxy = x and Sxyz =

Re: The anecdote of Moon landing

2019-07-01 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 10:16 PM Quentin Anciaux wrote: > Le lun. 1 juil. 2019 à 13:35, Bruce Kellett a > écrit : > >> On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 5:32 PM Quentin Anciaux >> wrote: >> >>> >>>> But you spend more 'time' living between the ag

Re: The anecdote of Moon landing

2019-07-01 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 5:32 PM Quentin Anciaux wrote: > Le lun. 1 juil. 2019 à 09:19, Bruce Kellett a > écrit : > >> On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 5:11 PM Quentin Anciaux >> wrote: >> >>> Le lun. 1 juil. 2019 à 07:02, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List &

Re: The anecdote of Moon landing

2019-07-01 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 5:11 PM Quentin Anciaux wrote: > Le lun. 1 juil. 2019 à 07:02, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> a écrit : > >> On 6/30/2019 11:48 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> On 28 Jun 2019, at 22:31, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < >> everyth

Re: The anecdote of Moon landing

2019-06-24 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 6:24 AM Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > Le lun. 24 juin 2019 à 22:00, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> a écrit : > >> On 6/24/2019 12:56 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >> >> Le lun. 24 juin 2019 à 20:52, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < >

Re: The anecdote of Moon landing

2019-06-23 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 11:20 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > On 6/21/2019 4:57 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > From the first person point of view, after all, the probability is not > known in advance. > > > I&

Re: The anecdote of Moon landing

2019-06-21 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 4:42 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > On 6/21/2019 12:04 AM, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 4:26 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegro

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