Fwd: the curse of materialism

2013-01-16 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, I liked your 1p think therefore 1p am But your statement below, although correct , is much too vague. Quantum mechanics is not understood because it is not complete. Feynman came close to completing it but still missed an essential property. That property is that the quantum mind has

Re: Fwd: the curse of materialism

2013-01-16 Thread Richard Ruquist
...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist That sounds fine, except the BEC is not something specific, it is not a mind or brain, it is matter. I imagine that it condenses in some container held near 0oC. That condensate could be considered to be a monad or substance. And it could of course be conscious

Re: Max Velmans' Reflexive Monism

2012-05-27 Thread Richard Ruquist
Velmans introduces perceptual projection but this remains as the Hard Problem in his book, how exactly perceptual projection happens-Evgenii Rudnyi I conjecture that the discrete nonphysical particles of compactified space, the so-called Calabi-Yau Manifolds of string theory, have perceptual

Re: ?

2012-08-16 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, According to string theory, the monad or Calabi-Yau compact particles are hardware. Richard On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Roger rclo...@verizon.net wrote: BRUNO: I meant that some fixed hardware computer can emulate a virtual self-modifying version of itself, so that your point

Re: Russell's possibly defective understanding of Leibniz. Or was it Leibniz's fault ?

2012-08-18 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, In string theory the monads are responsible for the creation of space via compactification of the extra dimensions of space. I have never understood why, especially on the Mind/Brain forum where we already went thru all of you present thinking, why you never accepted the compact manifolds

Re: Re: Russell's possibly defective understanding of Leibniz. Or was itLeibniz's fault ?

2012-08-18 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, It is the compactified dimensions that are the monads, not the strings. Obviously you did not read and /or understand all I have been telling you. Richard On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Roger rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist 1) The is no master string to govern

Re: divine selection versus natural selection

2012-08-20 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, Divine selection and natural selection are sourced, however at differing levels of information integration, in the universal CYM monad subspace. Belief can also be a product of science. I believe science. Richard On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:29 AM, Roger rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi

Re: Leibniz's theodicy: a nonlocal and hopefully best mereology

2012-08-20 Thread Richard Ruquist
Wiki: Mereology has been axiomatized in various ways as applications of predicate logic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicate_logic to formal ontologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_ontology, of which mereology is an important part. A common element of such axiomatizations is the assumption,

Re: The modal logic needs to aim purposefully toward the best possible solution.

2012-08-20 Thread Richard Ruquist
My belief based on string theory is that monad logic gets applied to produce the best possible world at the level of quantum particle interactions where the best of several quantum states is chosen in every interaction in the universe by the ,monads. Richard Ruquist PhD On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 6

Re: Leibniz's theodicy: a nonlocal and hopefully best mereology

2012-08-20 Thread Richard Ruquist
Hi Stephan, I do not think that string theory requires a fixed background. Otherwise string theory could not be a prospective ToE. Richard On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: On 8/20/2012 11:36 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Wiki: Mereology has been

Re: Re: divine selection versus natural selection

2012-08-21 Thread Richard Ruquist
of COMP is. They may even be related except for the multiverse aspect of COMP. Richard On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist I also believe in science. But if you're trying to trash religion with science, science hasn't a clue nor a tool nor

Re: Leibniz's theodicy: a nonlocal and hopefully best mereology

2012-08-21 Thread Richard Ruquist
String theory predicts the viscosity of the quark-gluon plasma already found at the LHC and several other sites. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: On 8/21/2012 12:19 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 8/21/2012 4:10 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi guys, Neither

Re: Leibniz's theodicy: a nonlocal and hopefully best mereology

2012-08-21 Thread Richard Ruquist
: On 8/21/2012 3:39 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: String theory predicts the viscosity of the quark-gluon plasma already found at the LHC and several other sites. Hi Richard, Could you link some sources on this? On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote

Re: Leibniz's theodicy: a nonlocal and hopefully best mereology

2012-08-21 Thread Richard Ruquist
/2012 3:58 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Steinberg P. Soft Physics from RHIC to the LHC. arXiv:nucl-ex/09031471, 2009. Kovtum PK, Son DT Starinets AO. Viscosity in Strongly Interacting Quantum Field Theories from Black Hole Physics. arXiv:hep-th/0405231. Good! Now to see if there any any

Re: Re: Leibniz's theodicy: a nonlocal and hopefully best mereology

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
Baloney. Strings are extended in space. Where did you get that from? On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Stephen P. King Unlike everyday strings, the strings of string theory are not extended in space. The particles they describe, however, are

Re: Re: Re: divine selection versus natural selection

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
at 6:14 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist Physical law is unextended, while physical objects are extended. As I understand it, Nature is extended while Supernature is not. So I could call physical law supernatural. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 8/22/2012

Re: NewsFlash: Monadic weather today will be cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, monads are by definition nonlocal does not mean that space does not exist. Your logic is faulty. Richard On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi benjayk In monadic theory, since space does not exist, monads are by definition nonlocal, thus all

Re: A Correction: Strings and monads are somehow related but are not exactly the same

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
. King stephe...@charter.net *Receiver:* everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com *Time:* 2012-08-21, 08:11:08 *Subject:* Re: How Leibniz solved the mind-body problem On 8/21/2012 8:07 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Roger, According to string theory the monads do not only see

Re: Re: A Correction: Strings and monads are somehow related but are notexactly the same

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
of the circle was mapped in a r-1/r mapping to its interior so that the center of the circle integrated all information at r=infinity. I expect that someday the 3-D problem will be solved. Richard Ruquist On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard

Re: Re: NewsFlash: Monadic weather today will be cloudy with a chance ofthunderstorms

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, Space is not empty. It is full of monads at 10^90/cc. These are the building blocks of space in integration-information theory. Richard On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist You need to study the monadology. And the history

Re: Leibniz's theodicy: a nonlocal and hopefully best mereology

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
. Jason On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:26 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.comwrote: Stephan, I solved the landscape problem by assuming that each monad was distinct consistent with the astronomical observations that the hyperfine constant varied monotonically across the universe. Richard

Re: Re: Re: Leibniz's theodicy: a nonlocal and hopefully best mereology

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
No Roger, Take f=ma. M is a physical entity for sure. F is often taken to be physical as well, Strings are both particles of force and mass. QED Richard On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist I think the problem is with the word strings

Re: Re: Leibniz's theodicy: a nonlocal and hopefully best mereology

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
That there are 10^500 possible configurations of the monads. Scientist believe that each possible universe contains but one kind of monad.. On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist What is the landscape problem ? Roger Clough, rclo

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: divine selection versus natural selection

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
Of course theories are not the physical entities. But the laws of physics are a good approximation of how the universe works and string theory just says where they come from. On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist Yes, theories REFER

Re: Re: Re: Re: Leibniz's theodicy: a nonlocal and hopefully best mereology

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
Don't be silly. On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist Is F = Ma one of the fundamental particles ? What's it look like ? Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 8/22/2012 Leibniz would say, If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so

Re: Leibniz's theodicy: a nonlocal and hopefully best mereology

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
reflecting monads have. This allows us to use Greene's r - 1/r duality and the Stone duality as well. ;-) On 8/22/2012 9:15 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Yes Stephan, The 10^500 possible windings of flux constraining the compactified dimensions are sufficient to populate some 10^120 universes

Re: Leibniz's theodicy: a nonlocal and hopefully best mereology

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
, Richard Ruquist wrote: That there are 10^500 possible configurations of the monads. Scientist believe that each possible universe contains but one kind of monad.. On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist What is the landscape problem

Re: NewsFlash: Monadic weather today will be cloudy with a chance ofthunderstorms

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
view defined. Within the Monadology all concepts that imply an outside view are strictly defined in terms of appearances from the inside. On 8/22/2012 9:09 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Roger, Space is not empty. It is full of monads at 10^90/cc. These are the building blocks of space

Re: culpa mea. where I went wrong

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, Apology accepted, except that the behavior of the tiny strings is considered to predict the behavior of the particles of the Standard Model. Richard On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard, Now I see the error in my thinking. Or maybe it

Pratt theory

2012-08-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
Stephan, Many thanks for this wonderful paper by Vaugh Pratt http://boole.stanford.edu/pub/ratmech.pdf Pratt theory appears to replace Godellian theory. But Godellian theory manifests consciousness, so some think. And Pratt theory seems to apply to the interaction of physical particles with each

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
Stephan, Thanks for telling me what bisimulation means. I was interested in that choosing only one state at a time eliminates the multiverse. Richard On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: On 8/22/2012 4:04 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Now

Re: Re: NewsFlash: Monadic weather today will be cloudy with a chanceofthunderstorms

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
in terms of appearances from the inside. On 8/22/2012 9:09 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Roger, Space is not empty. It is full of monads at 10^90/cc. These are the building blocks of space in integration-information theory. Richard On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
as the collection or pool or menu of prior possible states that are selected from. What is interesting about Pratt's idea is that in the case of the finite and forgetful residuation the menu itself is not constant, it gets selected as well. On 8/23/2012 6:45 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Stephan

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
that we get something consistent with GR. On 8/23/2012 7:32 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Stephan, Agreed. All possible states are present in the mind, but IMO only one state gets to be physical at any one time, exactly what Pratt seems to be saying. That's why I called it an axiom

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
Stephan, Is not the method of Godel sufficient to define a consciousness although the last step to consciousness is a leap of faith? Richard On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: Hi Richard, On 8/23/2012 8:01 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Stephan

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
proved, provides the basis for emergence. Now if only someone could explain how emergence works. Can Pratt theory do that? Richard On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist Godelian theory may or may not explain or pertain to consciousness

Re: On thoughts appearing out of nowhere

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
everything-list@googlegroups.com *Time:* 2012-08-23, 09:35:17 *Subject:* Re: Pratt theory Hi Richard Ruquist Godelian theory may or may not explain or pertain to consciousness, but it is not consciousness itself. One can be conscious of an iidea, but ideas are the contents of consciouness

Re: Re: Re: NewsFlash: Monadic weather today will be cloudy with achanceofthunderstorms

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
How do you know that? On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist Monads are simply a smart bunch of ASCII characters. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 8/23/2012 Leibniz would say, If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so everything

Re: What are monads ? A difficulty

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
-list everything-list@googlegroups.com *Time:* 2012-08-22, 11:24:16 *Subject:* Re: Leibniz's theodicy: a nonlocal and hopefully best mereology What exactly determines the 10^500 number? On 8/22/2012 9:19 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: That there are 10^500 possible configurations of the monads

Re: Emergence

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
an abstract category that we assign. It is a name. On 8/23/2012 9:44 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Now if only someone could explain how emergence works. Can Pratt theory do that? -- Onward! Stephen Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. ~ Francis Bacon -- You received this message

Re: Re: What are monads ? A difficulty

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist Yes, I try to preach Leibniz chapter and verse. I'm still waiting for critical thinking from you. Whatever is in spacetime, such as a string, is extended. Monads aree inextended. I try not to dabble with string

Re: Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
Don't be silly with me On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist No leap of faith is needed for consciousness. All you have to do is open your eyes. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 8/23/2012 Leibniz would say, If there's no God, we'd

Re: Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
I know and that's not science On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist My version of Leibniz is not my creation, I try to follow him as closely as I can. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 8/23/2012 Leibniz would say, If there's no God

Re: Pratt theory

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
? Are you considering how meta-theory Y can prove statements in a theory X where X /subtheory of Y? On 8/23/2012 9:24 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Stephan, Is not the method of Godel sufficient to define a consciousness although the last step to consciousness is a leap of faith? Richard

Re: Re: Re: Re: NewsFlash: Monadic weather today will be cloudy withachanceofthunderstorms

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
Millions of times cause it just ain't true. But I do not want to interfere with your religion In string theory monads are definitely things in themselves. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist Monads are reference to things, are like

Re: Why the supreme monad is necessary in Leibniz's universe

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
More religion On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: The Supreme monad is necessary because it is necessary. It is the only monad that can perceive and act. The other monads are linked to it but passive and have no windows (are bllnd) . Thus the supreme

Re: Emergence

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
:10 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: It is said that strong emergence comes from Godel incompleteness. Weak emergence is like your grains of sand. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: Hi Richard, Pratt's theory does not address this. Could emergence

Re: Re: What are monads ? A difficulty

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
The waveform is subjective as it represents a particular quantum state. In COMP terms it is 3p. But comp people may not think of it as subjective since every quantum state is realized and therefore all quanta are objective. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote:

Re: A remark on Richard's paper

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
Stephan, Thanks for the compliment. I finally got someone with smarts to read it other than Chalmers and S_T Yau. Time inflates along with 3 dimensions in the big bang. Leaving 6 dimensions behind to compactify or curl up into tiny balls 1000 planck lengths across each with 500 holes. So each

Re: A remark on Richard's paper

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
Jesse, This is what Chalmers says in the 95 paper you link about the second Penrose argument, the one in my paper: 3.5 As far as I can determine, this argument is free of the obvious flaws that plague other Gödelian arguments, such as Lucas's argument and Penrose's earlier arguments. If it is

Re: A remark on Richard's paper

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
My apologies. When Chalmers used the words godelian argument I thought he was referring to Godel. Now I can see I misread it. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Jesse Mazer laserma...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.comwrote: Jesse

Re: A remark on Richard's paper

2012-08-23 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: On 8/23/2012 8:07 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Stephan, Thanks for the compliment. I finally got someone with smarts to read it other than Chalmers and S_T Yau. Dear Richard, You are most welcome. I have

Re: Male Proof and female acceptance of proof

2012-08-24 Thread Richard Ruquist
Stephan, I find it interesting that according to my Roman Catholic professor theologian friend, God has intention but but intelligence. That would seem to be consistent with what you say below. I'll have to ask him if the church came to that viewpoint do to the ordinary problem of solipsism.

Re: Re: Male Proof and female acceptance of proof

2012-08-24 Thread Richard Ruquist
Hi Roger, Then my friend is either blasphemous or the church has evolved since then. Recent history of the church suggests that it evolves but rather conservatively. Richard On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist According to Aquinas. God

Re: What is the mind-body problem ? How do monads cause change ?

2012-08-27 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, If the mind were not extended, then animal intelligence would not depend on brain size. Richard On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: It has been asked here-- what in fact is the mind-body problem ?

Re: Gödel theorem, the last vestige of magic Pythagorean mysticism.

2012-08-27 Thread Richard Ruquist
Is it true that real numbers are complete? Richard On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 27 Aug 2012, at 11:47, Alberto G. Corona wrote: Please don´t take my self confident style for absolute certainty. I just expose my ideas for discussion. The

Re: Re: What is the mind-body problem ? How do monads cause change ?

2012-08-27 Thread Richard Ruquist
Hence, both are extended. QED On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist The more brain, the more mind. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 8/27/2012 Leibniz would say, If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so everything could

UNIVERSAL-DOVETAILER-ARGUMENT.HTML

2012-08-27 Thread Richard Ruquist
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Re: The hypocracy of materialism

2012-08-27 Thread Richard Ruquist
John: I think those arithmetical values must be implemented in matter to become operational. Richard: Agreed, as long as the compactified dimensions of string theory are a form of matter and I am a crackpot. On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 11:53 AM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Aug

Re: Final Evidence: Cannabis causes neuropsychological decline

2012-08-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
I am of the opinion that recreational drugs should be the preserve of the retired folk. In fact in the USA with so many companies and the govt/military doing random testing you may as well wait until retirement. Richard On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote:

Re: Re: Two reasons why computers IMHO cannot exhibit intelligence

2012-08-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, Do you think that humans do not function in accord with pre-ordained hardware and software? Richard On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: ROGER: Hi Bruno Marchal I don't agree. Machines must function according to their software and hardware,

Re: Final Evidence: Cannabis causes neuropsychological decline

2012-08-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
nuanced than most attempts to bullshit people about such complex things. So, it makes a good read for BS detector. m On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.comwrote: I am of the opinion that recreational drugs should be the preserve of the retired folk. In fact

Re: No Chinese Room Necessary

2012-08-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
Craig, Is the universe expanding (at an accelerating rate) because it excretes public entropy (space) as exhaust ? Richard On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Roger, Yes, and its indeterminacy and non-computability is only the beginning. Any

Re: Re: Re: Two reasons why computers IMHO cannot exhibit intelligence

2012-08-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
What is DNA if not software? On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist Pre-ordained is a religious position And we aren't controlled by software. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 8/29/2012 Leibniz would say, If there's no God, we'd have

Re: Good is that which enhances life

2012-08-30 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, Have you ever smoked pot. If not you are not qualified to comment Richard On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: I don't think morality is either arbitrary, political or public consensus I think that the good is that which enhances life. So IMHO

Re: Good is that which enhances life

2012-08-31 Thread Richard Ruquist
? - if not, don't pretend to talk about their problems. 6. Have you ever been unemployed, seeking a job ? if not, do not talk into the problem. and so on and on. JM On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.comwrote: Roger, Have you ever smoked pot

Re: Re: Hating the rich

2012-09-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, On the contrare, science is a product of the left, more or less, whereas anti-evolution is a product of the right, more or less. Science is selfcorrecting and so the left is constantly re-examining its conclusions whether in science or sociology. Whereas the right is unable to correct

Re: Monodology 1

2012-09-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
The monads of string theory each have many parts. To begin with they have 6 dimensions constrained by higher-order EM flux winding through 500 topological holes. They are definitely extended being 1000 Planck lengths in diameter and in an array throughout the universe at a density of about

Re: Re: Is evolution moral ?

2012-09-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
Bruno, In comp, what is the function of god. My hope is that the function of a god might be to reduce 3p tp 1p. Everything else seems to be capable of running according to algorithms. Is there anything in comp that is non-algorithmic? Richard On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Roger Clough

Re: Re: A Dialog comparing Comp with Leibniz's metaphysics

2012-09-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, Every natural number is distinct from all others. So your characterization of them as simple with no internal parts has to be incorrect. Leibniz himself says that every monad is distinct: In a confused way they all strive after [vont a] the infinite, the whole; but they are limited and

Re: Good is that which enhances life

2012-09-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
My experience is that canabis increases my motivation and creativity. Am I an exception? On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy multiplecit...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with those statements. I just found the discussion a bit biased towards the dangers of Cannabis and lacking

Re: Monads with power steering

2012-09-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
How can monads store information without any internal parts? On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist My claim was a bit over simplified. Although numbers do not have parts, my thinking was of monads as numbers not numbers as monads. So

Re: Hating the rich

2012-09-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
, Richard Ruquist wrote: Roger, On the contrare, science is a product of the left, more or less, whereas anti-evolution is a product of the right, more or less. Science is selfcorrecting and so the left is constantly re-examining its conclusions whether in science or sociology. Whereas

Our Creator Is A Cosmic Computer Programmer

2012-09-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
FYI Our Creator Is A Cosmic Computer Programmer - Says JPL Scientist 3 September, 2012 Share this story: Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services 5 Follow us: MessageToEagle.com - Are we just a computer simulation? Who or what is the creator? More

Re: Our Creator Is A Cosmic Computer Programmer

2012-09-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
I did not write that. I know about the Fermi telescope results as they falsify Loop Quantum Gravity. Richard On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:08 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 9/3/2012 1:51 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Look at the way the Universe behaves, it's quantized, it's made

Re: There is no such thing as cause and effect

2012-09-04 Thread Richard Ruquist
What struck me is that the the USERS of wealth in directing the life of the country. seem to be exporting jobs overseas and hiding their money there as well. Richard On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 4:12 PM, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: First to Bruno's response to (R):3) It's also probably why

Re: There is no such thing as cause and effect

2012-09-04 Thread Richard Ruquist
Don't be silly. On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: On 9/4/2012 4:23 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote: What struck me is that the the USERS of wealth in directing the life of the country. seem to be exporting jobs overseas and hiding their money

Re: Re: The morality of capitalism

2012-09-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
It is immoral to cause a recession that puts many out of work and subsequently loss of home via foreclosure. Bank of America is actually giving away some of the homes they have foreclosed. On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist It is immoral

Re: maudlin's paper

2012-09-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
I think he was just saying that point events do not exist. On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: Hi Folks, I started reading the new Maudlin paper Time and the Geometry of the Universe. I got it and started reading. I stopped dead when I read the

Re: Two Leibnizian proofs that God has the power of self-reference

2012-09-06 Thread Richard Ruquist
The Roman Catholic Church believes that god has intention but not intelligence in agreement with Arithemetical Truth and neo-Platonism concept that self-reference is not possible for god. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 6:40 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Since Leibniz's metaphysics is

Re: Two reasons why computers IMHO cannot exhibit intelligence

2012-09-06 Thread Richard Ruquist
If the digital substitution is at the density of 10^90 pixels per cubic centimeter, as found in string theory, then digital substitution is essentially analog. Richard On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 7:31 AM, benjayk benjamin.jaku...@googlemail.com wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Sep 2012, at

Re: Re: Two Leibnizian proofs that God has the power of self-reference

2012-09-06 Thread Richard Ruquist
but not complete self-reference? On 9/6/2012 7:24 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: The Roman Catholic Church believes that god has intention but not intelligence in agreement with Arithemetical Truth and neo-Platonism concept that self-reference is not possible for god. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 6:40 AM

Re: Re: Re: Two Leibnizian proofs that God has the power ofself-reference

2012-09-06 Thread Richard Ruquist
...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist Aquinas, being the truth, cannot be superceded. I don't know anything about catholic fundamentalist churches, but am suspicious that that's just a fantasy. The supreme monad is a critical feature without which we would remain blind and paralyzed. You need

Re: fairness and sustainability

2012-09-08 Thread Richard Ruquist
But Roger, capitalism can go both ways as witnessed by the Great depression and the Great Recession. Richard On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi John Mikes Here's the dilemma: Unfortunately, any system -- with the exception of the oil-rich countries

Physicist Derives Laws of Thermodynamics For Life Itself

2012-09-10 Thread Richard Ruquist
FYI -- Forwarded message -- From: richard ruquist yann...@yahoo.com Date: Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:10 AM Subject: Fw: the physics arXiv blog To: yann...@gmail.com yann...@gmail.com - Forwarded Message - *From:* Technology Review Feed - arXiv blog ho...@arxivblog.com

Re: Why machines can't be alive

2012-09-11 Thread Richard Ruquist
The current USA space-based ICBM defense system (on paper) consists of autonomous kill vehicles separately orbiting the earth (10,000 of them). Each KV decides if an *ICBM has launched and they divert from orbit to hit the ICBM before burn-out. Canavan and Teller in vented that system in

Fwd: [4DWorldx] thanks to Moon I found this creazy story about head transplants

2012-09-11 Thread Richard Ruquist
When I read this I thought of you all. Richard -- Forwarded message -- From: Anna panth...@mail.com Date: Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:01 PM Subject: [4DWorldx] thanks to Moon I found this creazy story about head transplants To: 4dwor...@yahoogroups.com ** Friday, 6 April, 2001,

Re: Re: If I ever doubt that there is a God,

2012-09-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
Hi Roger, Thank you for the link to Steve Wolfram's new book. What he says in the first few pages is that his new science does away with the need for an all-powerful supernatural being. However, it does appear that his new science has application to Leibniz's monads as well as the monads of

Re: Why we debate religion: two completely different types of truth.

2012-09-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
May not be of interest, but the Reform branch on Judaism has a prayer for Doubt in their High Holiday services. That may be one reason why some have become such good scientists. Richard On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 09 Sep 2012, at 13:50, Roger

Re: Qualitative calculations with binary numbers

2012-09-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
The late Chris Lofting turned I Ching into a science and even was able to derive Quantum Mechanics from it, at least what he considered to be QM. http://www.emotionaliching.com/myweb/newindex.html On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: On 9/14/2012 8:40

Re: Needed: A calculus of pleasure and pain.

2012-09-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
Most people prefer working to looking for work. On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, September 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM UTC-4, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 9/14/2012 8:07 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Craig Weinberg Fortunately or unfortunately,

Re: Re: Re: the nothing but fallacy.

2012-09-15 Thread Richard Ruquist
Jesus did not do away with any OT laws. He said so explicitly in the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 5: [17] Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them. [18] For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota,

Re: Re: Re: Re: the nothing but fallacy.

2012-09-15 Thread Richard Ruquist
Nonesense On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist He was talking about the 10 commandments. He fulfilled them with his death and res. Jesus did away for example with the dietary laws when he said that it is not what a man puts into his

Re: Before the automobile: Reconstructed global temperature over the past 420,000 years

2012-09-15 Thread Richard Ruquist
That should have happened from the get go (thorium reactors), except that a bomb cannot be made from thorium. On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 11:07 PM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 3:11 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I'm giving a talk Monday on why we

Re: Simple proof that our intelligence transcends that of computers

2012-09-16 Thread Richard Ruquist
Hi Stephan, I would like to quibble about your statement: For God, all things are given but once and there is no need to compute the relations . in terms of the OMEGA Point (OP). Both in MWI and SWI, God (or whatever mechanism) is able to compute the OP. But I suspect that the computation is not

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: the nothing but fallacy.

2012-09-17 Thread Richard Ruquist
I was waiting for your reply. Alas, Jesus was a Jew and Jews have 613 commandments, not just 10. Insults do not help your argument. On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist Another drive-by shooting. Just an unsupported denial and you speed

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: the nothing but fallacy.

2012-09-17 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, So you must think that the jewish law condemning homosexual behavior was eliminated by Jesus. It's not in the 10 and certainly Christians are making a big fuss over it. Richard On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist I was irritated

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: the nothing but fallacy.

2012-09-17 Thread Richard Ruquist
Jesus said that he likes people to be hot or cold, atheists and theists that keep all the commandments, even ones he added like praying in a closet. The other people are the least in heaven, which BTW implies that we all make to heaven. He especially dislikes those who change or reinterprete his

A Model of Consciousness based on Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

2012-09-19 Thread Richard Ruquist
The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Temperature Signifying the Existence of the Thought-Carrying Particle, Thought Retaining Particle and Thought Force Dhananjay Pal, Arun Uday De Abstract We developed a consciousness model. Our consciousness model incorporating Thought-carrying particle

Re: Bees solve NP-Hard problems! How?

2012-09-20 Thread Richard Ruquist
Collective consciousness On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 3:22 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: Any one up to explaining this: http://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/se/38864.html -- Onward! Stephen http://webpages.charter.net/stephenk1/Outlaw/Outlaw.html -- You received this

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