Re: Science is a religion by itself.

2013-01-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 2:33 AM, socra...@bezeqint.net socra...@bezeqint.net wrote: .Everybody creates his God according to his own image and spirit If triangles made a God they would give him three sides / Charles de Montesquieu . Persian Letters, 1721 / # There were people who said ‘God

Re: Re: Lessons from the Block Universe

2013-01-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
A block universe does not allow for consciousness. The fact the we all possess consciousness, so we think, means that our universe is not completely blocked, although the deviations from block may be minor and inconsequential regarding the Omega Point. Richard. On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:18 PM,

Re: meditation

2013-01-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 27 Jan 2013, at 18:27, Stephen P. King wrote: On 1/27/2013 7:19 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: The big bang remains awkward with computationalism. It suggest a long and deep computations is going through our state, but

Re: Re: Lessons from the Block Universe

2013-01-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:04 AM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: A block universe does not allow for consciousness. The fact the we all possess consciousness, so we think, means that our universe

Re: Re: Lessons from the Block Universe

2013-01-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:39:40 PM UTC-5, yanniru wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Stathis Papaioannou stat...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:04 AM, Richard Ruquist yan...@gmail.com wrote

Re: Re: Lessons from the Block Universe

2013-01-30 Thread Richard Ruquist
, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Stathis Papaioannou stat...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:04 AM, Richard Ruquist yan...@gmail.com wrote: A block universe does not allow for consciousness. The fact the we all possess consciousness, so we think, means that our universe

Re: Is God created ?

2013-01-31 Thread Richard Ruquist
That just semantics. In my metaphysical string cosmology god is created by the compactification of space dimensions. On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:02 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Kim God is not himself created since the creator of all cannot create himself and still remain a

Re: Is God created ?

2013-02-01 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:46 AM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: In my metaphysical string cosmology god is created by the compactification of space dimensions. Then God was created just like we were and it's rather

Re: Is God created ?

2013-02-01 Thread Richard Ruquist
1, 2013 8:15:57 AM UTC-5, yanniru wrote: On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:46 AM, John Clark johnk...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 Richard Ruquist yan...@gmail.com wrote: In my metaphysical string cosmology god is created by the compactification of space dimensions. Then God

Re: Is God created ?

2013-02-01 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 01 Feb 2013, at 14:15, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:46 AM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: In my metaphysical string cosmology

Re: Re: Lessons from the Block Universe

2013-02-02 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com wrote: Hi 2013/1/30 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com It is to me. I think it is very unlikely that the motions and evolutions of star and galaxies and in my model even universes could be strongly affected by biological

Re: Re: Lessons from the Block Universe

2013-02-02 Thread Richard Ruquist
a lot), then we still can think, that the block universes is made of things that exist, that we observe and things that don´t exist. It depends on the notion of existence. 2013/2/2 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com wrote

Re: Re: Re: Re: Lessons from the Block Universe

2013-02-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
-01-30, 12:45:53 Subject: Re: Lessons from the Block Universe On 29 Jan 2013, at 15:04, Richard Ruquist wrote: A block universe does not allow for consciousness. With comp consciousness does not allow any (aristotelian) universes. There is comp block mindscape, and the universe(s

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Lessons from the Block Universe

2013-02-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
on this list. Richard On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist The 4 dimensional or even the 11 dimensional universe cannot contain mind, because mind is nonphysical and they are physical. So the block universe is a waste of time

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Lessons from the Block Universe

2013-02-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
Straw dog there is no mention of a separation On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, February 3, 2013 9:37:42 AM UTC-5, yanniru wrote: Dear Roger, Only 4d spacetime, matter and energy are physical. Everything else is non-physical and

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Lessons from the Block Universe

2013-02-04 Thread Richard Ruquist
Yes. I am a scientist. You are an engineer. On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist We live in mjuch different worlds, so it's hard to discuss things with you. 1) Spacetime itself is not physical. 2) Spacetime is not a slice of quantum

Re: context, comp, and multiverses

2013-02-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Hi Roger, On 04 Feb 2013, at 16:43, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Brunio, I agree with Craig. And I've never understood how there can be any consequence of an emulation, or how it can be proven or not that comp works, since

Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success

2013-02-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Feb 2013, at 08:16, Kim Jones wrote: http://io9.com/5981472/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-universe-here-is-one-possible-answer OK - so rip into it and say why it's all nonsense. It is full of sense, but a bit

Re: Fw: RE: The internet takeover

2013-02-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger is on another list, the Mind/Brain forum which allows anything to be discussed and even allows personal attacks. He should just stay there unless he has something constructive to say. BTW every post he makes to this list also goes to Mind/Brain Richard On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Craig

Re: The duplicators and the restorers

2013-02-18 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Feb 2013, at 18:09, Jason Resch wrote: Thanks to everyone who replied to this post. So far Stathis and Bruno both answered that both cases are equivalent. Is there anyone willing to argue against either: 1. you

Re: the character of the god of comp

2013-02-19 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:03 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:18 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 2/18/2013 11:47 AM, Terren Suydam wrote: If God is arithmetical truth, then what if anything is there to be said about its character? I know

Re: the character of the god of comp

2013-02-19 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:47 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 2/18/2013 11:03 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:18 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 2/18/2013 11:47 AM, Terren

Re: The Plant Teachers

2013-02-21 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:31 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 20 Feb 2013, at 16:30, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/2/20 Platonist Guitar Cowboy multiplecit...@gmail.com Also, there is a weird thing

Re: Born Rule in MWI

2013-02-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 4:57 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 22 Feb 2013, at 04:10, Joseph Knight wrote: Question: Why is the derivation* of the Born Rule in (Everett, 1957) not considered satisfactory**? Good question. I asked it myself very often. *Everett shows that

Re: Misconceptions of Natural Selection and Evolution

2013-02-26 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 25 Feb 2013, at 20:10, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/25/2013 1:26 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Feb 2013, at 01:30, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sunday, February 24, 2013 3:07:12 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote:

Re: The roles of efficient causation and final causation in the double aspect...

2013-03-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
Mitch, My opinion is that monads are everywhere at a density of 10^90/cc, and they precipitated out of space in the big bang http://yanniru.blogspot.com/2013/ Richard On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 12:46 PM, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Questions. In your opinion, are Leibniz's monads individual thoughts,

Re: The roles of efficient causation and final causation in the double aspect...

2013-03-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 4:00 PM, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Richard, a very good paper you have there. The Mindspace recording mechanism you invoked sounds exactly like the Hindu akashic records feature to their religion. For people like myself, you'd need to expand on the particular physics of

Re: measure problem

2013-03-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
Well if what emerges from comp is not physics, then physics refutes comp. So that means that you can use physics to say what comp must emerge. On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Terren Suydam terren.suy...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, maybe I'm missing something but I'm not sure how a paper that assumes

Re: Leibniz's monads consistent with holographic perception and memory

2013-03-06 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, Yes Holographic content is empirically proportional to the logarithm of the memory volume. HC ~ log V whereas Shannon Information of the universe is proportional to the surface area of the holographic universe surface.(ie. the Lloyd Limit based on the Bekenstein Bound) SI ~ 10^120

Re: Dartmouth neuroscientist finds free will has neural basis

2013-03-11 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 10 Mar 2013, at 15:14, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sunday, March 10, 2013 4:33:43 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 10 Mar 2013, at 01:48, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, March 9, 2013 7:26:25 PM UTC-5, Brent

Re: All Complete Intersection Calabi-Yau Four-Folds

2013-03-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
Thanks Stephan, My meta-model uses 3-folds for which there are 7890 distinct configuration matrices. I am not sure how that correlates with the physicist calculation of the number of distinct Calabi-Yau compact-manifold convoluted particles with 5oo holes and 10^1ooo possible flux windings i(for

Re: Toward a solution to the Arithmetic Body problem

2013-03-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
Steve, Does not the wiki ref imply that the number of countable models of a first-order complete theory in a countable language is finite or Xo? Richard On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: Dear Bruno, I have found a paper that seems to cover

Re: Losing Control

2013-03-15 Thread Richard Ruquist
Apparently the legacy view negates free will. On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: What does it mean to 'lose control' of something? Your car, your bladder, your gambling, your pet Rottweiler... What are the broad physical principles involved? What are

Re: A Consistent QM Histories explanation of synchronicity and Sheldrake's morphisms.

2013-03-16 Thread Richard Ruquist
tjp, If you allow that physical consciousness resides in a materialistic BEC in the brain, and that the matter-BEC is entangled with a mind-BEC where realistic quantum computations (comp) are manifest, then yes physics is consistent with physical consciousness. Richard Ruquist On Sat, Mar 16

Re: The mind is a quantum computer

2013-03-18 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, Even faster. Instantly from a human perspective, otherwie the universe cannot be holographic. Richard On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi michael haaheim Since mind is a MQS or Multiple Quantum Superposition, it can process information at the

Re: My Genealogy is Now Online

2013-03-18 Thread Richard Ruquist
Hi Roger, Very interesting. I was born in the town of Bristol, Connecticut, no doubt named after your middle name. I will consult your genealogy. However, I am a mere first-generation American, descended from Swedish emmigrants and a French American mother. So I am half firs- generation

Re: My Genealogy is Now Online

2013-03-18 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger's link to his genealogy: Page Not Found Sorry, we can't find the page you're looking for. On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Roger, Very interesting. I was born in the town of Bristol, Connecticut, no doubt named after your middle name. I

Re: My genealogy is now online

2013-03-18 Thread Richard Ruquist
Fascinating Roger, I find it interesting that the names Bristol and Beecher were passed down through the generations, one a remembrance of where we came from and the other a remembrance of who we were. Richard On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi My

Re: Religious Robots

2013-03-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com wrote: These beliefs in robotic religión has some reasons behind or it is simply wishful thinking? 2013/3/22 Evgenii Rudnyi use...@rudnyi.ru Quotes from Robert Geraci, Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics,

Re: Religious Robots

2013-03-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi use...@rudnyi.ru wrote: On 22.03.2013 13:41 Richard Ruquist said the following: On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com wrote: These beliefs in robotic religión has some reasons behind or it is simply wishful

Re: Religious Robots

2013-03-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi use...@rudnyi.ru wrote: On 22.03.2013 14:41 Richard Ruquist said the following: On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi use...@rudnyi.ru wrote: On 22.03.2013 13:41 Richard Ruquist said the following: On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 8:06 AM

Re: Religious Robots

2013-03-22 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 4:42 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/22/2013 6:41 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi use...@rudnyi.ru wrote: On 22.03.2013 13:41 Richard Ruquist said the following: On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Alberto G

Re: 'Brain Waves' Challenge Area-Specific View of Brain Activity

2013-03-28 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 26 Mar 2013, at 18:19, meekerdb wrote: On 3/26/2013 4:21 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: I can explain why if a machine can have experience and enough reflexivity, then the machine can already understand that she cannot

Re: 'Brain Waves' Challenge Area-Specific View of Brain Activity

2013-03-28 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 28 Mar 2013, at 16:08, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 26 Mar 2013, at 18:19, meekerdb wrote: On 3/26/2013 4:21 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: I can

Re: Astigmatism Example

2013-04-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
I am a leftist astigmatic. But you raise an interesting point that I believe supports a mind/brain duality. In a universe of functionalism or comp, I would expect that this would never happen, as my brain should always prioritize the information made available by any eye that is open over that of

Re: Astigmatism Example

2013-04-03 Thread Richard Ruquist
My google account is forcing me to reply here rather than interspersed, which is very inconvenient. But I will try. 1. As far as I know the universal mind is not aesthetic 2. Not sure what your 2nd question means 3. The universe has existed for 13.82 ly with little or no consciousness to detect

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-04 Thread Richard Ruquist
NDE during surgery cannot be due to lack of oxygen On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:18 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 4/4/2013 11:02 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, April 4, 2013 12:11:36 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: On 4/4/2013 8:35 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Apr 2013, at

Re: NDE's Proved Real?

2013-04-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
There is no hell On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: On Friday, April 5, 2013 3:39:52 PM UTC-4, JohnM wrote: I think I side with Craig: NDE is not N enough, is not D because the 'observer' (gossiper?) came back and not E - rather a compendium of

Re: Scientific journals

2013-04-10 Thread Richard Ruquist
Their admissions standards have already tanked On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:46 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: This to me is revealing of the overall decline of science as tool of Enlightenment into it's

Re: Scientific journals

2013-04-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
My best example is the Harvard basketball team which is now getting players into the NBA. I ran with the cross country team when I was there as a grad student. They all got in because of their running ability, not their intelligence. That was back in the early 1960s. So athletes have always had

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-04-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
Mathematics itself seems rather magical. For instance the sum 1+2+3+4+5.infinity = -1/12 And according to Scott Aaronson's new book when string theorists estimate the mass of a photon they get two components: one being 1/12 and the other being that sum, so the mass is zero, thanks to

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-04-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
comp treats such single photon instances. Does it use algorithms that are random number generators? Richard On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.comwrote: On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Mathematics itself seems rather

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-04-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
in another world and I cannot get online. Richard On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.comwrote: On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Telmo, I can only give you my opinion. Thanks Richard. You are of course referring

Re: Scientific journals

2013-04-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
The problem with electronic publishing is that for the most part such papers are not peer reviewed. The one exception I know of is the Journal of Cosmology- from personal experience. They rejected my paper because my references were to the online arXiv.com rather than peer reviewed print journals.

Re: Losing Control

2013-04-13 Thread Richard Ruquist
Bruno, Could you explain by example how comp could be verified.? That is does comp predict something that is not also predicted by science? What comes to my mind is consciousness. Richard On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 12 Apr 2013, at 02:47,

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-04-13 Thread Richard Ruquist
But Bruno, because of the measure problem, MWI must also be probabilistic, otherwise it does not agree with experiment. Richard On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 7:10 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 12 Apr 2013, at 03:30, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:35 AM,

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-04-13 Thread Richard Ruquist
Is 10^122 or 10^1000 large enough? Richard On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 12 Apr 2013, at 16:24, Richard Ruquist wrote: Mathematics itself seems rather magical. For instance the sum 1+2+3+4+5.infinity = -1/12 Well, with some convergence

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-04-13 Thread Richard Ruquist
at 10:35 AM, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.comwrote: On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Mathematics itself seems rather magical. For instance the sum 1+2+3+4+5.infinity = -1/12 And according to Scott Aaronson's new book when string theorists

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-04-13 Thread Richard Ruquist
Bruno, Please excuse my bottom posting but my gmail acct prevents me from interleaving my responses. On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried to study the UDA but lack sufficient understanding to see how the UDA could compute an infinite number

Re: Can anyone explain this ?

2013-04-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, Most corporations do not pay any taxes at all On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: One of the great mysteries of liberalism is the contradiction in its political stance concerning rich corporations. On the one hand, it rejects the attempts of

Re: Losing Control

2013-04-15 Thread Richard Ruquist
, at 19:21, Richard Ruquist wrote: But Bruno, if comp only produces what is already known to science, how do we know that comp is responsible? String theory has this problem We never know such thing. We can only propose a theory, derive facts, and verify them. If the facts follow the theory

Re: Losing Control

2013-04-16 Thread Richard Ruquist
Well, then make a testable prediction about something in the mind that is not otherwise known. On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:59 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 15 Apr 2013, at 19:59, Richard Ruquist wrote: Not true. GR and QM derived experimental results that were not known

Re: Moslem peace march ?

2013-04-21 Thread Richard Ruquist
Original Buddhism and Hindu Sankhya are atheistic religions. On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 11:44 AM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: do you believe

Re: [Mind and Brain] Re: [Cognitive Neuroscience Forum] News: A Complex Theory of Consciousness

2013-04-24 Thread Richard Ruquist
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_philosophy) I have incorporated these ideas into a conjectured theory of everything based on digital physics that I unabashedly give you a link to ( http://vixra.org/abs/1303.0194) as it is too pseudo-science for peer-reviewed publication. Richard Ruquist

Re: In the beginning was the cosmic mind (which I call God) , who had a thought, which is the universe.

2013-04-30 Thread Richard Ruquist
Most advanced ETs are already dead and even less distinguishable from a god. A book I am reading on Kindle for only $5 explains this in detail- how a recently dead atheist could become a god, he not finding a god in the afterlife. The Afterlife of a Restless Soul: But Is God Really a Woman?

Re: The Leibniz-Taoist solution: Matter is mind, mind is matter

2013-05-16 Thread Richard Ruquist
This reminds me of Isaac Asimov's 1, 2, 3, infinity On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: The Leibniz-Taoist solution: Matter is mind, mind is matter According to the Dao de jing, the solution to the mind-brain problem is that it is not a problem.

Re: The Leibniz-Taoist solution: Matter is mind, mind is matter

2013-05-16 Thread Richard Ruquist
. That it is the hard problem. Perhaps like the pure materialists love to say, the mind is merely an epiphenomenon, of the human brain. Ok, but I ask, does the epiphenomenon, have a soul? ;-) -Original Message- From: Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-17 Thread Richard Ruquist
Who would want to be resurrected into this hell hole? clementine On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 5:57 PM, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: ** So, Jason,by this reasoning, a sufficiently advanced technology, then, in indistinguisable from Resurrection. I mention this because I have discussed tech

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-21 Thread Richard Ruquist
Indeed I have had such an experience with a deceased person. Richard On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:14 PM, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: Russell and Richard: do you indeed MEAN those conditions recalled after crises as NEAR DEATH? Who knows what DEATH feels like? (- if it feels at all).

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-27 Thread Richard Ruquist
Bruno, With MWI are some universes less probable than others. I have difficulty understanding how a universe can be statistical. I think I understand the frequency argument. But that does not make sense either. Richard On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On

Re: Belief vs Truth

2013-06-02 Thread Richard Ruquist
I have to respond that in Judaism in the high holiday service there is a prayer praising doubt. I think that may be unique to Judaism? Richard On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Russell wrote: *...When it comes to Bp p capturing the notion of

Re: Strings are substances of one part and are thus monads.

2013-06-06 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, Your logic is humorous On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Strings are substances of one part and are thus monads Strings are substances of one part by definition and are thus monads. Each sgtring represents a particle monad. Mass and charge are

Re: Strings are substances of one part and are thus monads.

2013-06-06 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, Your logic is humorous On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Strings are substances of one part and are thus monads Strings are substances of one part by definition and are thus monads. Each sgtring represents a particle monad. Mass and charge are

Re: The views of Lee Smolin as opposed to those of the Platonist, Leibniz

2013-06-18 Thread Richard Ruquist
Smolin believes in a multiverse else his fecund cosmology makes no sense. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: *The views of Lee Smolin as opposed to those of * *the Platonist, Leibniz * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Smolin A. Leibniz would

Fwd: [foar] mathematics and nature, physical law, etc

2013-06-18 Thread Richard Ruquist
True but only in the large particle limit where waves become physical fields and nature is classical and deterministic does nature emulate logic and arithmetic. Richard 'Yanni' Ru -- Forwarded message -- From: Bill Taylor wfc.tay...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:13 AM

Re: In spacetime (matter) and beyond spacetime (energy)

2013-06-19 Thread Richard Ruquist
Google does not know about 'Gauriga and Vilenkins Chaotic Inflation'. It needs to be educated. yanniru On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:40 PM, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: The article seems to go along with Gauriga and Vilenkins Chaotic Inflation. This would be occupying the phase space in the

Re: Why I follow Leibniz and not yesterday's physical science

2013-06-20 Thread Richard Ruquist
Mass is sufficient to distort both our 4D spacetime and its entangled 4D complex energy-momentum spacetime because everything that happens in one is reflected in the other, It's like Indras Pearls all reflecting each other. because the Pearls are all entangled and quantum coherent. Monads should

Re: Looking for energy in all the wrong places.

2013-06-25 Thread Richard Ruquist
Astronomical observations of the cosmological constant has falsified the hypothesis that all energy comes from zero-point energy by 120 orders of magnitude, probably the strongest falsification ever achieved. On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: *Looking

Re: *******The holographic principle is a rational justification for idealism******

2013-06-28 Thread Richard Ruquist
LQG predicts that the speed of light depends on photon energy. This has been falsified by Fermi telescope observations of gamma rays over on order of magnitude variation in energy. All photons arrive at the same time. On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:25 PM, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: This may not be

Re: *******The holographic principle is a rational justification for idealism******

2013-06-28 Thread Richard Ruquist
theory, even bosonic string theory? -Original Message- From: Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Fri, Jun 28, 2013 3:29 pm Subject: Re: ***The holographic principle is a rational justification for idealism** LQG predicts

Re: Which one result in maths has surprised you the most?

2013-07-07 Thread Richard Ruquist
That 1+2+3+4+5+..to infinity equals minus 1/12 On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 4:40 AM, Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.comwrote: Now for me the most surprising thing is Homotophy type theory that unifies spaces, proofs, computations and category theory in a different foundation for mathematics.

Re: Leibniz's quantization of spacetime.

2013-07-09 Thread Richard Ruquist
Smolin's quantization of spacetime has been falsified buy Fermi telescope observation of gamma rays of variable energies. Presumably that includes Leibniz. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Leibniz's quantization of spacetime.

Re: Hitch

2013-07-10 Thread Richard Ruquist
Right. I reject the Abrahamic god in spite of being ben Avraham but I am not an atheist. My god derives from string theories Calabi-Yau Compact Manifolds. Richard On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: On Jul 10, 2013, at 7:24 AM, chris peck

Re: the love torture

2013-07-10 Thread Richard Ruquist
Keep your rosaries away from our ovaries. Keep your jihad bombs away our human bodies. Keep your politics away from our nations politics. None of the above are the result of faith, hope, love or humility. Richard On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: I am

Re: We are all naturally racists. Political correctness is likely to get you killed.

2013-07-17 Thread Richard Ruquist
My chickens are racist. That is, being free range, they tend to hang out in clusters where color is the common denominator. That suggests to me that racism is a natural phenomenon. Richard On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Jul 2013, at 15:52, Roger

Fwd: [Swines] Human teleportation into space slower than walking(?)

2013-07-30 Thread Richard Ruquist
Is there any merit to this paper? -- Forwarded message -- From: May-Tzu ferdli...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:24 PM Subject: [Swines] Human teleportation into space slower than walking(?) To: swi...@yahoogroups.com ** http://phys.org/print294413020.html

Fwd: Fw: [Theoretical_Physics] Re: [4DWorldx] Fw: Re: Re:[Theoretical_Physics_Board] OK, but think about this

2013-08-02 Thread Richard Ruquist
This may explain everything- pun intended -- Forwarded message -- From: richard ruquist yann...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 6:42 AM Subject: Fw: [Theoretical_Physics] Re: [4DWorldx] Fw: Re: Re:[Theoretical_Physics_Board] OK, but think about this To: yann...@gmail.com yann

Re: Serious proof of why the theory of evolution is wrong

2013-08-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
Dominic Statham is a creationist. http://creation.com/dominic-statham On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Serious proof of why the theory of evolution is wrong. The irreducible complexity of DNA. See attached. Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000]

Re: Serious proof of why the theory of evolution is wrong

2013-08-06 Thread Richard Ruquist
According to Smolin's Fecund Universe hypothesis since verified by Poplawski's GR spin theory, it's generations of universes all the way down On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 12:57 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I doesn't appeal to me. It seems to be just an otiose layer of explanation on

Re: Serious proof of why the theory of evolution is wrong

2013-08-09 Thread Richard Ruquist
If not all acquired characteristics are beneficial and in fact the vast majority of them are not how is that functionally different from mutations. Richard David Ruquist On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 10:37 AM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 Russell Standish

Re: Serious proof of why the theory of evolution is wrong

2013-08-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
Is this the topic that stopped Bruno from posting in the everything list? Have we lost Bruno for good? Richard On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 1:59 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 8/11/2013 7:55 PM, Chris de Morsella wrote: I would not be surprised to find that there is evidence of

Re: Serious proof of why the theory of evolution is wrong

2013-08-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
I am on all the lists that to my knowledge he ever posted on and he has not posted for some time now. Richard On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:28 AM, chris peck chris_peck...@hotmail.comwrote: I'm sure he still posts in some parallel feathers of the dove's tail. :) --

Re: Serious proof of why the theory of evolution is wrong

2013-08-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
Good to know. Thanks On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: ISTM, he said he was moving and won't be able to post for some times... So I guess that's just it. Quentin 2013/8/12 Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com I am on all the lists that to my

Re: If I hate income taxes should I guive up my american citizenshuip ?

2013-08-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
Please do On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: If I hate income taxes, should I give up my american citizenshuip ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_6EqMESEVI Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at

Re: Number of Americans Renouncing Citizenship Surges

2013-08-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
Good riddance On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Number of Americans Renouncing Citizenship Surges Expert Says 2013 on Pace to See Highest Number of U.S. Expatriations Ever http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323977304579002780562003814.html

Re: Should You Renounce Your U.S. Citizenship?

2013-08-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
If you renounce your citizenship for tax purposes, you have to leave the USA to realize the benefits On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Should You Renounce Your U.S. Citizenship?

Re: Leibniz's two types of existence based on the two types of logic

2013-08-25 Thread Richard Ruquist
Since we are politically free lancing in the absence of the boss, I must say that sometimes I wish that Roger were no longer existent.` He is the bane of other lists as well- everyone that he is on TMK. He must think he is doing missionary work. Richard On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 3:58 PM,

Re: Leibniz's final causation as the Self, the active agent of change

2013-08-26 Thread Richard Ruquist
It should be mentioned that final causation requires downward causation to be operative. See George Ellis for examples of downward causation at the human level. http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1212/1212.2275.pdf Recognising Top-Down Causation George Ellis, University of Cape Town Abstract: One

Re: Leibniz view on why why bottom up control cannot work for the brain

2013-09-02 Thread Richard Ruquist
Likewise the self-driving cars on earth and consciousness on the brain. On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.comwrote: On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: The Mars Rover is controlled from Earth. That's hardly a bottom-up

Re: When will a computer pass the Turing Test?

2013-09-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
I also agree that the notions of free will and qualia are two different things. My best example of how qualia relates to consciousness is based on my dreams. I dream in images which I say are very close to uninhibited/unreprocessed consciousness. Very often these images are of people who speak to

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