Guess what!

2013-10-25 Thread Stephen Lin
It's MONDAY June 21st. And I can't find my laptop, ipads, or whever. HOW AM I GOING TO EXPLAIN THIS LATER? Better find sameway to make consistent., Superman! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and

Re: What's my name and what do you think I need to help me along my journey?

2013-10-25 Thread Stephen Lin
on the subject of koans, wisdom etc... Stephen Lin seems like a 60 watt desk lamp that keeps blinking on and off in a room full of 1000 watt uplighters... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

This is not a trick! (I'm SERIOUS)

2013-10-25 Thread Stephen Lin
Tomorrow this will be harder but today this is the easiest thing in the world. Bill Murray? Andie MacDowell? Yes I said yes I will Yes. Stream of consciousness? Yes, already, after the ghosts in the shells it's not that easy to be a turtle who's green? Red/green color vision. Cogito ergo sum.

Re: This is not a trick! (I'm SERIOUS)

2013-10-25 Thread Stephen Lin
How do I stop what I never started? On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 2:46 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: Can you stop ? or is it too much to ask from you ? What do you think you achieve by doing that ? 2013/10/25 Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu Tomorrow this will be harder

Re: This is not a trick! (I'm SERIOUS)

2013-10-25 Thread Stephen Lin
Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu How do I stop what I never started? On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 2:46 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: Can you stop ? or is it too much to ask from you ? What do you think you achieve by doing that ? 2013/10/25 Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu

My name is Tidus...what's your name :)

2013-10-25 Thread Stephen Lin
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Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-10-25 Thread Stephen Lin
So this remembering nowhow about science till win every battle, but religion wan the way before it even began. Wold you agree MATT DAMON? DONT BLOW THE MEET WITH MATSUI) :) On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 3:10 AM, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.comwrote: On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Telmo

Re: String theory and superconductors and classical liquids...

2013-10-25 Thread Stephen Lin
Try changing directions now. Here's a hint: Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield earth, water, fire, and sky people from the planet with no green left without the singular solution. I can't help thinking is pinking the blank slate magazines of red books of communal baths with gladiators and

Re: My name is Tidus...what's your name :)

2013-10-25 Thread Stephen Lin
Rikku, Yuna, Paine? Are you there/?? On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 3:07 AM, Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu wrote: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-24 Thread Stephen Lin
Here's the deal...how about I go to the Garden of Eden and everyone else keep exploring until we finish. Ill never know the difference.. NOT EDEN PRIME though. And don't think about Red or 42 this time. Thanks,s Stephen On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu wrote

We solved the problem evil, sort of...

2013-10-24 Thread Stephen Lin
Instead of spending all our efforts correcting each other's faults, we should just all agree to spend a little bit of effort coming up with really good excuses for each other. It accomplishes the same thing in the end, and it's much much easier. ** -- You received this message because you are

About creating a singlarity

2013-10-24 Thread Stephen Lin
Creating a singularity is not the hard part: the hard part is making sure you only create one. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

About the Panopticon again (sorry I lost the e-mail)

2013-10-24 Thread Stephen Lin
Who watches the watchers? is a good question, but a better question is Given a definition of watching and watchers, what is the least cardinality of watchers required such that all watching is watched by at least one watcher? The answer might be a lot smaller than you think it is... -- You

The last truth that ever matters:

2013-10-24 Thread Stephen Lin
Him: God has shown me all truth, but your love is beauty beyond comprehension. Her: God has shown me all beauty, but your love is truth beyond imagination. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and

Re: I have a very good question but I don't know how to ask it...

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
Illias samiyaill...@gmail.com wrote: What do you think of The Egg? http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu wrote: Without coaching anyway assume an answer. Trust me, it really is on-optic; it has something to do

Re: Seth Lloyd on Free Will

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
A deterministic system cannot grant free will, and a system with free will cannot choose to become deterministic; however, each is capable of an arbitrarily convincing simulation of the other. So how would you know where it began? On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Craig Weinberg

A metaphor for true love:

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
Your soulmate is the one on the opposite side of the Möbius strip. Of course, if that's true, then there's probably an even bigger Möbius strip inside an even bigger Möbius strip etc... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
Gien all of that, can you explain red/green vision? Then what happens to yelow?? (Did hear someone way loops?) On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 12:34:05 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 Oct 2013, at 17:39,

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
Wait I accideally replied to all! EVERYONE FORGET I METNIONED THAT NAME MING. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu wrote: Ming? Was that you??? On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 12

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
you do now! On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: color blindness? not sure what the connection is. On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 4:25:48 PM UTC-4, Stephen Lin wrote: Gien all of that, can you explain red/green vision? Then what happens to yelow

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
There, I just did it again. Baby BAby I just idd i t again. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu wrote: Wait I accideally replied to all! EVERYONE FORGET I METNIONED THAT NAME MING. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.eduwrote

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
Ooops, I did it again, I played with your heart. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialetheism Dialetheism is the view that some statements can be both true and false simultaneously. More precisely, it is the belief that

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
Ming, stop confusing my taste buds, we're trying to have a serious conversation here.. Same with you, Lusi, Sherry, Mark, and Schonmei On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu wrote: Ming? Was that you??? On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons

What's my name and what do you think I need to help me along my journey?

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
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Re: A metaphor for true love:

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
Both. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 2:52 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/23/2013 6:42 AM, Stephen Lin wrote: Your soulmate is the one on the opposite side of the Möbius strip. Of course, if that's true, then there's probably an even bigger Möbius strip inside an even bigger

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
of light squared by the visual system of primal radiance until evolution yields the newborns. Meet me in December 2011, by way of Queens College. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 3:16 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: Stephen Lin - I may be forced to create a filter to automatically delete your

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
Wisdom is the art of coming up with believable excuses for one's ignorance. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:25 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/23/2013 3:13 PM, LizR wrote: On 24 October 2013 04:39, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:25 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/23/2013 3:13 PM, LizR wrote: On 24 October 2013 04:39, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialetheism Dialetheism is the view that some statements can be both true and false

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
Whereever you go, there you are! On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:17 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: If anyone is still in doubt that Mr Lin is trolling, try googling Tomorrow this will be harder but today this is the easiest thing in the world. Bill Murray? Andie MacDowell? Yes I said yes I will

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
October 2013 12:29, Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu wrote: Whereever you go, there you are! On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:17 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: If anyone is still in doubt that Mr Lin is trolling, try googling Tomorrow this will be harder but today this is the easiest thing

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
I have the perfect James Joyce! On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu wrote: This is better: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#label/everything-list/141e79c24d12e062http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=634170 On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-23 Thread Stephen Lin
October 2013 12:29, Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu wrote: Whereever you go, there you are! On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:17 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: If anyone is still in doubt that Mr Lin is trolling, try googling Tomorrow this will be harder but today this is the easiest thing

The Panopticon: QM and Relativity

2013-10-17 Thread Stephen Lin
A quote I got somewhere: Understanding that the world is a Panopticon is the easy part; the hard part is figuring out whether you're on the inside looking out or the outside looking in. Anyone have any thoughts? :) Personally, I find it interesting that quantum physics allows _either_

Re: The Panopticon: QM and Relativity

2013-10-17 Thread Stephen Lin
Oops, I meant plausibly no one watching :) I don't know how I slipped that one up! On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 2:46 AM, Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu wrote: A quote I got somewhere: Understanding that the world is a Panopticon is the easy part; the hard part is figuring out whether you're

Fwd:

2013-10-02 Thread Stephen Lin
Huh? -- Forwarded message -- In the place where souls meet, we came together and conspired to create the forces which separate us all in service of the greater union. The inevitable lightness of being arises naturally from the requirement that the essence of conceptual thinking

Re: Why do particles decay randomly?

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Lin
Tomorrow this will be harder but today this is the easiest thing in the world. Bill Murray? Andie MacDowell? Yes I said yes I will Yes. Stream of consciousness? Yes, already, after the ghosts in the shells it's not that easy to be a turtle who's green? Red/green color vision. Cogito ergo sum.

Re: 14 billion years ago there was a huge explosion

2012-11-16 Thread Stephen Lin
Reminds me of something I heard once The best joke in the universe is that science will win every battle but religion won the war before it even began. On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: On 11/15/2012 7:42 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 11/15/2012 5:07 PM,

I found the Kingdom of the Blind

2011-12-10 Thread Stephen Lin
In reference to my previous post. Just google for hoenikker straight dope! Maybe hoenikker reddit too! Sorry guys, it'll be better next time. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to

More on the Kingdom of the Blind

2011-12-10 Thread Stephen Lin
https://twitter.com/#!/HoenikkerLin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: More on the Kingdom of the Blind

2011-12-10 Thread Stephen Lin
, and Bach ;-) Does anyone else here enjoy salvia? I just lied, I never use the stuff: it destroys your brain. Just stay high on life ;-) On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu wrote: https://twitter.com/#!/HoenikkerLin -- You received this message because you

Re: More on the Kingdom of the Blind

2011-12-10 Thread Stephen Lin
meticulously-crafted and consciousness singularity. Come on, you can get it, I promise! Just start from the end and go forward. Then do the same thing reversing itself in reverse. You'll get it ;-) On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu wrote: Sorry, it was too

Fwd: Lack of L/M cone selectivity and the inverted qualia problem

2011-12-10 Thread Stephen Lin
Ooops -- Forwarded message -- From: Stephen Lin sw...@post.harvard.edu Date: Tue, May 31, 2011 at 3:59 PM Subject: Lack of L/M cone selectivity and the inverted qualia problem To: d...@u.washington.edu Dear Dr. Dacey, I wanted to introduce myself: I'm a longtime fan of your

Re: Kingdom of the blind

2011-12-08 Thread Stephen Lin
How do you do that? Make everything a very flexible metaphor. So why don't we come up with stories about people who save the world in outlandish ways, thereby resolving all others of the responsibility to do the same. And make sure you tell everyone that, as long as you truly believe this

Re: Kingdom of the blind

2011-12-08 Thread Stephen Lin
I made a discussion thread about this on another forum by the way. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=634170 On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Kim Jones kimjo...@ozemail.com.au wrote: On 08/12/2011, at 4:10 PM, Stephen Lin wrote: A thought: What if you were the blind

Kingdom of the blind

2011-12-07 Thread Stephen Lin
and interesting games with each other in order to make life interesting? Anyway, I'm not sure how far any of you have followed me, but I hope as many of you can consider as many of the question I've asked. Thank you, Stephen Lin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Fwd: The final TOE?

2011-06-13 Thread Stephen Lin
Thank you for your reply! My response is interleaved below: On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 1:03 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: This is a commonplace.  So far as I know there are *no* physicists who think there are singularities in spacetime (and haven't been for a long time).  Everybody

Re: Mathematical closure of consciousness and computation

2011-06-06 Thread Stephen Lin
be the same person, except taking steps computing each other one step at a time. So you and I might be exactly the same person, under some appropriate coordinate transformation! Food for thought. Stephen Lin On Jun 6, 2:19 am, Felix Hoenikker fhoenikk...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone watched the movie