Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 Dec 2013, at 18:08, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:42 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: It is clear that you don't take the first person experiences into account The not a ?? For the third time please say how many first person experiences exist on planet

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 Dec 2013, at 18:29, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Bruno: The question is: is it enough correct so that you would please us in answering step 4. If not: what is incorrect. John Clark: (No answer, deleted the question) I

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 Dec 2013, at 21:02, Richard Ruquist wrote: I do not believe in #1 due to the no cloning theorem. We don't assume QM. If comp produces QM it must also produce the no cloning theorem. The non-cloning theorem should be obvious, given that any piece of observable matter needs the

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 Dec 2013, at 21:36, John Mikes wrote: Here is my tuppence about the hoax-game of the fantasy-play 'teleportation': It is theoretical reasoning in the frame of an hypothesis making such theorizing meaningful, unless you believe that comp is false. But then you might have to argue

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 Dec 2013, at 22:26, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Teleportation is survivable Yes. 2.Teleportation with a time delay is survivable, and the time delay is imperceptible to the person teleported Obviously. 3.

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 Dec 2013, at 22:46, Jason Resch wrote: 8. There is no need to build the computer in step 7, since the executions of all programs exist within the relations between large numbers. That would only be true if everything that could exist does exist, and maybe that's the way things

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread meekerdb
On 12/20/2013 1:07 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: The non-cloning theorem should be obvious, given that any piece of observable matter needs the entire UD* to get describe exactly, given that the appearance of matter is only the result of the FPI on all computations (an infinite object). That

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Do you agree that after turning this computer on, and letting it run for a long enough time (eternity let's say), there is a 100% chance John Clark will eventually find himself in this computer Yes, in fact it may have already

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Stephen Paul King
Dear Bruno, Could it be that the physical world that is associated with an observer (using your definition of an observer) is the truth of that observer? I apologize for the weirdness of this question, but consider that nothing is more true than the 1st person experience that an observer has.

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi Brent, On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:34 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/20/2013 1:07 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: The non-cloning theorem should be obvious, given that any piece of observable matter needs the entire UD* to get describe exactly, given that the appearance of

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread meekerdb
On 12/20/2013 10:50 AM, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Do you agree that after turning this computer on, and letting it run for a long enough time (eternity let's say), there is a 100% chance John Clark

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread meekerdb
On 12/20/2013 11:18 AM, Stephen Paul King wrote: Hi Brent, On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:34 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/20/2013 1:07 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: The non-cloning theorem should be obvious, given that any piece of observable

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi Brent, I know the difference. I am asking why? What if there is a UD related process underlying the symmetry? On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:38 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/20/2013 11:18 AM, Stephen Paul King wrote: Hi Brent, On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:34 PM, meekerdb

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 5:33 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: The non-cloning theorem disallows 3)-5) at the level of the quantum state. It's not so clear though how that is related to consciousness and identity. I disagree, I think it is very clear. If things need to be that

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread meekerdb
Dunno. If the UDA can show that the world must be made of indistinguishable particles and they must obey either Bose-Einstein or Fermi-Dirac statistics, but not Maxwell-Boltzman that would be fairly impressive. Brent On 12/20/2013 11:41 AM, Stephen Paul King wrote: Hi Brent, I know the

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread meekerdb
On 12/20/2013 11:47 AM, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 5:33 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: The non-cloning theorem disallows 3)-5) at the level of the quantum state. It's not so clear though how that is related to consciousness and

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:58 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: How many first person experiences viewed from their first person points of view does Bruno Marchal believe exists on planet Earth right now? The question is ambiguous. I provided all the information needed to be

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 4:30 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: and following duplication there is a 50% chance of finding oneself at the intended destination JOHN CLARK HATES PRONOUNS! Following duplication there is a 100% chance Jason Resch will be at the intended destination.

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi John, Questions On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:47 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 5:33 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: The non-cloning theorem disallows 3)-5) at the level of the quantum state. It's not so clear though how that is related to

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread meekerdb
On 12/20/2013 1:10 PM, Stephen Paul King wrote: Hi John, Questions On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:47 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com mailto:johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 5:33 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: The

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Stephen Paul King
No no. If the mind is classical then Nature would not bother making many different version of the same software, no? I worry that we are treating the mind and consciousness as a thing, as if we could hold it in our hands, when we try to make sense of it. THis may be a mistake... On Fri, Dec

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread meekerdb
On 12/20/2013 1:30 PM, Stephen Paul King wrote: No no. If the mind is classical then Nature would not bother making many different version of the same software, no? I worry that we are treating the mind and consciousness as a thing, as if we could hold it in our hands, when we try to make

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Stephen Paul King
Numbers are no less immaterial... On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 4:43 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/20/2013 1:30 PM, Stephen Paul King wrote: No no. If the mind is classical then Nature would not bother making many different version of the same software, no? I worry that we are

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread meekerdb
Can you clone the number 2? Is it classical or quantum? Brent On 12/20/2013 2:38 PM, Stephen Paul King wrote: Numbers are no less immaterial... On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 4:43 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/20/2013 1:30 PM, Stephen Paul King

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Stephen Paul King
Its Immaterial! your question has a bad premise! On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 5:43 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: Can you clone the number 2? Is it classical or quantum? Brent On 12/20/2013 2:38 PM, Stephen Paul King wrote: Numbers are no less immaterial... On Fri, Dec 20,

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread LizR
On 21 December 2013 08:12, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: Dear Jason, I think it was you that wrote (to me): I was not defending that view, but pointing out how ridiculous it would be to suppose mathematical truth does not exist before it is found by someone somewhere.

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread John Mikes
Jason, you 'assume' a lot what I don't. I learned those figments in college and applied in my conventional research - now reduced in my credibility (agnosticism) for phizix and its 'laws' - (in spite of the practical results which I use happily in my life-practice) - as - some *explanatory

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Stephen Paul King
Dear LizR, Is math in our heads or is it somehow out there. If it is out there how does it connect to what is in our heads? If it is all in our heads, what does that say about Arithmetic Realism? I am trying to get back to some basic concepts... On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 6:28 PM, LizR

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread meekerdb
On 12/20/2013 3:28 PM, LizR wrote: On 21 December 2013 08:12, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.com mailto:stephe...@provensecure.com wrote: Dear Jason, I think it was you that wrote (to me): I was not defending that view, but pointing out how ridiculous it would be to

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread Stephen Paul King
The inverse square law is true in Platonia. In the real world it's just a very good approximation. How do you know this is true? On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 7:19 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/20/2013 3:28 PM, LizR wrote: On 21 December 2013 08:12, Stephen Paul King

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-20 Thread meekerdb
On 12/20/2013 3:42 PM, John Mikes wrote: Jason, you 'assume' a lot what I don't. I learned those figments in college and applied in my conventional research - now reduced in my credibility (agnosticism) for phizix and its 'laws' - (in spite of the practical results which I use happily in my

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 Dec 2013, at 18:59, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: You are the one not taking into account the 1p and 3p distinction, For several years now Bruno Marchal has accused John Clark of that, but John Clark would maintain

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 Dec 2013, at 21:29, LizR wrote: On 19 December 2013 08:05, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: For someone who demands to be quoted in full, you sure cherry-picked pieces from Bruno's e-mail. How telling it is that you erased the following questions: Bruno: The question is: is

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-19 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:42 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: It is clear that you don't take the first person experiences into account The not a ?? For the third time please say how many first person experiences exist on planet Earth right now Locally, 7 billions of

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-19 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Bruno: The question is: is it enough correct so that you would please us in answering step 4. If not: what is incorrect. John Clark: (No answer, deleted the question) I have not read step 4, however if it is built on

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-19 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 11:29 AM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Bruno: The question is: is it enough correct so that you would please us in answering step 4. If not: what is incorrect. John Clark: (No answer,

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-19 Thread Richard Ruquist
I do not believe in #1 due to the no cloning theorem. If comp produces QM it must also produce the no cloning theorem. Richard On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 11:29 AM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 18,

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-19 Thread John Mikes
Here is my tuppence about the *hoax-game* of the *fantasy-play*'teleportation': It is what I said, never substantiated and placed into circumstances never substantiated or verified even within our imaginary physical(?) explanations. Wana play? be my guest. In a 'transportation' (cf:

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-19 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 2:36 PM, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: Here is my tuppence about the *hoax-game* of the *fantasy-play*'teleportation': It is what I said, never substantiated and placed into circumstances never substantiated or verified even within our imaginary physical(?)

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-19 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi Roger, No, QM allows teleportation so 1) and 2) are already shown (in the case of atoms) to be possible. What QM disallows is 3) - 5), which makes the rest of the steps subject to debate. I wish that Bruno could run his UD argument without any discussion of teleportation. As I see things,

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-19 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Teleportation is survivable Yes. 2.Teleportation with a time delay is survivable, and the time delay is imperceptible to the person teleported Obviously. 3. Duplication (teleportation to two locations: one

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-19 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 3:26 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Teleportation is survivable Yes. 2.Teleportation with a time delay is survivable, and the time delay is imperceptible to the person

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-19 Thread meekerdb
On 12/19/2013 1:06 PM, Stephen Paul King wrote: Hi Roger, No, QM allows teleportation so 1) and 2) are already shown (in the case of atoms) to be possible. What QM disallows is 3) - 5), which makes the rest of the steps subject to debate. The non-cloning theorem disallows 3)-5) at the

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2013, at 15:37, Stephen Paul King wrote: Hi Jason, On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.com wrote: Truth. Truth =/= Proof. Ummm, as I see things: Proof =

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2013, at 19:32, meekerdb wrote: On 12/17/2013 1:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 16 Dec 2013, at 22:14, meekerdb wrote: On 12/16/2013 12:40 PM, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 08:06, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: JKC makes a big point of the complete separation of quantum

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2013, at 19:43, meekerdb wrote: On 12/17/2013 1:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Dec 2013, at 00:58, meekerdb wrote: On 12/16/2013 2:05 PM, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 10:43, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: Is that another way of saying you don't think Arithmetical

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2013, at 19:55, meekerdb wrote: On 12/17/2013 1:51 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 17 Dec 2013, at 02:03, meekerdb wrote: On 12/16/2013 4:41 PM, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 13:07, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: In a sense, one can be more certain about arithmetical

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 Dec 2013, at 00:30, meekerdb wrote: On 12/17/2013 11:39 AM, LizR wrote: On 18 December 2013 07:32, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: But I don't have to believe true=exists. It seems to me this parallels your comment that the difference between maths and matter is that we can

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Acording to Bruno Marchal's terminology you will see only one city and one city only; and you will see both Washington and Moscow; therefore Bruno Marchal's terminology is inconsistent in the one pee, two pee, three

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/18 John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Acording to Bruno Marchal's terminology you will see only one city and one city only; and you will see both Washington and Moscow; therefore Bruno Marchal's terminology is

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 Dec 2013, at 01:13, meekerdb wrote: On 12/17/2013 4:09 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 3:55 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I'll favor it as soon as it provides some surprising but empirically true predictions - the same standard as for every other

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 Dec 2013, at 16:32, John Clark wrote: It's Bruno Marchal not John Clark who throws around personal pronouns like confetti in philosophical discussions about personal identity. You are the one not taking into account the 1p and 3p distinction, and when you do, concludes trivial,

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: You are the one not taking into account the 1p and 3p distinction, For several years now Bruno Marchal has accused John Clark of that, but John Clark would maintain that there is not a single person on the face of the

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Jason Resch
For someone who demands to be quoted in full, you sure cherry-picked pieces from Bruno's e-mail. How telling it is that you erased the following questions: Bruno: The question is: is it enough correct so that you would please us in answering step 4. If not: what is incorrect. John Clark: (No

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread LizR
On 19 December 2013 08:05, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: For someone who demands to be quoted in full, you sure cherry-picked pieces from Bruno's e-mail. How telling it is that you erased the following questions: Bruno: The question is: is it enough correct so that you would

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi LizR, I would like to say that as a philosopher I have one problem with Bruno's assumptions: There is no explanation for how any form of change and interaction obtains. This is the main problem that I have with Plato's theory of Forms, and since Bruno's seems to be using a concept

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread LizR
On 19 December 2013 09:57, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: Hi LizR, I would like to say that as a philosopher I have one problem with Bruno's assumptions: There is no explanation for how any form of change and interaction obtains. This is the main problem that I have

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Stephen Paul King
No, LizR. I reject the Laplacean vision that is used to interpret the mathematical theories. SR, GR and QM, as mathematical models, are immune from my critique. Newtonian mechanics, while a useful tool to use to build bridges and rockets, is problematic as it implies the Laplacean vision of the

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread LizR
On 19 December 2013 10:11, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: No, LizR. I reject the Laplacean vision that is used to interpret the mathematical theories. SR, GR and QM, as mathematical models, are immune from my critique. Newtonian mechanics, while a useful tool to use to

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi LizR, On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 4:28 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 December 2013 10:11, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: No, LizR. I reject the Laplacean vision that is used to interpret the mathematical theories. SR, GR and QM, as mathematical models, are

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread LizR
On 19 December 2013 10:45, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: Hi LizR, On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 4:28 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 December 2013 10:11, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: No, LizR. I reject the Laplacean vision that is used to

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread meekerdb
On 12/18/2013 1:05 PM, LizR wrote: On 19 December 2013 09:57, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.com mailto:stephe...@provensecure.com wrote: Hi LizR, I would like to say that as a philosopher I have one problem with Bruno's assumptions: There is no explanation for how

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi LizR, On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 5:31 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 December 2013 10:45, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: Hi LizR, On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 4:28 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 December 2013 10:11, Stephen Paul King

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Stephen Paul King
Kevin Knuth's talk: http://pirsa.org/10050054/ On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.com wrote: Hi LizR, On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 5:31 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 December 2013 10:45, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: Hi

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread LizR
On 19 December 2013 12:13, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/18/2013 1:05 PM, LizR wrote: On 19 December 2013 09:57, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: Hi LizR, I would like to say that as a philosopher I have one problem with Bruno's assumptions: There

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread meekerdb
On 12/18/2013 3:16 PM, Stephen Paul King wrote: My point is not about any kind of specialness, *the same condition follows for any frame that is consistent with the math*. There is no such thing, mathematically, as a view from nowhere or, equivalently, for a god's eye point of view. God is

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Stephen Paul King
Calling a sequential ordering of events time does not make a sequence of events spring into being. It may in our heads but the physical world doesn't work that way... Time would emerge right along with space from interactions between events. We do not need to specify the space and time before

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread LizR
On 19 December 2013 12:16, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: What else is a mathematical theory, such as SR, GR and QM, for but to ...perform a particular calculation? This is the problem, we figure out ways to make ourselves believe that we can know all that there is to

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread meekerdb
On 12/18/2013 3:51 PM, Stephen Paul King wrote: Calling a sequential ordering of events time does not make a sequence of events spring into being. ?? Calling a large grey pachyderm an elephant does not make a large grey pachyderm spring into being either - but on the other hand it was already

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread LizR
On 19 December 2013 12:51, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: Calling a sequential ordering of events time does not make a sequence of events spring into being. It may in our heads but the physical world doesn't work that way... Time would emerge right along with space from

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.com wrote: No, LizR. I reject the Laplacean vision that is used to interpret the mathematical theories. SR, GR and QM, as mathematical models, are immune from my critique. Special Relativity leaves no room for this,

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Stephen Paul King
Ever attempt to do a particular calculation with an actual infinite dimensional Hilbert space? Why not? Sure, you can mod out (using symmetries and other tricks) all of the infinite dimensions except some finite subset, but that is the act that introduces the bias that I am pointing at! The

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread LizR
On 19 December 2013 13:24, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Consider this: If there were two present moments one day apart, that moved along in parallel, would you have any way of knowing? Then what if there were a million co-moving presents? Then what if all present moment's

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Stephen Paul King
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 6:55 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 December 2013 12:16, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: What else is a mathematical theory, such as SR, GR and QM, for but to ...perform a particular calculation? This is the problem, we figure out ways

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread meekerdb
On 12/18/2013 4:27 PM, Stephen Paul King wrote: Ever attempt to do a particular calculation with an actual infinite dimensional Hilbert space? Sure. Why not? Sure, you can mod out (using symmetries and other tricks) all of the infinite dimensions except some finite subset, You can

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread LizR
On 19 December 2013 13:35, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 6:55 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 December 2013 12:16, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.comwrote: What else is a mathematical theory, such as SR, GR and QM, for but

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-18 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi Brent, On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 8:01 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/18/2013 4:27 PM, Stephen Paul King wrote: Ever attempt to do a particular calculation with an actual infinite dimensional Hilbert space? Sure. Why not? Sure, you can mod out (using symmetries

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Dec 2013, at 19:30, John Clark wrote: On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 3:53 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: As I said you confuse indeterminacy (the general vague concept) with the many different sort of indeterminacy: 1) by ignorance on initial conditions (example: the coin), that is

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Dec 2013, at 19:40, John Clark wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 3:37 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: to judge the quality of the prediction about which cities the Helsinki Man will see, you've got to hear what the Washington Man has to say too if you want to know if the

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Dec 2013, at 20:06, meekerdb wrote: On 12/16/2013 12:37 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 15 Dec 2013, at 17:04, John Clark wrote: On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 4:04 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: you know in Helsinki that you will survive and feel to be in only one city with

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Dec 2013, at 22:14, meekerdb wrote: On 12/16/2013 12:40 PM, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 08:06, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: JKC makes a big point of the complete separation of quantum worlds, although Everett didn't write about multiple worlds. Everett only considered

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2013, at 00:58, meekerdb wrote: On 12/16/2013 2:05 PM, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 10:43, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: Is that another way of saying you don't think Arithmetical Realism is correct? (Which is fair enough, of course, it is a

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2013, at 01:07, meekerdb wrote: On 12/16/2013 2:27 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 3:14 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/16/2013 12:40 PM, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 08:06, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: JKC makes a big point of the

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2013, at 02:03, meekerdb wrote: On 12/16/2013 4:41 PM, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 13:07, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: In a sense, one can be more certain about arithmetical reality than the physical reality. An evil demon could be responsible for our belief in

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2013, at 03:29, Stephen Paul King wrote: Hi Liz My $.0001. On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:23 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 17 December 2013 14:03, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/16/2013 4:41 PM, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 13:07, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2013, at 06:17, meekerdb wrote: On 12/16/2013 6:31 PM, LizR wrote: Are you saying 17 may evolve to no longer be prime? :) Actually it did. It became a real and infinitely divisible. You forget the smiley :) Bruno Brent -- You received this message because you are

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2013, at 07:16, Stephen Paul King wrote: Hi Jason, On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.com wrote: Yes, but why are you being anthropocentric? I thought that was

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2013, at 06:50, Stephen Paul King wrote: I do not assume that computations can occur if there are no physical means to implement them. My imagination that s 270 digit string is prime is not equivalent to actually doing the computation that tests for primeness. Are you OK that

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2013, at 07:01, meekerdb wrote: On 12/16/2013 9:49 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:45 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/16/2013 8:52 PM, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 16:22, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.com wrote: Dear LizR,

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2013, at 07:06, meekerdb wrote: On 12/16/2013 10:02 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.com wrote: Yes, but why are you being anthropocentric? I thought that was your position, or at least (observer-centric), in

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Dec 2013, at 22:30, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 10:14, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/16/2013 12:40 PM, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 08:06, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: JKC makes a big point of the complete separation of quantum worlds, although Everett

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi Jason, On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.com wrote: Hi Jason, On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:49 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/16/2013 10:13 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:06 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/16/2013 10:02 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Stephen Paul King

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:13 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 17 December 2013 17:58, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.com wrote: An observer in such a univer could never count to 17... Did you know

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Jason Resch
Richard, Interesting, is that correlated to the number of Planck volumes per cc, or the Planck area of a sphere containing 1 cc or something else? How was that number determined? Jason On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:49 AM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Jason, String theory predicts

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread Richard Ruquist
Jason, According to Harvard Professor Yau, each Calabi-Yau compact manifold is 1000 Planck lengths in diameter. from his book The Shape of Inner Space. To get 10^90 I assumed very close packing.. The number of Planck volumes in a cc is about 10^100, in round numbers. Richard On Tue, Dec 17,

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread meekerdb
On 12/16/2013 11:44 PM, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 20:34, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/16/2013 11:26 PM, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 19:01, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I know. I was

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread LizR
I have 10 digits and 2^10 = 1024, so I can make any binary number from 0 to 1023 using my fingers, if I can either raise or lower each one independantly (which is quite hard in practice). Of course using my toes as well, I could count to over a million. On 18 December 2013 05:08, Jason Resch

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Stephen Paul King stephe...@provensecure.com wrote: Are you saying 17 may evolve to no longer be prime? Yes! Consider a universe with only 16 objects in it. OK there are only 16 objects in the universe, but those 16 objects can be arranged into 2^16

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-17 Thread meekerdb
On 12/17/2013 1:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 16 Dec 2013, at 22:14, meekerdb wrote: On 12/16/2013 12:40 PM, LizR wrote: On 17 December 2013 08:06, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: JKC makes a big point of the complete separation of quantum worlds,

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