Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Dec 2013, at 21:17, meekerdb wrote: On 12/11/2013 1:13 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 10 Dec 2013, at 20:08, meekerdb wrote: On 12/10/2013 12:49 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 09 Dec 2013, at 23:28, meekerdb wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:06 PM, Jason Resch wrote: Bell's theorm proves that

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Dec 2013, at 18:58, John Clark wrote: On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Determinism is far from well established. It's a basic assumption in almost every scientific theory. In the most important theory in physics, Quantum Mechanics, no such

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Dec 2013, at 20:08, meekerdb wrote: On 12/10/2013 12:49 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 09 Dec 2013, at 23:28, meekerdb wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:06 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:57 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:44 AM, LizR wrote: On 9

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Dec 2013, at 02:23, LizR wrote: On 10 December 2013 09:06, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Bell's theorm proves that local hidden variables are impossible which leaves only two remaining explanations that explain the EPR paradox: 1. Non-local, faster-than-light, relativity

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-11 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:32 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/10/2013 10:47 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:19 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/10/2013 9:49 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:53 PM, meekerdb

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-11 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Determinism is far from well established. It's a basic assumption in almost every scientific theory. In the most important theory in physics, Quantum Mechanics, no such assumption is made, and despite a century

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-11 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:58 AM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Determinism is far from well established. It's a basic assumption in almost every scientific theory. In the most important theory in

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-11 Thread meekerdb
On 12/11/2013 1:13 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 10 Dec 2013, at 20:08, meekerdb wrote: On 12/10/2013 12:49 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 09 Dec 2013, at 23:28, meekerdb wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:06 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:57 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-11 Thread meekerdb
On 12/11/2013 2:07 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:32 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/10/2013 10:47 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:19 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-11 Thread meekerdb
On 12/11/2013 1:26 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 11 Dec 2013, at 02:23, LizR wrote: On 10 December 2013 09:06, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Bell's theorm proves that local hidden variables are impossible which leaves only two remaining

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-11 Thread LizR
On 11 December 2013 22:26, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 11 Dec 2013, at 02:23, LizR wrote: On 10 December 2013 09:06, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Bell's theorm proves that local hidden variables are impossible which leaves only two remaining explanations that

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-11 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:39 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/11/2013 2:07 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:32 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/10/2013 10:47 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:19 AM, meekerdb

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-10 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 09 Dec 2013, at 23:28, meekerdb wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:06 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:57 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:44 AM, LizR wrote: On 9 December 2013 20:56, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/8/2013 4:36 PM, LizR wrote:

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-10 Thread meekerdb
On 12/10/2013 12:49 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 09 Dec 2013, at 23:28, meekerdb wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:06 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:57 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:44 AM, LizR wrote: On 9 December

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-10 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:08 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/10/2013 12:49 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 09 Dec 2013, at 23:28, meekerdb wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:06 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:57 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-10 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/10 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net On 12/10/2013 12:49 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 09 Dec 2013, at 23:28, meekerdb wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:06 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:57 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:44 AM, LizR wrote: On

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-10 Thread meekerdb
On 12/10/2013 1:22 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: I think I was attempting to position myself between John and Jason - to say that determinism is reasonably well established, but only as a result of a long and winding process of experiment, conjecture and so on.

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-10 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 4:00 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/10/2013 1:22 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: I think I was attempting to position myself between John and Jason - to say that determinism is reasonably well established, but only as a result of a long and

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-10 Thread LizR
On 10 December 2013 09:06, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Bell's theorm proves that local hidden variables are impossible which leaves only two remaining explanations that explain the EPR paradox: 1. Non-local, faster-than-light, relativity violating effects 2. Measurements have

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-10 Thread meekerdb
On 12/10/2013 5:23 PM, LizR wrote: On 10 December 2013 09:06, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Bell's theorm proves that local hidden variables are impossible which leaves only two remaining explanations that explain the EPR paradox: 1.

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-10 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:53 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/10/2013 5:23 PM, LizR wrote: On 10 December 2013 09:06, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Bell's theorm proves that local hidden variables are impossible which leaves only two remaining explanations that

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-10 Thread meekerdb
On 12/10/2013 9:49 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:53 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/10/2013 5:23 PM, LizR wrote: On 10 December 2013 09:06, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-10 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:19 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/10/2013 9:49 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:53 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/10/2013 5:23 PM, LizR wrote: On 10 December 2013 09:06, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-10 Thread meekerdb
On 12/10/2013 10:47 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:19 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/10/2013 9:49 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:53 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-09 Thread LizR
On 9 December 2013 20:56, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/8/2013 4:36 PM, LizR wrote: On 9 December 2013 07:41, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.comwrote: Determinism is far from well established.

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 09 Dec 2013, at 09:44, LizR wrote: On 9 December 2013 20:56, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/8/2013 4:36 PM, LizR wrote: On 9 December 2013 07:41, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Determinism is

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-09 Thread meekerdb
On 12/9/2013 12:44 AM, LizR wrote: On 9 December 2013 20:56, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/8/2013 4:36 PM, LizR wrote: On 9 December 2013 07:41, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com mailto:johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 8, 2013

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-09 Thread meekerdb
On 12/9/2013 2:36 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 09 Dec 2013, at 09:44, LizR wrote: On 9 December 2013 20:56, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/8/2013 4:36 PM, LizR wrote: On 9 December 2013 07:41, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-09 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:57 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:44 AM, LizR wrote: On 9 December 2013 20:56, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/8/2013 4:36 PM, LizR wrote: On 9 December 2013 07:41, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 8,

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-09 Thread meekerdb
On 12/9/2013 12:06 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:57 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:44 AM, LizR wrote: On 9 December 2013 20:56, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-09 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:28 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:06 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:57 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:44 AM, LizR wrote: On 9 December 2013 20:56, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote:

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-09 Thread meekerdb
On 12/9/2013 5:31 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:28 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:06 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:57 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-09 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 10:33 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/9/2013 5:31 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:28 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/9/2013 12:06 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:57 PM, meekerdb

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-08 Thread LizR
On 8 December 2013 20:58, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/7/2013 9:34 PM, Jason Resch wrote: Everett's idea explains the appearance of collapse without supposing it, so it is more rightfully called a theory. It is also the only theory under which QM is compatible with the

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-08 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Dec 2013, at 20:08, meekerdb wrote: On 12/7/2013 1:06 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Describe an experience which gives sense to multiverses. The Young two slits. Only in some interpretations. In all interpretations of QM. You have to change drastically the QM theory to avoid the MW-

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-08 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Dec 2013, at 10:46, LizR wrote: On 8 December 2013 20:58, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/7/2013 9:34 PM, Jason Resch wrote: Everett's idea explains the appearance of collapse without supposing it, so it is more rightfully called a theory. It is also the only theory under

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-08 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 4:46 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: Surely Everett's interpretation makes quantum mechanics deterministic. Yes but if the world really isn't deterministic then turning quantum mechanics into something that was deterministic would be a point against Everett; and he

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-08 Thread Jason Resch
On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 1:58 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/7/2013 9:34 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:08 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/7/2013 1:06 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Describe an experience which gives sense to multiverses.

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-08 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Determinism is far from well established. It's a basic assumption in almost every scientific theory. In the most important theory in physics, Quantum Mechanics, no such assumption is made, and despite a century of

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-08 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Dec 2013, at 19:41, John Clark wrote: On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Determinism is far from well established. It's a basic assumption in almost every scientific theory. In the most important theory in physics, Quantum Mechanics, no such

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-08 Thread LizR
On 9 December 2013 07:41, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Determinism is far from well established. It's a basic assumption in almost every scientific theory. In the most important theory in physics,

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-08 Thread meekerdb
On 12/8/2013 4:36 PM, LizR wrote: On 9 December 2013 07:41, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com mailto:johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Determinism is far from well established.

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 20:27, meekerdb wrote: On 12/6/2013 12:45 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:57, meekerdb wrote: On 12/5/2013 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: In measure theory ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(mathematics) ) just because there are an infinite number

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 20:33, Jason Resch wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:57, meekerdb wrote: On 12/5/2013 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: In measure theory ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(mathematics) ) just

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 20:35, Jason Resch wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:10 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 December 2013 21:52, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 20:05, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread Jason Resch
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 06 Dec 2013, at 20:35, Jason Resch wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:10 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 December 2013 21:52, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 20:05, Jason Resch

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread meekerdb
On 12/7/2013 1:06 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Describe an experience which gives sense to multiverses. The Young two slits. Only in some interpretations. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Dec 2013, at 18:17, Jason Resch wrote: On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 06 Dec 2013, at 20:35, Jason Resch wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:10 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 December 2013 21:52, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread Jason Resch
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:08 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/7/2013 1:06 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Describe an experience which gives sense to multiverses. The Young two slits. Only in some interpretations. Everett's idea explains the appearance of collapse without

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-07 Thread meekerdb
On 12/7/2013 9:34 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:08 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/7/2013 1:06 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Describe an experience which gives sense to multiverses. The Young two slits. Only in

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:50, meekerdb wrote: On 12/5/2013 1:41 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: But what has happened is that science has taken away more and more of their domain, It was in the domain at the start. Science is only a lamp, not a truth. It is a way to look at any domain. And the

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:52, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:40 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/5/2013 12:53 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:57, meekerdb wrote: On 12/5/2013 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: In measure theory ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(mathematics) ) just because there are an infinite number does not mean they are equal. Your measure each time you pull the trigger in the quantum

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Dec 2013, at 20:05, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 17:20, Jason Resch wrote: So if you were to spend a day in the box with Schrodinger's cat (each hour having a 50% chance of poisoning you), what

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-06 Thread LizR
On 6 December 2013 21:45, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:57, meekerdb wrote: On 12/5/2013 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: In measure theory ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(mathematics) ) just because there are an infinite number does not mean they are

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-06 Thread LizR
On 6 December 2013 21:52, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 20:05, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 17:20, Jason Resch wrote: So if you were to spend a day in the box with

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-06 Thread LizR
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: The way I have for a time looked at is, is there are X instances that explain your current experience. Some may be ordinary while others might be, say a dream. If in your experience, you encounter something you are

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 11:07, LizR wrote: On 6 December 2013 21:45, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:57, meekerdb wrote: On 12/5/2013 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: In measure theory ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(mathematics) ) just because there are an

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Dec 2013, at 11:10, LizR wrote: On 6 December 2013 21:52, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 20:05, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 17:20, Jason Resch wrote: So if you were to

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-06 Thread meekerdb
On 12/6/2013 12:45 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:57, meekerdb wrote: On 12/5/2013 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: In measure theory ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(mathematics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_%28mathematics%29 ) just because there are an infinite

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-06 Thread Jason Resch
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 19:57, meekerdb wrote: On 12/5/2013 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: In measure theory ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(mathematics) ) just because there are an infinite number does not mean

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-06 Thread Jason Resch
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:10 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 December 2013 21:52, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 20:05, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 17:20, Jason Resch

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: Measure is relative, Yes, so your current measure of next finding yourself in a Drelb

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, Dec 4, 2013 5:32 am Subject: Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment On 03 Dec 2013, at 22:45, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: You can believe in God in the same sense that we can believe in super intelligent extraterrestrials. A.C. Clarke, and Skeptic magazine

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: Measure is relative, Yes, so your current

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 04 Dec 2013, at 21:41, meekerdb wrote: On 12/4/2013 1:38 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 03 Dec 2013, at 21:53, meekerdb wrote: On 12/3/2013 10:09 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 02 Dec 2013, at 19:11, meekerdb wrote: On 12/2/2013 1:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: wants to be worshiped, judges

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 04 Dec 2013, at 11:39, Alberto G. Corona wrote: You talk like if I was believing in comp, or defending that comp is true. I don't do that at all. So you think that your belief in COMP is product of a computation, At many levels. yes. if comp is assumed, that belief is generated by

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Dec 2013, at 08:03, LizR wrote: On 5 December 2013 19:59, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: Measure is relative, it doesn't drop while you approach death. Probabilities add up to one... And by no cul de dac you should not count where you 're dead. In fact you don't approach

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Dec 2013, at 09:53, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: Measure is relative, Yes, so your

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread LizR
On 5 December 2013 20:58, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 LizR lizj...@gmail.com Well all the possibilities ever experienced by an human beings anywhere in the multiverse add up to a vanishingly small measure compared to all the parts of the multiverse where we didn't

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/5 LizR lizj...@gmail.com On 5 December 2013 20:58, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 LizR lizj...@gmail.com Well all the possibilities ever experienced by an human beings anywhere in the multiverse add up to a vanishingly small measure compared to all the parts of

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:25 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Quentin

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:15 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 09:53, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Quentin Anciaux

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 LizR lizj...@gmail.com On 5 December 2013 20:58, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 LizR lizj...@gmail.com Well all the possibilities ever experienced by an human beings anywhere in the

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:25 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:25 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Quentin

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:15 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 09:53, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:15 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 09:53, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Quentin

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:25 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:15 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 09:53, Jason Resch wrote:

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:25 AM, Quentin

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Dec 2013, at 17:09, Jason Resch wrote: Everett said there is a non-denumerable number of copies, can you not apply relative measure to these? Really? Only in the case of classical QM, but did he pretend that to be really the case? He would favor string theory on any literal

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Quentin

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 17:09, Jason Resch wrote: Everett said there is a non-denumerable number of copies, can you not apply relative measure to these? Really? Only in the case of classical QM, but did he pretend that

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Quentin

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Dec 2013, at 17:20, Jason Resch wrote: So if you were to spend a day in the box with Schrodinger's cat (each hour having a 50% chance of poisoning you), what would you predict experience to be at the end of that day? I like to answer this by this: At the end of the day I feel well

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread meekerdb
On 12/5/2013 12:53 AM, Jason Resch wrote: Relative to what? Does not one's measure of being alive drop in half with each trigger pull, Wanna borrow my gun? It's a lot more reliable than that. :-) Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread meekerdb
On 12/5/2013 12:53 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com mailto:allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Quentin Anciaux

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:40 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/5/2013 12:53 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Quentin Anciaux

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Dec 2013, at 17:13, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/12/5 Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:25 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread meekerdb
On 12/5/2013 1:41 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: But what has happened is that science has taken away more and more of their domain, It was in the domain at the start. Science is only a lamp, not a truth. It is a way to look at any domain. And the way science looks at a domain is to make models

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread meekerdb
On 12/5/2013 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: In measure theory ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(mathematics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_%28mathematics%29 ) just because there are an infinite number does not mean they are equal. Your measure each time you pull the trigger in the

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Dec 2013, at 17:20, Jason Resch wrote: So if you were to spend a day in the box with Schrodinger's cat (each hour having a 50% chance of poisoning you), what would you predict experience to be at the end of that

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread meekerdb
On 12/5/2013 8:07 AM, Jason Resch wrote: How did you get to our current state to begin with? If we keep following it backwards it seems it leads to some primordial conscious state from which any future state might emerge. If the branch in which your are shot by the quantum gun kills you,

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread meekerdb
On 12/5/2013 8:09 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: No, because there is no absolute measure to decrease to begin with. The thing is, doing dangerous thing *increase* likeliness to experience being crippled, that's what is more likely. So what was your measure before you were born? Brent -- You

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread meekerdb
On 12/5/2013 11:05 AM, Jason Resch wrote: The way I have for a time looked at is, is there are X instances that explain your current experience. Some may be ordinary while others might be, say a dream. If in your experience, you encounter something you are unlikely to survive ordinarily,

Re: Atheism is wish fulfillment

2013-12-05 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/5 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net On 12/5/2013 8:09 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: No, because there is no absolute measure to decrease to begin with. The thing is, doing dangerous thing *increase* likeliness to experience being crippled, that's what is more likely. So what was your

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