Re: more firewalls

2012-10-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Oct 2012, at 17:39, Richard Ruquist wrote: Bruno: BEC are Turing emulable, so you can't get substance dualism, Richard: Please explain why not. It is the object of the UD Argument. If there is a level where my body/ brain (whatever it is) is Turing emulable, then the physical reality

Re: more firewalls

2012-10-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
Bruno, Well if you do not need any substances at all, that includes electrons, protons, neutrons, neutrinos, dark matter and energy as well as particles of the mind. So if any of these so-called substances have any existence at all, then I bet that they all do, which is all I need for my

Re: more firewalls

2012-10-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Richard, On 12 Oct 2012, at 13:26, Richard Ruquist wrote: Bruno, Well if you do not need any substances at all, that includes electrons, protons, neutrons, neutrinos, dark matter and energy as well as particles of the mind. So if any of these so-called substances have any existence at all,

Re: more firewalls

2012-10-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
Wiki: In philosophy of mind, dualism is the assumption that mental phenomena are, in some respects, non-physical,[1] or that the mind and body are not identical.[2] Thus, it encompasses a set of views about the relationship between mind and matter, and is contrasted with other positions, such as

Re: more firewalls

2012-10-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 Oct 2012, at 16:30, Richard Ruquist wrote: Wiki: In philosophy of mind, dualism is the assumption that mental phenomena are, in some respects, non-physical,[1] or that the mind and body are not identical.[2] Thus, it encompasses a set of views about the relationship between mind and

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-12 Thread Roger Clough
content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-12, 11:55:31 Subject: Re: more firewalls On 12 Oct 2012, at 16:30, Richard Ruquist wrote: Wiki: In philosophy of mind, dualism is the assumption that mental phenomena are, in some respects, non-physical,[1

Re: more firewalls

2012-10-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
My opinion for what that is worth is that arithmetical dreams describe what happens in heaven where whatever we think becomes reality and if enough of us think the same thing it becomes a video game we can play together. My opinion is that inanimate physical things are more concrete even if

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-11 Thread Richard Ruquist
Enough On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 9:37:33 PM UTC-4, yanniru wrote: The why is that your conception of space is unscientific. You sound like a New Ager. Why do you think that my conception of space is

Re: more firewalls

2012-10-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Oct 2012, at 18:47, Richard Ruquist wrote: Craig, I claim that a connection is needed in substance dualism between the substance of the mind and the substance of the brain. That is, if consciousness resides in a BEC in the brain and also in the mind, then the two can become entangled

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-10 Thread Roger Clough
: 2012-10-09, 08:25:10 Subject: Re: more firewalls Hi Roger, What makes you think that what you claim is true? Richard On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist Nature has put a firewall between subjective entities such as monads and objective entities

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-10 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Richard Ruquist Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 10/10/2012 Forever is a long time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Richard Ruquist Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-09, 08:25:10 Subject: Re: more firewalls Hi Roger, What

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-10 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 8:51:50 AM UTC-4, yanniru wrote: Roger, To say that a connection is based on logic is a category error. More specifically, I conjecture that the connection in the brain between the physical brain and the (computational?) mind/monads is based on BEC

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-10 Thread Richard Ruquist
Craig, I claim that a connection is needed in substance dualism between the substance of the mind and the substance of the brain. That is, if consciousness resides in a BEC in the brain and also in the mind, then the two can become entangled and essentially be copies of each other. So the BEC

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-10 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 12:47:47 PM UTC-4, yanniru wrote: Craig, I claim that a connection is needed in substance dualism between the substance of the mind and the substance of the brain. That is, if consciousness resides in a BEC in the brain and also in the mind, then the two

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-10 Thread Richard Ruquist
Craig, The experiencers are the monads and the physical neurons.. I conjure experiencers because I have experiences. But it appears that two kinds of experiencers are necessary. The BEC just connects them. I do not care what you call that. Names are not important. Richard On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-10 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:32:40 PM UTC-4, yanniru wrote: Craig, The experiencers are the monads and the physical neurons.. I conjure experiencers because I have experiences. But it appears that two kinds of experiencers are necessary. The BEC just connects them. I do not care

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-10 Thread Richard Ruquist
Craig, Neurons are made in accordance with physical laws. You are confusing string theory with comp which apparently makes everything. String theory monads are made in the big bang by having the excess dimensions of the space of string theory curl up into 1000 planck diameter particles that

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-10 Thread Richard Ruquist
I disagree with everything you suggest. On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:52:30 PM UTC-4, yanniru wrote: Craig, Neurons are made in accordance with physical laws. You are confusing string theory with comp which

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-10 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:46:17 PM UTC-4, yanniru wrote: I disagree with everything you suggest. You are welcome to disagree, but without knowing why, I can only assume that you don't really have an argument against my view. The bottom line is that without some theory which gets us

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-10 Thread Richard Ruquist
The why is that your conception of space is unscientific. You sound like a New Ager. On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:46:17 PM UTC-4, yanniru wrote: I disagree with everything you suggest. You are welcome to

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-10 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 9:37:33 PM UTC-4, yanniru wrote: The why is that your conception of space is unscientific. You sound like a New Ager. Why do you think that my conception of space is unscientific? Saying I sound like a New Ager makes you sound unscientific. On Wed, Oct

Re: Re: more firewalls

2012-10-10 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 9:37:33 PM UTC-4, yanniru wrote: The why is that your conception of space is unscientific. You sound like a New Ager. Also, not to pick a fight or to diminish the work that you are doing (which I respect), but your conception of space is:

Re: more firewalls

2012-10-09 Thread Richard Ruquist
Hi Roger, What makes you think that what you claim is true? Richard On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist Nature has put a firewall between subjective entities such as monads and objective entities such as BECs or the manifolds. When I