Time as a Lattice of Partially-Ordered Causal Events or Moments

2002-09-02 Thread Tim May
On Saturday, August 31, 2002, at 11:31 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: Time is a construct we invented to describe things. Most basically we use it to describe our sequence of experiences and memories. We feel hot and cold, but we needed to quantify hot and cold and give them operational

Rucker's Infinity, Tegmark's TOE, and Cantor's Absolute Infinity

2002-09-02 Thread Vikee1
I am a new member of this group as of 09/01/02. I read Hal Finney's and others comments regarding Rucker's Infinity and the Mind which I have read several times. I also am aware of Max Tegmark's TOE and I have read much of the material related to Georg Cantor's transfinite numbers. I have a

Re: Time as a Lattice of Partially-Ordered Causal Events or Moments

2002-09-02 Thread Tim May
On Monday, September 2, 2002, at 09:22 PM, Osher Doctorow wrote: From: Osher Doctorow [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mon. Sept. 2, 2002 9:29PM It is good to hear from a lattice theorist and algebraist, although I myself prefer continuity and connectedness (Analysis - real, complex, functional,