Re: Quantum accident survivor

2003-11-06 Thread David Kwinter
On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 10:47 AM, Eric Cavalcanti wrote: Let me stress this point: *I am, for all practical purposes, one and only one specific configuration of atoms in a specific universe. I could never say that ' I ' is ALL the copies, since I NEVER experience what the other copies exp

SAS and mathematical existence

2003-11-06 Thread Alberto Gómez
For me there is no bigger step between to wonder about how conscience arises from a universe made by atoms in a Newtonian universe, particles in a quantum universe, quarks in a quantum relativistic universe and finally, superstring/n-branes in a 11 dimensional universe for one side and, on the othe

Re: SAS and mathematical existence

2003-11-06 Thread David Kwinter
On Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 01:24 AM, Alberto Gómez wrote: But, for these mathematical descriptions to exist, it is necessary the existence of being with a higher dimensionality and intelligence that formulate these mathematical descriptions? That is: every mathematical object does exist o

Re: Request for a glossary of acronyms

2003-11-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
At 09:24 06/11/03 +0100, Alberto Gómez wrote: For me there is no bigger step between to wonder about how conscience arises from a universe made by atoms in a Newtonian universe, particles in a quantum universe, quarks in a quantum relativistic universe and finally, superstring/n-branes in a 11 di

Re: Request for a glossary of acronyms

2003-11-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
At 16:54 05/11/03 -0500, Jesse Mazer wrote: Hal Finney wrote: One correction, in the descriptions below I should have said multiverse for all of them instead of universe. The distinction between the SSA and the SSSA is not multiverse vs universe, it is observers vs observer- moments. I'll send

Re: Dark Matter, dark eneggy, & conservation

2003-11-06 Thread Ron McFarland
On 3 Nov 2003 at 16:45, Joao Leao wrote: > Part II: > >It is not the distance that contributes, it is the > > relative rate of expansion that contributes to the apparent redshift > > (all other factors that can contribute to redshift being ignored for > > the purpose of concentrating only on the

Re: Dark Matter, dark eneggy, & conservation

2003-11-06 Thread James N Rose
If we are now observing acceleration, that means there was Inflation (huge acceleration) and then a huge reduction in acceleration. So, what bled off the extra original acceleration momentum? Or countered it? Are we do believe that this 'dark matter' which is out there 'increasing acceleration