Re: Real scalars and the Multiverse

2009-12-02 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno: That is a good enough explanation for me not to read the paper. Ronald On Dec 1, 10:55 am, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: I have read it quickly. You can use that paper as an introduction to   the use of ultrafilters in Model theory. The application

Why I am I?

2009-12-02 Thread soulcatcher☠
Hi all, every time I read about the anthropic reasoning in physics I can't help asking the more general question: Why I am I, not somebody else? Why I see through _this_ eyes, am confined to _this_ brain, was born in _this_ year, etc? This question seems to me of the same importance as the

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-02 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
2009/12/3 soulcatcher☠ soulcatche...@gmail.com: Hi all, every time I read about the anthropic reasoning in physics I can't help asking the more general question: Why I am I, not somebody else? Why I see through _this_ eyes, am confined to _this_ brain, was born in _this_ year, etc? This

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-02 Thread benjayk
soulcatcher-2 wrote: Hi all, every time I read about the anthropic reasoning in physics I can't help asking the more general question: Why I am I, not somebody else? Why I see through _this_ eyes, am confined to _this_ brain, was born in _this_ year, etc? This question seems to me of

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-02 Thread soulcatcher☠
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:59 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi soulcatcher, Good question, it is something I thought about too, then I realized I am me because it was this brain in my skull asking that question.  I created the attached image to help illustrate my point.  If each