Re: Observers Class Hypothesis

2011-02-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 Feb 2011, at 00:46, Travis Garrett wrote: Hi Stephen, Sorry for the slow reply, I have been working on various things and also catching up on the many conversations (and naming conventions) on this board. And thanks for your interest! -- I think I have discovered a giant "low hanging

Re: Templeton: Faith in Science

2011-02-19 Thread John Mikes
Dear Bruno, let me reply in fragments - your two responses are too comprehensive for one post for me. So for now: T R U T H . *"I am a neoneoplatonist believer, John, I believe in truth, and that is the motor of my research."* is IMO very different from your: *"Now what is a truth?..."* you go o

Re: Templeton: Faith in Science

2011-02-19 Thread Brent Meeker
On 2/19/2011 9:17 AM, John Mikes wrote: Dear Bruno, let me reply in fragments - your two responses are too comprehensive for one post for me. So for now: T R U T H . /"I am a neoneoplatonist believer, John, I believe *_in truth_*, and that is the motor of my research."/ is IMO very different

Fwd: [BOBPARKS-WHATSNEW] What's New Robert L. Park 18 Feb 2011

2011-02-19 Thread Brent Meeker
Original Message Subject:[BOBPARKS-WHATSNEW] What's New Robert L. Park 18 Feb 2011 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:26:25 -0500 From: Robert Park Reply-To: whats...@bobpark.org To: bobparks-whats...@listserv.umd.edu WHAT’S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 18 Fe

How embryogenesis fits in the mind-body problem?

2011-02-19 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
A bit off topic question. How embryogenesis fits comp, digital physics, ALG, and other diverse points of view expressed here? What mind-body research says about the development of mind from a single cell and then its death? Evgenii P.S. By the way, in Second Life there is course where Prof Go

Re: Platonia

2011-02-19 Thread benjayk
Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> Isn't it enough to say everything that we *could* describe >> in mathematics exists "in platonia"? > > The problem is that we can describe much more things than the one we > are able to show consistent, so if you allow what we could describe > you take too much. If

Re: Platonia

2011-02-19 Thread Brent Meeker
On 2/19/2011 3:39 PM, benjayk wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: Isn't it enough to say everything that we *could* describe in mathematics exists "in platonia"? The problem is that we can describe much more things than the one we are able to show consistent, so if you allow what we