Re: The Brain Minds Whether We Believe in Free Will or Not

2012-05-05 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 04.05.2012 23:45 meekerdb said the following: On 5/4/2012 2:18 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: ... I'm not saying that science and religion are on an equal footing, but I think it's a just-so-story to account for it by assuming that religion must be easier to master and therefore more attractive

Re: The Brain Minds Whether We Believe in Free Will or Not

2012-05-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On May 4, 5:45 pm, meekerdb wrote: > On 5/4/2012 2:18 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > You are right that there are different kinds of understanding (to me > > they fall along the lines of subjective orientation vs objective > > orientation) but I wouldn't say that one is inherently easy and the > >

Re: A crazy thoughts about structure of Electron.

2012-05-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On May 5, 12:17 am, "socra...@bezeqint.net" wrote: > A crazy thoughts about structure of Electron. > =. > Electron isn’t a point. > Electron has a geometrical form. Maybe not. Maybe we infer geometry because of measurement using geometric instruments. > Electron’s geometrical form isn’t static,

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2012-05-05 Thread ronaldheld
Does nothing mean zero or the empty set in this thread? Ronald On May 5, 2:52 am, Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 04 May 2012, at 17:48, John Clark wrote: > > > > > > If the nothing of a vacuum is really full of potentials, > > > If you insist on the strictest definition of

Free will in MWI

2012-05-05 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
I have started listening to Beginning of Infinity and joined the discussion list for the book. Right now there is a discussion there Free will in MWI http://groups.google.com/group/beginning-of-infinity/t/b172f0e03d68bcc6 I am at the beginning of the book and I do not know for sure, but from t

Re: The Brain Minds Whether We Believe in Free Will or Not

2012-05-05 Thread meekerdb
On 5/4/2012 11:59 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 04.05.2012 23:45 meekerdb said the following: On 5/4/2012 2:18 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: ... I'm not saying that science and religion are on an equal footing, but I think it's a just-so-story to account for it by assuming that religion must be e

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2012-05-05 Thread John Clark
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > So you agree that it is impossible to have something come from nothing. > That depends on what you mean by "nothing". 1) Lack of matter, a vacuum. 2) Lack of matter and energy 3) Lack of matter and energy and space 4) Lack of matter and ener

Re: The Brain Minds Whether We Believe in Free Will or Not

2012-05-05 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 05.05.2012 18:08 meekerdb said the following: On 5/4/2012 11:59 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 04.05.2012 23:45 meekerdb said the following: On 5/4/2012 2:18 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: ... I'm not saying that science and religion are on an equal footing, but I think it's a just-so-story to

Re: The Brain Minds Whether We Believe in Free Will or Not

2012-05-05 Thread meekerdb
On 5/5/2012 11:05 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 05.05.2012 18:08 meekerdb said the following: On 5/4/2012 11:59 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 04.05.2012 23:45 meekerdb said the following: On 5/4/2012 2:18 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: ... I'm not saying that science and religion are on an equal

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2012-05-05 Thread John Mikes
Is it so hard to understand a "word"? * - N O T H I N G - *is not a set of anything, no potential, no vacuum, no borders or characteristics just nothin'. There is 'nothing' in it means an "it" - measureable and sizable. Folks-talk refers usually to a lack of a material content. I agree with Bru

Re: The Brain Minds Whether We Believe in Free Will or Not

2012-05-05 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 05.05.2012 20:30 meekerdb said the following: On 5/5/2012 11:05 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: ... According to Collingwood (as Prof Hoenen has told) one can find a reason in Christianity. First, it is monotheism and this is quite important to infer inexorable scientific laws. Second trinity. For

Re: The Brain Minds Whether We Believe in Free Will or Not

2012-05-05 Thread meekerdb
On 5/5/2012 1:07 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 05.05.2012 20:30 meekerdb said the following: On 5/5/2012 11:05 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: ... According to Collingwood (as Prof Hoenen has told) one can find a reason in Christianity. First, it is monotheism and this is quite important to infer ine

Re: Free will in MWI

2012-05-05 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: > I have started listening to Beginning of Infinity and joined the discussion > list for the book. Right now there is a discussion there > > Free will in MWI > http://groups.google.com/group/beginning-of-infinity/t/b172f0e03d68bcc6 > > I am at

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2012-05-05 Thread Craig Weinberg
On May 5, 1:51 pm, John Clark wrote: > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > So you agree that it is impossible to have something come from nothing. > > That depends on what you mean by "nothing". > 1) Lack of matter, a vacuum. > 2) Lack of matter and energy > 3) Lack of matt