Re: Questions about the Equivalence Principle (EP) and GR

2019-02-28 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 8:10:16 PM UTC-7, Brent wrote: > > > > On 2/27/2019 4:58 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > *Are you assuming uniqueness to tensors; that only tensors can produce > covariance in 4-space? Is that established or a mathematical speculation? > TIA, AG * > > > Th

Re: Are there real numbers that cannot be defined?

2019-02-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 27 Feb 2019, at 19:18, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 11:25:06 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 26 Feb 2019, at 19:41, Philip Thrift > >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 5:07:38 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 25 Fe

Re: Recommend this article, Even just for the Wheeler quote near the end

2019-02-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 28 Feb 2019, at 02:01, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 9:40:32 PM UTC-7, cdemorsella wrote: > Two fascinating (and very different) approaches are presented to derive > Quantim Mechanics main practical tool (e.g. Born's rule). Wonder what some of >

Re: Questions about the Equivalence Principle (EP) and GR

2019-02-28 Thread Brent Meeker
On 2/28/2019 4:07 AM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 8:10:16 PM UTC-7, Brent wrote: On 2/27/2019 4:58 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: *Are you assuming uniqueness to tensors; that only tensors can produce covariance in 4-space? Is that establi

Re: Recommend this article, Even just for the Wheeler quote near the end

2019-02-28 Thread Philip Thrift
On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 11:13:07 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 28 Feb 2019, at 02:01, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 9:40:32 PM UTC-7, cdemorsella wrote: >> >> Two fascinating (and very different) approaches are presented to derive >> Q

Re: Are there real numbers that cannot be defined?

2019-02-28 Thread Philip Thrift
On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 10:54:28 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 27 Feb 2019, at 19:18, Philip Thrift > > wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 11:25:06 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 26 Feb 2019, at 19:41, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> >> There is anot

Re: The halting problem

2019-02-28 Thread Philip Thrift
A program may not halt, but it could rot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_rot - pt On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 12:53:23 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this gr

Re: When Did Consciousness Begin?

2019-02-28 Thread Azutmai
Brent . . . it might be helpful to equate the word ‘consciousness’ and ‘awareness.’ If we are conscious or aware of something . . . then it pertains to our viewpoint and lifestyle. Memory is a secondary feature to allow the individual to retain over time . . . otherwise we would have to lear

Re: When Did Consciousness Begin?

2019-02-28 Thread Brent Meeker
On 2/28/2019 10:35 AM, Azutmai wrote: Brent . . . it might be helpful to equate the word ‘consciousness’ and ‘awareness.’ If we are conscious or aware of something . . . then it pertains to our viewpoint and lifestyle. I take awareness to be consciousness without reflection or evaluation

Re: When Did Consciousness Begin?

2019-02-28 Thread Philip Thrift
The best current philosopher of (and writer about) consciousness is *Galen Strawson*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen_Strawson https://sites.google.com/site/galenstrawson/ https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/philosophy/faculty/profile.php?id=gs24429 There is a lot of his material (PDFs, article

Re: When Did Consciousness Begin?

2019-02-28 Thread Brent Meeker
On 2/28/2019 1:17 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: The best current philosopher of (and writer about) consciousness is *Galen Strawson*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen_Strawson https://sites.google.com/site/galenstrawson/ https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/philosophy/faculty/profile.php?id=gs2442

Re: When Did Consciousness Begin?

2019-02-28 Thread Philip Thrift
On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 3:48:04 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 2/28/2019 1:17 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > The best current philosopher of (and writer about) consciousness is *Galen > Strawson*. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen_Strawson > https://sites.google.com/site/ga

Re: When Did Consciousness Begin?

2019-02-28 Thread Brent Meeker
On 2/28/2019 2:14 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 3:48:04 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: On 2/28/2019 1:17 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: The best current philosopher of (and writer about) consciousness is *Galen Strawson*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal

Re: When Did Consciousness Begin?

2019-02-28 Thread Philip Thrift
On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 4:34:54 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 2/28/2019 2:14 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 3:48:04 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 2/28/2019 1:17 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> >> The best current philosopher of (and wri

Re: When Did Consciousness Begin?

2019-02-28 Thread Brent Meeker
On 2/28/2019 3:00 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 4:34:54 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: On 2/28/2019 2:14 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 3:48:04 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: On 2/28/2019 1:17 PM, Philip Thrift wrote:

Re: Recommend this article, Even just for the Wheeler quote near the end

2019-02-28 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 9:42:01 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 25 Feb 2019, at 12:39, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: > > On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 2:44:14 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 24 Feb 2019, at 15:24, Lawrence Crowell >> wrote: >> >> On Friday, February 22