Re: Bruno's mathematical reality

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jason, You state "The UDA is a comparatively short program, and provably contains the program that is identical to your mind." You can't be serious! As stated that's the most ridiculous statement I've heard here today in all manner of respects! Edgar On Friday, December 27, 2013 7:56:44 PM

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jason, See my new topic what is a wavefunction for my reply Edgar On Friday, December 27, 2013 8:01:04 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > > Jason, > > To address one of your points wavef

What are wavefunctions?

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
All, I'm starting a new topic on wavefunctions in this reply to Jason because he brings up a very important issue. The usual interpretation of wavefunctions are that particles are 'spread out' in the fixed common pre-existing space that quantum theory mistakenly assumes, that they are superpos

Re: A simple incontrovertible proof there are two kinds of time and a couple of implications

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
? Of course, I can't prove this > hypothesis because U-time is conveniently unmeasurable and incommunicable. > But the implications are profound. I'm amazed nobody has realized this > obvious truth before. But well done Edgar on getting so close. > > On Tuesday, December 24

Re: A simple incontrovertible proof there are two kinds of time and a couple of implications

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, Not at all. What SR shows that there are relativistic situations in which it is impossible to establish simultaneous clock time t values, for relativistic observers to agree on the clock time t value of some event, and then ONLY in the case that relativistic frames are different. When the

Re: A simple incontrovertible proof there are two kinds of time and a couple of implications

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
I did there? Of course, I can't prove this > hypothesis because U-time is conveniently unmeasurable and incommunicable. > But the implications are profound. I'm amazed nobody has realized this > obvious truth before. But well done Edgar on getting so close. > > On Tuesday,

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
er to the book itself, or I can explain further Edgar On Friday, December 27, 2013 9:17:52 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> All, >> >> I'm starting a new topic on wavefunction

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
dimensionalize when those electrons decohere. This is a subtle theory, and hopefully I can explain further if necessary, or you can read Part III of my book. Edgar On Friday, December 27, 2013 9:17:52 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Edgar L. Owen >

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, What I haven't deciphered in Lisi's theory is what its elementals are. He seems to have come up with a set of elemental particle properties that populate his E8 group exactly and completely but they do not all appear to be commonly recognized particle properties such as charges, spins, etc

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
d then dimensionally aligned by some shared event. Edgar On Friday, December 27, 2013 10:26:07 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> Answers to your 3 questions. >> >>

Re: Bruno's mathematical reality

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jason, Let me point out one fatal problem with Bruno's theory as you present it. According to you there is some single processor that runs all this UD stuff, but the truth is that in actual computational reality every logical element functions as a processor so all computations proceed at once

Re: Bruno's mathematical reality

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, December 27, 2013 11:11:04 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: > > Dear Edgar, > > In Bruno's Platonia there is no such thing as "time" so we can not make > arguments involving "cycles of time". All just "exists". > > > On Fri, Dec 27,

Re: Bruno's mathematical reality

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jason, You might be able to theoretically simulate it but certainly not compute it in real time which is what reality actually does which is my point. Edgar On Friday, December 27, 2013 11:19:17 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Edgar L.

All randomness is quantum...

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Replying to Liz and Jason in a new topic as they raised the important topic of the source of randomness that deserves a separate topic. As I explain in my book on Reality, all randomness is quantum. There simply is no true classical level randomness. There is plenty of non-computability which i

Re: Bruno's mathematical reality

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, Then how about answering my simple questions if you understand UD so well? Edgar On Friday, December 27, 2013 11:23:45 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 28 December 2013 17:19, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Stephen, >> >> Even worse, and less applicable to reality

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2013-12-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
owever that explaining physical space as information space is > ultimately an improvement. Without linking either one to awareness, the > result is still that we are explaining a universe that we can never > experience. > > Craig > > > On Friday, December 27, 2013 8:19:47 P

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
. Edgar On Saturday, December 28, 2013 12:51:50 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> All your questions assume a pre-existing space that doesn't actually >> exist. When i

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, No, the oppositely aligned spins is NOT a hidden variable and there is no FTL. Reread my post Edgar On Saturday, December 28, 2013 1:20:03 AM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 12/27/2013 7:58 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Jason, > > All your questions assume a pre-e

Re: All randomness is quantum...

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
11:40 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Replying to Liz and Jason in a new topic as they raised the important >> topic of the source of randomness that deserves a separate topic. >> >> As I explain in my book on Reality, all randomness is quantum. There

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
es against the common sense view of the single background spacetime that QM mistakenly assumes. Edgar On Saturday, December 28, 2013 10:20:08 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > On Dec 28, 2013, at 6:54 AM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Jason, > > Clo

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
: > > > On 28 Dec 2013, at 01:51, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Jason, > > To address one of your points wavefunctions never collapse they just > interact via the process of decoherence to produce discrete actual > (measurable/observable) dimensional relationships between part

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > > > With decoherence everything is a wavefunction >> > > No. With Quantum Mechanics NOTHING is a wave function, that is to say no > observable quantity is. The wave fun

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jason wrote: > > > > On Dec 28, 2013, at 12:30 PM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Bruno, > > Not at all. Decoherence falsifies collapse. Decoherence falsifies many > worlds. With decoherence everything is a wavefunction and those wave > functions j

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, Maybe in your theory of reality but not in mine... Edgar On Saturday, December 28, 2013 4:39:18 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 12/28/2013 4:54 AM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Jason, > > Clock time is emergent from comp but comp takes place sequentially in

Re: All randomness is quantum...

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
se: in math puzzles the "take any >> number" - however many of these are joking. >> I had some discussion with Russell and he was willing to molify his brisk >> 'random' into a 'conditional' random within the >> circumstances of the topic.

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, The equations produce the results, you are trying to impose unwarranted interpretations on them... EDgar On Saturday, December 28, 2013 6:12:47 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 12/28/2013 1:44 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Jason, > > You'll have to ask the

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
works just fine in our single world and produces predictable results... Edgar On Saturday, December 28, 2013 6:12:47 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 12/28/2013 1:44 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Jason, > > You'll have to ask the physicists who do think that. I

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
sn't clear, but it's immensely important and is the theory that I propose in Part III: Elementals of my book. Edgar On Saturday, December 28, 2013 5:11:31 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 29 December 2013 07:30, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > > Bruno, > > Not at all. Decoher

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
On 12/28/2013 4:21 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Brent, > > The equations produce the results, you are trying to impose unwarranted > interpretations on them... > > > But decoherence doesn't "produce" *a* result. It produces a set of > probab

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ecember 28, 2013 7:33:20 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 12/28/2013 4:25 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Brent, > > > > You are implying there is some difficulty in calculating specific > decoherence results > > yet the people who are performing experiment

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
December 28, 2013 7:33:20 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 12/28/2013 4:25 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Brent, > > > > You are implying there is some difficulty in calculating specific > decoherence results > > yet the people who are performing experiments in de

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
nsidered the possibility that the physical actions of matter > and energy in the universe *ARE* the computations? If so, what problem did > you have with this idea? > > > On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > > Brent, > > What we need to unde

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Born rule and then say those are the > probabilities of my observation and *one* of them occurs. Everett says > they all occur and different instances of *you* observe them. So which is > your theory. You did not answer my question below. > > Brent > > On 12/28/2013 4:36 P

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
that both observers don't > exist at any point in time you can imagine. But *what* observer? The > observer is constantly changing, and the only way to see if they share the > same moment is to time the changes in each using clock time. P-time is an > ad hoc postulate to save your

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ation, human math doesn't. Edgar On Saturday, December 28, 2013 8:39:43 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 12/28/2013 5:00 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Brent, > > > > What we need to understand here is that the actual equations of reality > math that > &g

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
gravity-and-afterlife.html > > > > On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Liz R >wrote: > > On Saturday, 28 December 2013 06:18:26 UTC+13, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > > Many worlds is probably the most outlandishly improbable theory of all > time, and should have been la

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ot* involve any > sort of physical clock (even a naturally-occurring "clock" like the > rotation of the Earth), then can you describe what the experiment would be > that shows the two observers to "be in the same present moment"? > > Jesse > > > On

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
off into never never land... Edgar On Sunday, December 29, 2013 8:31:38 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 28 Dec 2013, at 19:30, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > > Not at all. Decoherence falsifies collapse. > > > ? > > That is my point. Decoherence falsifies

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ality math does quite well. Edgar On Sunday, December 29, 2013 5:34:45 AM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > > > > On 29 December 2013 16:23, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Brent, >> >> No, reality just makes a random choice, that's the computation made. But >&

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, No, it is clear that your here is not the same as mine because you are not here. However it is quite clear that you absolutely must be doing something in the exact same present moment that I write this sentence. That is the present moment that we share. Do you somehow imagine that there i

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
re now") for >>> the light flash, we can see that two thinkers cannot have that thought at >>> an objectively identical moment. All events can be timed using clocks, >>> which after all cold be anything that has a regular cycle. There is nothing >>> in sp

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jason, O, for God's sakes! You believe souls exist? I thought this was supposed to be a scientific forum! Edgar On Saturday, December 28, 2013 11:24:04 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 10:27 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > > Richard and

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
M UTC-5, Pierz wrote: > > > On Sunday, December 29, 2013 2:19:57 PM UTC+11, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >> >> Pierz, >> >> The common universal present moment is defined and measured simply by >> observers observing they are in the same moment at the same time. >&g

Another shot at how spacetime emerges from computational reality

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
All, I want to try to state my model of how spacetime is created by quantum events more clearly and succinctly. Begin by Imagining a world in which everything is computational. In particular where the usually imagined single pre-existing dimensional spacetime background does NOT exist. Now co

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
2013, at 8:19 AM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Jason, > > O, for God's sakes! You believe souls exist? > > > I do. I think many accepted and leading theories in science suggest that > the "soul" for lack of a better word. It is that each of u

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
gt; > > On 29 Dec 2013, at 14:52, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Bruno, > > Glad we agree that decoherence falsifies collapse. That's a good start! > > But decoherence also falsifies MW. > > > Non collapse = many-worlds, to me. If I make a quantum choice, by QM, I &

Re: Another shot at how spacetime emerges from computational reality

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
. The take place in a purely pre-dimensional logical space. They are not running on any physical computer. Edgar On Sunday, December 29, 2013 3:25:01 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 30 December 2013 06:16, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Begin by Imagining a world in which everythi

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
10:08 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote > > >> Are faster-than-light influences involved? >>> >> >> > No. >> > > That means you think things are local. > > >> 2. When it is determined whether or not Schrodinger's cat is alive or

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Richard, It is true I entered university aged 15 and earned my BS in math and physics with honors and a minor in philosophy aged 18. I never claimed to be a genius though. :-) And Richard, thanks again for the invite to the group! It's a good forum to try to clarify the presentation of my idea

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Pierz, If block time is actual and something actually exists in past times then the energy must actually exist there and be real also. Thus a new universe of energy is being created at every new moment of time. Energy is not being converted from one form to another but stored in each moment of

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Pierz, Liz and Frequent Flyer, Jeez, you guys, this seems to be becoming a matter of sacred religious dogma to you and someone who doesn't agree deserves to burned at the stake! Lighten up guys and take a deep breath, they're just theories! :-) Edgar On Sunday, December 29, 2013 5:55:09 PM U

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
. Edgar On Sunday, December 29, 2013 9:39:30 AM UTC-5, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Pierz, > > A lot of meat in your post. Thanks! I'll answer most of your questions > > Yes, observers observe they are in the same present moment by the > simultaneity of events. Ex

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
013 3:18 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Pierz, > > If block time is actual and something actually exists in past times then > the energy must actually exist there and be real also. Thus a new universe > of energy is being created at every new moment of time. Energy is not bei

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2013-12-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, I give a detailed answer to your question in my new topic on "Another shot of how spacetime emerges from computational reality". Best, Edgar On Sunday, December 29, 2013 8:36:55 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 12/29/2013 4:37 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 30 Decemb

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2013-12-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
er 29, 2013 10:24:34 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> All, >> >> All, >> >> Once we accept the obvious observable fact that we share a common present >> moment when we are toge

Re: Another shot at how spacetime emerges from computational reality

2013-12-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Stephen, Jason, Liz, The answer is very simple when one understands there are two kinds of time. Present moment P-time is the processor cycle of the computations, and the computations compute clock time. The computations MUST take place in time of some sort to compute anything. The fact that t

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2013-12-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
te: > > On 30 December 2013 13:02, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Pierz, Liz and Frequent Flyer, >> >> Jeez, you guys, this seems to be becoming a matter of sacred religious >> dogma to you and someone who doesn't agree deserves to burned at the stake!

The Nature of Truth

2013-12-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
All, In response to the discussion of the possibility of a "Final Theory" I'm starting a new topic on the Nature of Truth since this is an important and separate issue from previous discussions. 1, it is impossible to directly know the external fundamental reality, we know external reality on

Re: The background to Edgar's book

2013-12-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
John, and Liz, Yes John is correct here. Without a current academic affiliation it's well nigh impossible to be accepted for publication in a peer reviewed journal... Sad but true... Edgar On Monday, December 30, 2013 4:38:40 PM UTC-5, JohnM wrote: > > Dear Liz, > as a former ed-in-chief of

Re: The background to Edgar's book

2013-12-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, You claim my theory of time is Newtonian but that just demonstrates your complete lack of understanding of the theory... Edgar On Monday, December 30, 2013 5:02:06 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 31 December 2013 10:38, John Mikes >wrote: > >> Dear Liz, >> as a former ed-in-chief of a scienc

Re: The background to Edgar's book

2013-12-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Hi Liz, The Two kinds of time theory is original with me dating back to 2007. I've presented it in quite a clear logical framework from a couple different perspectives in my posts to this group. The logic is quite clear and quite convincing, but only when the underlying concept is clearly und

Re: Another shot at how spacetime emerges from computational reality

2013-12-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jason, Thanks for asking. I'll start a new topic on Consciousness hopefully sometime today as it is clearly an important topic on its own. Edgar On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 12:13:26 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:17 AM, Jason Resch > > wrote: > >> >> >> Do

A Theory of Consciousness

2013-12-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
All, I'll present a brief overview of my theory of consciousness from my book on Reality here. If anyone is interested I can elaborate. To understand consciousness we first must clearly distinguish between consciousness ITSELF and the contents of consciousness that become conscious by appearin

Re: The background to Edgar's book

2013-12-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
d for spatially separated observers as outlined in my previous posts. Edgar On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 10:54:12 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > On Dec 31, 2013, at 8:22 AM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Hi Liz, > > The Two kinds of time theory is or

Re: Another shot at how spacetime emerges from computational reality

2013-12-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, etc. Edgar On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 11:06:51 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > On Dec 31, 2013, at 8:28 AM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Jason, > > Thanks for asking. I'll start a new topic on Consciousness hopefully > sometime

Re: Another shot at how spacetime emerges from computational reality

2013-12-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
understand the concept of the Surprise 20 Questions game? > > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> Not quite. The CONTENTS of conscious are the results of computations. The >> FACT of consciousness itself, that the

Re: Another shot at how spacetime emerges from computational reality

2013-12-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jason, Because it's not the computations themselves, but the fact they occur in the Present Time locus of reality that makes them real that is relevant... Edgar On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 1:01:43 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Edga

Re: The background to Edgar's book

2013-12-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
. The only way they can confirm their clock times are different is by comparing them in the same Present time moment. Edgar On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 12:42:33 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >>

Re: Another shot at how spacetime emerges from computational reality

2013-12-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
On 1 January 2014 10:18, Jason Resch >wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Edgar L. Owen >> > wrote: >> >>> Jason, >>> >>> Because it's not the computations themselves, but the fact they occur in >>> the Present Time loc

Re: A Theory of Consciousness

2013-12-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
e its contents. This is quite clear to anyone who has experienced it Edgar On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 4:25:25 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 1 January 2014 04:09, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> All, >> >> I'll present a brief overview of my theory of consci

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jason, Great! An amazing post! You seem to have correctly gotten part of the theory I proposed in my separate topic "Another stab at how spacetime emerges from quantum events." Please refer to that topic to confirm... Do you understand how the fact that the spins are determined in the frames o

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
t; >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Russell Standish >> >> > wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 01:20:35AM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >>> > Jason, >>> > >>> > That's a totally off the wall answer.

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ared present moment Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 9:56:44 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Hi Jason, >> >> No, sadly you haven't quite gotten it yet but you are getting closer i

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
worlds' since they continually merge and align at common events in the SAME computational reality.) Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 9:11:57 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >&g

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ary 2, 2014 12:32:19 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> Sorry, but you didn't address the argument I presented. I don't see how I >> can make it any clearer. Please, I re

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
theory I stated is NOT a hidden variable theory. There are no hidden variables at all in my explanation. Please, respectfully, reread it and see there are none... Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 12:55:50 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Edgar

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
rsday, January 2, 2014 1:45:21 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> Taking your points in order. >> >> No contradiction. Sam and Pam do experience 10 and 6 years of clock

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, I answered Jason directly. See that post. There is no preferred CLOCK time frame. There is a shared common present moment they both share which is 'preferred' in that sense. Again you are confusing clock time and Present moment time. See my response to Jason for one more approach that mig

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, No, they aren't hidden variables. Not at all. Read my new topic post "Another shot at how spacetime emerges from quantum events" for the detailed explanation. Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 3:16:13 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 1/2/2014 8:44 AM, Edgar L.

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, We'll let Jason judge whether I answered him or not. Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 4:14:02 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 3 January 2014 10:00, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> I answered Jason directly. See that post. >> > > By no

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
On Thursday, January 2, 2014 4:21:05 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 3 January 2014 10:17, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> We'll let Jason judge whether I answered him or not. >> > > No we won't. I followed his argument, and I want an answer t

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
However everything is logical, and I've given the logical reasoning... Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 4:30:37 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> We'll let Jason judg

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:05:36 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> I said I don't know because SR doesn't know. What's wrong with that? It's >> con

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
t; If there is a single, orderly proceeding, present moment, then I see no > what whatever to reconcile the incompatibility of these views... > > Jason > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Jason Resch > > wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 2, 20

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
uestion is answered... Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 8:39:08 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> That's very simple P-time allows us to explain how there is a pr

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, The common present moment is not something I "need". It's the way nature works... Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 9:34:46 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > Another thing I've been intending to ask Edgar, but it seems i can't now, > because he's refusing to reply to any of my posts... > > Why

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, This is of course complete nonsense I have immense respect for many female scientists, thinkers and artists. Emmy Noether is one who comes to mind. Edgar On Friday, January 3, 2014 1:24:29 AM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 3 January 2014 16:22, Richard Ruquist >wrote: > >> Liz, >> Edga

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Lliz, Brent and Jason, Actually Liz is correct here, by GR it is the acceleration. That is the physical cause of the clock time differences of the twins. It is true the effects can also be analyzed just by spacetime paths as others have suggested, but it is actually the acceleration (or equival

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Lliz, Brent and Jason, >> >> Actually Liz is correct here, by GR it is the acceleration. That is the >> physical cause of the clock time differences of the twins

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jason, Come on Jason. Of course not. You have to have EQUAL amounts of acceleration to produce the same effect. But doesn't matter where in space it is. Edgar On Friday, January 3, 2014 10:24:26 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Edga

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Gabriel, See my long most recent response to Jason for an analysis of how this works and why this contradiction doesn't falsify Present moment P-time. Best, Edgar On Friday, January 3, 2014 10:31:59 AM UTC-5, Gabriel Bodeen wrote: > > (I'm expanding on the comment by Jason.) > > The "P-time

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
clock time dilation is an absolute permanent clock time effect that all observers agree upon WHEN there is no relative motion. That should clarify everything but I fear it won't Edgar On Friday, January 3, 2014 11:23:42 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jan

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
> > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > > Jason, > > Thanks for your several posts and charts. You really made me think and I > like that! > > > Thanks, I am glad to hear it. :-) > > > I'm combining my response

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
3. According to your "P-time" notion, there is some uniquely true order of > events at the same point in space: True or False? > > -Gabe > > On Friday, January 3, 2014 10:23:57 AM UTC-6, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >> >> Gabriel, >> >> See my long most re

Re: For Edgar - "Unanswered question time."

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, I'm not going to give Yes/No questions to ill formulated questions. Have you stopped beating your dog? :-) See my answers to these questions (in my own words) in my response to Gabe who asked them Edgar On Friday, January 3, 2014 5:18:00 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > Our first topic is

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Pierz, It may not be "physics" by your definition but both the Present moment and Consciousness are certainly part of reality, in fact they are basic aspects of reality. Reality subsumes physics, if you want to define physics as just what is mathematically describable. Not all of reality is m

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
oment and their clock times are not simultaneous. This question is the key to the whole issue. Be interested to hear your answer... Edgar On Friday, January 3, 2014 11:51:53 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: >

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Saturday, January 4, 2014 3:06:21 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 12:32 PM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Jason, > > If you don't agree with my theory of the Present moment, then what is your > theory of this present moment we all exp

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
rom your perspective? Edgar On Saturday, January 4, 2014 3:06:21 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 12:32 PM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Jason, > > If you don't agree with my theory of the Present moment, then what is your > theor

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
f block time is true, and there is no free will, are you any more than a robot zombie? Awaiting your answers with interest... Edgar On Saturday, January 4, 2014 3:06:21 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 12:32 PM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Ja

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