Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2012, at 19:28, John Clark wrote: On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: I thought it was the product of two quaternions that is non- commutative Yes, multiplication is non-commutative for quaternions and that its primary feature is

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Dec 2012, at 22:55, Stephen P. King wrote: On 12/17/2012 2:15 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Is it possible to define a relative probability in the case where it is not possible to count or otherwise partition the members of the ensemble? Yes. relative probability is not necessarily a

Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-18 Thread Roger Clough
time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-17, 16:55:48 Subject: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God On 12/17/2012 2:15 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Is it possible to define a relative

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-18 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/18/2012 10:16 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Stephen P. King Leibniz simply assumed that the PEH existed. My followup was that at least for large groups of particles, not of small groups or 1, thermodynamincs is the PEH. Dear Roger, I am OK with the idea that thermodynamics is the PEH,

Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-17 Thread Roger Clough
the following content - From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-11, 16:01:15 Subject: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God On 12/11/2012 9:33 AM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: Dear Roger, It's called an attempt at humor. I apologize if it didn't meet your standards: I

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-17 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Quantum theory must be based on complex variables and not real numbers or quaternions for example. Quaternions are used in Quantum Mechanics particularly when spin is involved and it's easy to see why. The real numbers

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-17 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 1:00 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Quantum theory must be based on complex variables and not real numbers or quaternions for example. Quaternions are used in Quantum Mechanics

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-17 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: I thought it was the product of two quaternions that is non-commutative Yes, multiplication is non-commutative for quaternions and that its primary feature is handling rotations in 3d space. I don't know what you

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Dec 2012, at 19:35, Stephen P. King wrote: On 12/16/2012 5:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: [BM] Everett already show that such relative probabilities does not depend on the choice of the basis, nor on my place in the multiverse. [SPK] I strongly disagree with this statement!

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-17 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/17/2012 1:28 PM, John Clark wrote: On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com mailto:yann...@gmail.com wrote: I thought it was the product of two quaternions that is non-commutative Yes, multiplication is non-commutative for quaternions and

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-17 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/17/2012 2:15 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Is it possible to define a relative probability in the case where it is not possible to count or otherwise partition the members of the ensemble? Yes. relative probability is not necessarily a constructive notion. Dear Bruno, Is this not a

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Dec 2012, at 22:44, Stephen P. King wrote: On 12/14/2012 5:09 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Dec 2012, at 16:50, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: My prejudice is that the projection from dreams of the mind is to a

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/16/2012 5:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: [BM] Everett already show that such relative probabilities does not depend on the choice of the basis, nor on my place in the multiverse. [SPK] I strongly disagree with this statement! Everett showed the exact opposite; that relative

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Dec 2012, at 16:50, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: My prejudice is that the projection from dreams of the mind is to a unique physical universe rather than every possible one. On the contrary. It leads to many-dreams,

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 Dec 2012, at 23:39, meekerdb wrote: On 12/12/2012 7:27 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Bruno Marchalmarc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Gödel used Principia Mathematica, and then a theory like PA can be shown essentially undecidable: adding axioms does not change

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-14 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/14/2012 5:09 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Dec 2012, at 16:50, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: My prejudice is that the projection from dreams of the mind is to a unique physical universe rather than every possible one.

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 Dec 2012, at 20:03, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 12 Dec 2012, at 16:27, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: snip This means literally that if the

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-13 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: My prejudice is that the projection from dreams of the mind is to a unique physical universe rather than every possible one. On the contrary. It leads to many-dreams, and it is an open question if this leads to a

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
- Receiving the following content - From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-09, 13:05:26 Subject: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God On 12/9/2012 7:54 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Roger, The monads are collectively god Dear Roger and Richard, This is what I have come

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-12 Thread Roger Clough
: 2012-12-11, 09:33:22 Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God Dear Roger, It's called an attempt at humor. I apologize if it didn't meet your standards: I am a learner in comedy, not a knower. A point here which puts my attempt at humor directly on topic: I ask myself

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
the use of the word God On 12/9/2012 7:54 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Roger, The monads are collectively god Dear Roger and Richard, This is what I have come to believe about Monads as well. They are collectively God, they do not have an absolute hierarchy. Their relation is more like

Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-12 Thread Roger Clough
, raw perception. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 12/12/2012 Forever is a long time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-10, 11:42:13 Subject: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-12 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 12 Dec 2012, at 16:27, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: snip This means literally that if the theory below (A, B, C, ... J) is correct A, B, C ..., J

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-12 Thread meekerdb
On 12/12/2012 7:27 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Bruno Marchalmarc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 10 Dec 2012, at 19:03, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Bruno Marchalmarc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Richard, On 10 Dec 2012, at 16:17, Richard

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-11 Thread Roger Clough
the following content - From: Platonist Guitar Cowboy Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-10, 09:43:52 Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God Hi Roger, On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Leibniz expressed what was logically

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-11 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
content - *From:* Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com *Receiver:* everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com *Time:* 2012-12-09, 07:54:53 *Subject:* Re: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God Roger, The monads are collectively god That's is likely what Newton would believe

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-11 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy multiplecit...@gmail.com wrote: but if the bet is laid open and reasoning somewhat sincere, then I'll listen to a mystic over some dull philosopher or scientist and their linguistic labyrinths any day. I do not even try to learn comedy.

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Dec 2012, at 17:16, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy multiplecit...@gmail.com wrote: but if the bet is laid open and reasoning somewhat sincere, then I'll listen to a mystic over some dull philosopher or scientist and their linguistic

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-11 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/11/2012 9:33 AM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: Dear Roger, It's called an attempt at humor. I apologize if it didn't meet your standards: I am a learner in comedy, not a knower. A point here which puts my attempt at humor directly on topic: I ask myself whether everybody is a TOE?

Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-10 Thread Roger Clough
: everything-list Time: 2012-12-09, 13:05:26 Subject: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God On 12/9/2012 7:54 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Roger, The monads are collectively god Dear Roger and Richard, This is what I have come to believe about Monads as well. They are collectively God

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-10 Thread Roger Clough
- Receiving the following content - From: Richard Ruquist Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-09, 07:54:53 Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God Roger, The monads are collectively god That's is likely what Newton would believe and most likely what Liebnitz really

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-10 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
everything-list@googlegroups.com *Time:* 2012-12-09, 07:54:53 *Subject:* Re: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God Roger, The monads are collectively god That's is likely what Newton would believe and most likely what Liebnitz really believed in but was afraid to express. Richard

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-10 Thread Bruno Marchal
- From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-09, 13:05:26 Subject: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God On 12/9/2012 7:54 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Roger, The monads are collectively god Dear Roger and Richard, This is what I have come to believe about Monads as well

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-10 Thread Richard Ruquist
consciousness and first person). [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 12/10/2012 Forever is a long time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-09, 13:05:26 Subject: Re: Avoiding the use

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-10 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/10/2012 8:33 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Stephen P. King God is what/who is looking through the supreme monad, not the supreme monad itself. Dear Roger, This is a contradiction of the relations between monads, there cannot be a special monad. Just as there is no 'center' on the

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-10 Thread Bruno Marchal
the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-09, 13:05:26 Subject: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God On 12/9/2012 7:54 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Roger, The monads are collectively god Dear Roger and Richard

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-10 Thread Richard Ruquist
, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-09, 13:05:26 Subject: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God On 12/9/2012 7:54 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Roger, The monads are collectively god

Re: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-09 Thread Roger Clough
-08, 08:48:59 Subject: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God Roger, Comp or even just Peano arithmetic suggests that the monads do not need a god outside of themselves. Richard On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Richard Ruquist Referring as I did

Re: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-09 Thread Richard Ruquist
. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Richard Ruquist Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-08, 07:49:27 Subject: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God Roger, In order to get a cosmic consciousness, an arithmetic of monads is required. No one monad has

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-09 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/9/2012 7:54 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: Roger, The monads are collectively god Dear Roger and Richard, This is what I have come to believe about Monads as well. They are collectively God, they do not have an absolute hierarchy. Their relation is more like what we see in a neural

Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-08 Thread Roger Clough
the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Richard Ruquist Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-06, 12:59:57 Subject: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: On 12/6/2012 7:52 AM, Roger

Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-08 Thread Richard Ruquist
, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Richard Ruquist Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-06, 12:59:57 Subject: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: On 12/6/2012 7

Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-08 Thread Roger Clough
Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 12/8/2012 Forever is a long time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Richard Ruquist Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-08, 07:49:27 Subject: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God Roger, In order to get

Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-08 Thread Richard Ruquist
- Receiving the following content - From: Richard Ruquist Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-08, 07:49:27 Subject: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God Roger, In order to get a cosmic consciousness, an arithmetic of monads is required. No one monad has consciousness as L has

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-08 Thread Bruno Marchal
: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God Roger, In order to get a cosmic consciousness, an arithmetic of monads is required. No one monad has consciousness as L has said. Therefore isince God is one monad, it cannot be conscious and IMO therefore cannot be god. Richard On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 7:31

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-08 Thread Bruno Marchal
-08, 07:49:27 Subject: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God Roger, In order to get a cosmic consciousness, an arithmetic of monads is required. No one monad has consciousness as L has said. Therefore isince God is one monad, it cannot be conscious and IMO therefore cannot be god. Richard

Re: Avoiding the use of the word God

2012-12-06 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: On 12/6/2012 7:52 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Stephen, I slipped up, sorry. I usually avoid using the word God since that upsets many people. Instead, you can think of L's universe as a complete system with one