Re: Re: Consciousness in TOEs

2013-01-30 Thread Roger Clough
erything-list Time: 2013-01-28, 16:49:22 Subject: Re: Consciousness in TOEs On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 05:35:01PM +0100, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: > Russell, > > Sorry to be blunt: Energy is part of TOEs, so the tech as well as the myths > and beliefs that frame that tech are TOE

Re: Re: Consciousness in TOEs

2013-01-30 Thread Roger Clough
l Standish Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-01-28, 16:39:25 Subject: Re: Consciousness in TOEs On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 07:30:16AM -0500, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Russell Standish > > Perhaps you can enlighten me. Can you define "nothing" ? Yes - I devote a whole chapter to

Re: Consciousness in TOEs

2013-01-28 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 05:35:01PM +0100, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: > > Russell, > > > > Sorry to be blunt: Energy is part of TOEs, so the tech as well as the > myths > > and beliefs that frame that tech are TOE relevant, more so tha

Re: Consciousness in TOEs

2013-01-28 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 05:35:01PM +0100, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: > Russell, > > Sorry to be blunt: Energy is part of TOEs, so the tech as well as the myths > and beliefs that frame that tech are TOE relevant, more so than many posts > I see here. > > FYI: Musk gets his ideas "in the showe

Re: Consciousness in TOEs

2013-01-28 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 07:30:16AM -0500, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Russell Standish > > Perhaps you can enlighten me. Can you define "nothing" ? Yes - I devote a whole chapter to the topic in my book. > > I follow Descartes, who said that physical entities have extended existence > and nonphy

Re: Consciousness in TOEs

2013-01-28 Thread meekerdb
On 1/28/2013 8:35 AM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: Sorry to be blunt: Energy is part of TOEs, Isn't everything - the "E" in TOE. So let's discuss French cuisine and airline security. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" grou

Re: Consciousness in TOEs

2013-01-28 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
Russell, Sorry to be blunt: Energy is part of TOEs, so the tech as well as the myths and beliefs that frame that tech are TOE relevant, more so than many posts I see here. FYI: Musk gets his ideas "in the shower and at burning man" + he turned down Ivy PhD because he could see then, that it was "

Re: Consciousness in TOEs

2013-01-28 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Russell Standish Perhaps you can enlighten me. Can you define "nothing" ? I follow Descartes, who said that physical entities have extended existence and nonphysical entities (such as mind or consciousness) have nonextended existence. IMHO A common sense definition of "nothing" would exclu