Re: the world as mathematical. was pythagoras right after all ?

2013-04-24 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Dec 2012, at 18:55, Brian Tenneson wrote: So is that a yes? If so, can you stipulate such a physical object? On Sunday, December 30, 2012 9:08:27 PM UTC-8, Brent wrote: On 12/30/2012 11:23 AM, Brian Tenneson wrote: Is there a physical object that exists physically which is not

Re: the world as mathematical. was pythagoras right after all ?

2012-12-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Dec 2012, at 06:08, meekerdb wrote: On 12/30/2012 11:23 AM, Brian Tenneson wrote: Is there a physical object that exists physically which is not isomorphic to a mathematical object, having mathematical existence? If it exists physically then it has at least one attribute that no

Re: the world as mathematical. was pythagoras right after all ?

2012-12-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 24 Dec 2012, at 19:11, Brian Tenneson wrote: What do you think of Tegmark's version of a mathematical Platoia? Too much naive, and too much big. Then Tegmark ignore the fact that we are distributed in it, in a way which force the consciousness/matter relation to be in need to be