Re: [MD] cloud of probability

2011-06-09 Thread craigerb
[Marsha] I don't think it is possible for an individual to know/experience the entire pattern 'all-that-is-opposite-from-non-P' either, only parts of the pattern, some individuals knowing more than others. The cloud of probability would be where the densest portion of the cloud represents

Re: [MD] cloud of probability

2011-06-09 Thread MarshaV
Greetings again Dan, On Jun 9, 2011, at 1:35 AM, MarshaV wrote: On Jun 8, 2011, at 11:55 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 5:07 PM, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: Marsha said: ...at the moment, I think the best answer would be:

Re: [MD] cloud of probability

2011-06-09 Thread MarshaV
On Jun 9, 2011, at 2:18 AM, craig...@comcast.net wrote: [Marsha] I don't think it is possible for an individual to know/experience the entire pattern 'all-that-is-opposite-from-non-P' either, only parts of the pattern, some individuals knowing more than others. The cloud of probability

Re: [MD] cloud of probability

2011-06-09 Thread MarshaV
Hello Mark, On Jun 8, 2011, at 11:48 PM, 118 wrote: Hi Marsha, I was trying to understand what you mean by process. I suppose this could be considered static since gravitation is fixed at a particular time. It is my understanding that gravity represents the attraction of one thing

[MD] All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, but without a sense of Quality

2011-06-09 Thread Jan-Anders Andersson
Hi All Adam Curtis have made a brilliant series of TV shows at BBC recently broadcasted (May 23, 30 and June 6 2011). You can follow it on Youtube. Episode 1 starts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz2j3BhL47c. I am not really sure about ep. 3 but it can probably be found on the net

Re: [MD] Free Will

2011-06-09 Thread Steven Peterson
Hi Craig, On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:01 PM, craig...@comcast.net wrote: [Harris] the concept of free will is a non-   starter, both philosophically and scientifically. thoughts, moods, and desires of every sort  simply spring into view—and move us, or fail to move us, for reasons that are,

Re: [MD] cloud of probability

2011-06-09 Thread david buchanan
dmb quoted both of Pirsig's books: Definitions are the FOUNDATION of reason. You can't reason without them. (Emphasis is Pirsig's. ZAMM, page 214.) A metaphysics must be divisible, definable and knowable, or there isn't any metaphysics. (Pirsig in Lila, page 64.) Dan replied: Exactly.

Re: [MD] The other side of Value

2011-06-09 Thread Joseph Maurer
Hi Mark, No! I prefer to keep psychology and metaphysics as separate disciplines. On 6/8/11 8:40 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Joe, I would take this a step further and say that psychology is a metaphysics. Would you agree? Mark On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Joseph

Re: [MD] Free Will

2011-06-09 Thread Steven Peterson
Sam Harris is still going on about free will. I guess he can't control himself: http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/you-do-not-choose-what-you-choose/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives:

Re: [MD] Free Will

2011-06-09 Thread craigerb
[Craig, previously] Suppose I find a wallet with ID. I might keep it. But as I deliberate, I feel guilty decide to return the wallet. Then I rationalize: the owner was careless, why should I do them any favors? [Steve] You aren't reading carefully. What Harris says is inscrutible

Re: [MD] The other side of Value

2011-06-09 Thread Joseph Maurer
On 6/8/11 8:32 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Joe, What you present does not make much sense to me. Hi Mark, I'm sorry my writing is opaque. On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Joseph Maurer jh...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Ham, Writing it down does not make it so.  The individual

Re: [MD] Free Will

2011-06-09 Thread Steven Peterson
Craig: Harris is at a tremendous disadvantage in this debate.  He must argue that of all the billions of people who have ever lived on earth, none of them at any time in their life, exercised free will.  I only have to argue that there was one case. Steve: No, examples and counter-examples won't

Re: [MD] The reification issue completely misunderstood

2011-06-09 Thread Joseph Maurer
On 6/8/11 4:43 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Joe, The dynamic does not manifest, it IS. Hi Mark, I suppose there can be an unmanifest dynamic, but then how would I know? Words are useless in terms of the dynamic as you have correctly pointed out. If you take away words and

Re: [MD] The other side of Value

2011-06-09 Thread Joseph Maurer
On 6/8/11 8:25 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Joseph Maurer jh...@comcast.net wrote: Mark, You are posting on a site that accepts a DQ/SQ formulation for reality. It's alright to say that the MOQ is nonsensical, to provoke a further discussion of

Re: [MD] Free Will

2011-06-09 Thread craigerb
[Einstein] Man can do what he will but he cannot will what he wills). If it is true that woman/man can do what s/he will, this is sufficient for free will. Craig Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc.