arXiv:1205.2720 [pdf] Title: Why there is something rather than nothing: The finite, infinite and eternal Authors: Peter Lynds
Ronald On May 15, 5:33 pm, John Mikes <jami...@gmail.com> wrote: > Brent: > did I say . > "I am *conscious of infinite complexity???" > *If so, I used the word in a different meaning: like I know about. Or > better: I think I know about. (Belief system). > I explained several times that said infinite comp[lex system is beyond our > knowability although we are part of it with a partial knowledge. I never > promised symbols (or even a rose garden). > > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:34 PM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > > On 5/14/2012 1:58 PM, John Mikes wrote: > > > Qualia aspect? > > Please consider my 'rigid' agnostic stance with all those unknowable > > aspects playing into - what you so succinctly call: 'qualia' - I struggled > > for a long time to boil down my MOST GENERALIZED definition for something > > that would cover what many of us (?) call consciousness. > > I don't want to put a partial group of qualia on the banner. > > Besides: I fell into my own concept of 'networks of Networks (Karl Jaspers > > Forum TA62MIK) according to which there is no limitation how far > > connections may go. > > So whatever I would name 'qualia' is by Occam's razor. > > Not as a term of the infinite complexity I have in mind. > > JM > > > No offense intended, but I strongly doubt that you can be conscious of > > infinite complexity. ISTM that what one is conscious of is almost > > coextensive with what you can put into symbols: language, music, gestures, > > pictures. Experiments with language and music suggest that you can only > > process about 50bits/sec. > > > Brent > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Everything List" group. > > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
