The why is that your conception of space is unscientific. You sound like a New Ager.
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Craig Weinberg <whatsons...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:46:17 PM UTC-4, yanniru wrote: >> >> I disagree with everything you suggest. > > > You are welcome to disagree, but without knowing why, I can only assume that > you don't really have an argument against my view. The bottom line is that > without some theory which gets us from matter to *us right here* it really > is more of in interesting curiosity. It may turn out to be incredibly > useful/important/profitable from an engineering and technology standpoint, > but it really doesn't answer the timeless questions of who we are and what > awareness is. My model does that. > > Craig > >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Craig Weinberg <whats...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:52:30 PM UTC-4, yanniru wrote: >> >> >> >> Craig, >> >> Neurons are made in accordance with physical laws. >> >> >> >> You are confusing string theory with comp which apparently makes >> >> everything. >> >> >> >> String theory monads are made in the big bang by having the excess >> >> dimensions of the space of string theory curl up into 1000 planck >> >> diameter particles that precipitate out of 3-D space. In fact they're >> >> curling up is what allows 3-D space to inflate. As space is still >> >> expanding, monads are apparently still being made. >> >> >> >> The monads exist in what would be commonly called a supernatural realm. >> >> They solve the hard problems of consciousness. Neurons do not. That is >> >> why they are needed. But the fact is that according to string theory, >> >> they (the monads) exist. >> >> >> >> You can quibble with string theory if you like. In my models that >> >> extend string theory to consciousness, string theory is assumed to be >> >> correct, even if my modelling is incorrect. >> >> All I claim is that my model is one possibility among many that >> >> probably can never be proven. >> >> Richard >> > >> > >> > All that I suggest is that string theory and especially string monads >> > only >> > really address the hard problem if they are understood as figurative >> > strings >> > rather than literal structures. The dimensions would have to be >> > qualitative >> > experiential dimensions (like emotion, meaning, etc.) rather than >> > literally >> > 'different kinds of space'. >> > >> > In my view the whole notion of space as a plenum is a non-starter. You >> > can >> > look at it that way and perhaps it will work eventually, but it is the >> > loooong way around - like trying to guess what song is playing by >> > analyzing >> > a database of the expressions on the faces of people listening to that >> > song. >> > >> > I say that space is a dimensionless void between phenomena which do have >> > qualities that can be expressed as partly quantifiable with dimension. >> > We >> > are in the big bang, as we always have been, only it is banging within, >> > diffracting itself in many different ways, both figuratively and >> > literally >> > at the same time. >> > >> > Craig >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "Everything List" group. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/-/JrTIYscXvbwJ. >> > To post to this group, send email to everyth...@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > everything-li...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/-/Q8vH2J5UkF0J. > 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. -- 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.
