On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote:
>> Are only nouns part of the physical universe or are adjectives and >> adverbs part of it too? >> > > > It is not quite relevant. > Not quite relevant?! Is fast and a racing car both part of the physical universe? Is a brain and a mind both part of the physical universe? I can't think of anything more relevant. > > Are only 0, s(0), s(s(0)), ... primary? or should we also insist that > addition and multiplication are primary. > You tell me, you're the one who asked "Do you believe in a PRIMARY physical universe?; I can't answer your question if even you don't know what the question is. > That needs to be clarified > Then do so, and do it before you ask me again if I believe in a primary physical universe. > Are quarks or superstrings part of the physical universe? Is information > part of the physical universe? Are thoughts part of the physical universe? > Are the integers part of the physical universe? What about the Real Numbers > or Complex Numbers? And if all these things are part of the physical > universe you need to give me at least one example of something that isn't. > > > You don't answer the question. > Of course I didn't answer the question, I can't do so because I don't understand what the question is, and now you've admitted that you don't understand your question either. > Personnally I don't see how a complex numbers, or an integer can be > considered physical at all. By physical universe, I mean what is described > in the book of physics. > Both integers and complex numbers are described in physics books, you can't do physics without them. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
