On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 11:59:41AM +1100, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > I disagree. I do not think the quantum mechanics /ab initio/ is in > any way possible.
This is what I do in appendix D of my book. It then behooves you to point out where exactly that is wrong. > Physics is done with respect to observations and > experiments. Without prior observations we would not even know what > variables we might want to write down, much less how they behave > dynamically. I know it is the belief of most on this list that the > subjective plays a central role in all of this, but I disagree. I do > not think you can do physics, or even understand consciousness (the > subjective) without reference to experience of the objective world. > Modulo the fact that "objective world" is a controversial concept, I agree. Of course one needs to refer to experience, or observation in general. But one doesn't need to refer to specific experience, unless one specifically needs to invoke a position basis, or an energy basis or whatever. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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.
