Jon, list,
So my hypothesis should not become a dogma. Could it at least serve for counter-hypothesis, preventing the hypothesis of a nothing from becoming a dogma? Though we are not in a courtroom, where the best method, if you are sued, is to sue back somehow. Oops, I might have gone on a path of not-good discussion style here, sorry. I guess this happens when people talk about fundamental things... Dangerous!
Best,
Helmut
26. Oktober 2016 um 18:21 Uhr
"Jon Alan Schmidt" <jonalanschm...@gmail.com> wrote:
"Jon Alan Schmidt" <jonalanschm...@gmail.com> wrote:
Helmut, List:
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Regards,
Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA
Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman
On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Helmut Raulien <h.raul...@gmx.de> wrote:
List,I am wondering, whether it is helpful at all to ponder about "nothing", because I doubt that it can be more than a myth. Same with beginning, creation, tychism, and platonic ideas. I have the hypothesis, that reverse-engineering is not possible if you only have the status quo, and no symbolic second documentary. You can reverse-engineer the derivation of species, because you have the DNA of existing ones for symbolic documentary. But in the physicochemical realm there is no such documentary, not even the background radiation, which is not symbolic, but indexical. So, this is merely a hypothesis: Myths cannot be falsified or verified (demythicized) merely with indices and icons. Is that so??Best,Helmut
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