Re: Iraq and Vietnam

I wrote: Chad wrote: The current uprising is really a last stand, so to speak, for the insurgents. I hope you're right, but I'm afraid it's wshfull thinking. http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0416/040420_news_iraq.php http://tinyurl.com/2g496 Forgot to say that I stole this link from Ritu'

Re: Scouted: Protecting Creation on Earth Day

Gautam wrote: Since the environmental movement has done more harm to the poor of the world than any other such supposedly well-intentioned group, their dogma gets a very visceral reaction from me. When you get down to it, you've got a bunch of people who would rather millions of poor brown peopl

Re: Iraq and Vietnam

Chad wrote: The current uprising is really a last stand, so to speak, for the insurgents. I hope you're right, but I'm afraid it's wshfull thinking. http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0416/040420_news_iraq.php http://tinyurl.com/2g496 -- Doug ___ h

Re: This time I won't blame Bush

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Grossly Distorted Product

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Re: does time exist

- Original Message - From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 3:19 PM Subject: Re: does time exist > Dan said: > > > Indeed, this gives a very good place to stand when trying to > > understand QM. If electrons

Re: does time exist

Dan said: > Indeed, this gives a very good place to stand when trying to > understand QM. If electrons don't exist apart from the human mind, > then it isn't surprising that their properties don't exist apart > from observation. But some of their properties *do* exist apart from observation, or a

Re: does time exist

- Original Message - From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 12:35 PM Subject: Re: does time exist > Brad said: > > > But isn't our intuition wrong--or perhaps it would be better to say > > that our intuition

RE: does time exist

Thanks Dan I'm sure that will help. As for Rich and Brad, that is where I would get in my self evaluation of time. It would end in a stalemate not being able to decide if we are a function of time or time is a function of us. IMO fitness does not equal truth. If that statement were true we woul

RE: does time exist

Thanks Dan I'm sure that will help. As for Rich and Brad, that is where I would get in my self evaluation of time. It would end in a stalemate not being able to decide if we are a function of time or time is a function of us. IMO fitness does not equal truth. If that statement were true we woul

Re: does time exist

Brad said: > But isn't our intuition wrong--or perhaps it would be better to say > that our intuition does not prepare us to study quantum mechanics > and relativity? It's true that brains that have our intuitions of > space and time tend to help the selfish genes that program them > replicate

Re: does time exist

Dan said: The best explaination of what space and time actually are is given in the Critique of Pure Reason. Briefly put, space and time are the a priori forms of our intuition. But what is intuition if not a process operating through time? Rich But isn't our intuition wrong--or perhaps it wo

heat sink in a sun ship, Re: Designing a space navy...

Bryon Daly wrote: His biggest concern seems to be the matter of heat dissipation, which brought to my mind the scene in Heaven's Reach (I think), where the communication (?) laser is used to cool the ship, which is under attack. It's been 5+ years since I read them, and I don't have the books

Re: does time exist

Dan said: > The best explaination of what space and time actually are is given > in the Critique of Pure Reason. Briefly put, space and time are > the a priori forms of our intuition. But what is intuition if not a process operating through time? Rich ___

RE: [L3] Re: Scouted: Protecting Creation on Earth Day

Eric, wiff his feewwings hurt: > > But not all disagreements are worthy of respect. > > Understood. People disagreeing with you must respect you, but > you don't have to respect people you disagree with. Crystal clear. No, Eric, the crystal clear point is that when you get stupid enough, we don