R: Re: R: Dualism via Quantum Mechanics

2012-05-13 Thread scerir
H. Kragh (Dirac: a Scientific Biography, Cambridge U.P., 1990) reports a 1927 discussion between Dirac, Heisenberg and Born, about what actually gives rise to the so called collapse (reduction of waves packet). Dirac said that it is 'Nature' that makes the choice (of measurement outcome). Born

Re: A crazy thoughts about structure of Electron.

2012-05-13 Thread socra...@bezeqint.net
What is the electron configuration ? Is the electron a photon with toroidal topology? http://www.cybsoc.org/electron.pdf ==. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: R: Re: R: Dualism via Quantum Mechanics

2012-05-13 Thread meekerdb
On 5/12/2012 11:21 PM, scerir wrote: H. Kragh (Dirac: a Scientific Biography, Cambridge U.P., 1990) reports a 1927 discussion between Dirac, Heisenberg and Born, about what actually gives rise to the so called collapse (reduction of waves packet). Dirac said that it is 'Nature' that makes the

Re: Dualism via Quantum Mechanics

2012-05-13 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 13.05.2012 04:38 meekerdb said the following: On 5/12/2012 4:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Evgenii, All this is well known. Copenhagen theory, or unique-universe theory are non computationalist dualist theories. Not all of them, at least not in the sense of dualist you mean. Adrian Kent has

Re: Free will in MWI

2012-05-13 Thread R AM
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Pierz pier...@gmail.com wrote: I can see that. But consider that the notion of being able to change the outcome of future society - 'prevent' or 'deter' anything at all - depends on the possibility of variant futures. From the absolute perspective, such

Re: Free will in MWI

2012-05-13 Thread Pierz
On Sunday, May 13, 2012 6:17:12 PM UTC+10, RAM wrote: On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Pierz pier...@gmail.com wrote: I can see that. But consider that the notion of being able to change the outcome of future society - 'prevent' or 'deter' anything at all - depends on the possibility

Re: Dualism via Quantum Mechanics

2012-05-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 May 2012, at 14:59, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 12.05.2012 13:33 Bruno Marchal said the following: Evgenii, All this is well known. Copenhagen theory, or unique-universe theory are non computationalist dualist theories. But as Shimony has shown, the idea that consciousness collapse the

Re: R: Dualism via Quantum Mechanics

2012-05-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 May 2012, at 15:20, scerir wrote: A few quotes below to dualism from Max Velmans. Evgenii H. Kragh (Dirac: a Scientific Biography, Cambridge U.P., 1990) reports a 1927 discussion between Dirac, Heisenberg and Born, about what actually gives rise to the so called collapse (reduction

Re: Free will in MWI

2012-05-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 May 2012, at 19:50, John Clark wrote: On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: although machines can be said determined, they are not entirely determined from what they can know about themselves at the time they decide to act. As I've said many

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

2012-05-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 May 2012, at 22:51, John Mikes wrote: Pure non-consciousness? that would approach the 'pure(?) nothingness' - even in my generalized definition of Ccness: response to relations leaving open he definition of a response and of relations. Otherwise it is perfect. But 'response to

Re: Free will in MWI

2012-05-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On May 13, 4:17 am, R AM ramra...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Pierz pier...@gmail.com wrote: I can see that. But consider that the notion of being able to change the outcome of future society - 'prevent' or 'deter' anything at all - depends on the possibility of

Re: R: Dualism via Quantum Mechanics

2012-05-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 May 2012, at 22:54, meekerdb wrote: On 5/12/2012 6:20 AM, scerir wrote: A few quotes below to dualism from Max Velmans. Evgenii H. Kragh (Dirac: a Scientific Biography, Cambridge U.P., 1990) reports a 1927 discussion between Dirac, Heisenberg and Born, about what actually gives

Re: Free will in MWI

2012-05-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 May 2012, at 03:48, Pierz wrote: I remember a kid back in secondary school saying to me that if everything was determined - as seemed inevitable to him from his understanding of physics - then you might as well give up and despair, since that was inevitable anyway! I tried to

Re: Dualism via Quantum Mechanics

2012-05-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 May 2012, at 04:38, meekerdb wrote: On 5/12/2012 4:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Evgenii, All this is well known. Copenhagen theory, or unique-universe theory are non computationalist dualist theories. Not all of them, at least not in the sense of dualist you mean. Adrian Kent has

Re: A crazy thoughts about structure of Electron.

2012-05-13 Thread socra...@bezeqint.net
# A New Limit on Photon Mass. http://www.aip.org/pnu/2003/split/625-2.html ===. -- 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

Re: Free will in MWI

2012-05-13 Thread R AM
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: What would be the point of learning though? What would be the difference between any one outcome and any other one if decision making were determined? It is only because of our own experience of free will that we can

Re: Free will in MWI

2012-05-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On May 13, 11:46 am, R AM ramra...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: What would be the point of learning though? What would be the difference between any one outcome and any other one if decision making were determined? It is

Re: Free will in MWI

2012-05-13 Thread John Clark
On Sat, May 12, 2012 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I guess I have to draw a diagram Determined | | Coerced-Free

Re: Free will in MWI

2012-05-13 Thread John Clark
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Pierz pier...@gmail.com wrote: John Clarke seems to be saying No e in my name. Although I'd love to say I'm Arthur C Clarke's illegitimate son the fact is my father's name was Arthur E Clark. that the law is an ass, not because of human-level failures of

Re: Free will in MWI

2012-05-13 Thread meekerdb
On 5/13/2012 9:35 AM, John Clark wrote: On Sat, May 12, 2012 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I guess I have to draw a diagram Determined | |

Re: Free will in MWI

2012-05-13 Thread meekerdb
On 5/13/2012 9:56 AM, John Clark wrote: On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Pierz pier...@gmail.com mailto:pier...@gmail.com wrote: John Clarke seems to be saying No e in my name. Although I'd love to say I'm Arthur C Clarke's illegitimate son the fact is my father's name was Arthur E

Re: Dualism via Quantum Mechanics

2012-05-13 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 13.05.2012 15:09 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 12 May 2012, at 14:59, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 12.05.2012 13:33 Bruno Marchal said the following: Evgenii, All this is well known. Copenhagen theory, or unique-universe theory are non computationalist dualist theories. But as Shimony

Re: Free will in MWI

2012-05-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On May 13, 4:19 pm, R AM ramra...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: On May 13, 11:46 am, R AM ramra...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: What would be the