RE: Atheist

2014-07-17 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bruno Marchal Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 9:25 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Atheist On 17 Jul 2014, at 10:33, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote:

Re: Gödel of the Gaps

2014-07-17 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, July 17, 2014 4:25:07 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 17 Jul 2014, at 01:20, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:22:46 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 16 Jul 2014, at 15:05, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> >> So much of our attention in logic and m

Re: Selecting your future branch

2014-07-17 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Whom do you anticipate performing the emulation? Comp is used as an abbreviation of computationalism, or CTM (computationalist theory of the mind). it is basically the assumption that the brain is computer emulable. That is detailed in the step 0 of the UD Argument. -Original Messag

Re: Selecting your future branch

2014-07-17 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > What difference do you se between comp and computationalism? > Why ask me? You're the one who felt that "computationalism" didn't adequately convey the idea you had and so you needed to invent a new word, a word used on this list and no pla

Re: Atheist

2014-07-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jul 2014, at 17:09, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2014-07-17 17:04 GMT+02:00 Bruno Marchal : On 16 Jul 2014, at 19:31, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2014-07-16 19:22 GMT+02:00 Bruno Marchal : On 15 Jul 2014, at 22:14, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2014-07-15 22:10 GMT+02:00 Bruno Marchal : On

Re: Atheist

2014-07-17 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Why I have to claim that? I claim that any monistic ("scientific") theory that predict infinite many universes predict also infinite many minds with infinite many degrees of knowledge and mastering over their realities and the realities that they may create, that, assuming monistic materialism, ca

Re: Selecting your future branch

2014-07-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jul 2014, at 18:37, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > Computationalism is contradictory? No. Computationalism is not contradictory, but "comp" is. What difference do you se between comp and computationalism? Comp is used as an abbreviation

Re: Selecting your future branch

2014-07-17 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > Computationalism is contradictory? > No. Computationalism is not contradictory, but "comp" is. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from th

Re: Atheist

2014-07-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jul 2014, at 10:33, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com ] On Behalf Of John Clark Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 11:20 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Atheist Salman Rushdi

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-17 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> I can think of few things more disgusting or economically ridiculous >> that 18 square miles of stagnant salt water algae ponds in the desert. >> > > > Actually there are pilot installations

Re: Atheist

2014-07-17 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
You cannot now claim, baring evidence, that we can change reality, even here on planet Earth, in a cogent way. It's like somebody falling off Mt. Evidence, in which we can have an opinion about our dilemma, but reversing gravity or dreaming up a parachute to use during our fall is not part of t

Re: Atheist

2014-07-17 Thread Alberto G. Corona
2014-07-17 10:31 GMT+02:00, Bruno Marchal : > > On 17 Jul 2014, at 01:00, Alberto G. Corona wrote: > >> The latest theories of everithing admit absolutely everithing. > > Which one? What do you mean by "absolutely everything"? > > > >> they >> are no longer materialistic. Either they are no-theorie

Re: Selecting your future branch

2014-07-17 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
What do you two say about this (year old) Science 2.0 article, in relation to the mathematical description of reality? The writer is or was a physicist at CERN. I have heard, Lord Rees, UK's astronomer royal, say the same thing. http://www.science20.com/quantum_diaries_survivor/physics_resurr

Re: Selecting your future branch

2014-07-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jul 2014, at 14:42, Richard Ruquist wrote: Computationalism is necessarily consistent, I am not sure we can know that, at least in any reasonably justifiable way. but may not be complete except in nearly infinite domains. It is incomplete with respect to arithmetical truth, and

Re: Atheist

2014-07-17 Thread Samiya Illias
This illustrated video might be of interest: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151781219163852 On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > > > 2014-07-17 17:04 GMT+02:00 Bruno Marchal : > > >> On 16 Jul 2014, at 19:31, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >> >> >> >> >> 2014-07-16 19:22

Re: Atheist

2014-07-17 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2014-07-17 17:04 GMT+02:00 Bruno Marchal : > > On 16 Jul 2014, at 19:31, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > > > > 2014-07-16 19:22 GMT+02:00 Bruno Marchal : > >> >> On 15 Jul 2014, at 22:14, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >> >> >> >> >> 2014-07-15 22:10 GMT+02:00 Bruno Marchal : >> >>> >>> On 14 Jul 2014, at 17:2

Re: Atheist

2014-07-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Jul 2014, at 19:31, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2014-07-16 19:22 GMT+02:00 Bruno Marchal : On 15 Jul 2014, at 22:14, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2014-07-15 22:10 GMT+02:00 Bruno Marchal : On 14 Jul 2014, at 17:25, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2014-07-14 17:13 GMT+02:00 Bruno Marchal : On

Re: What's the answer? What's the question?

2014-07-17 Thread David Nyman
On 14 July 2014 02:36, meekerdb wrote: But from the above I'm led to wonder whether you've actually read the MGA, > so I repeat them here for convenient reference: Hi Brent - did you see my response to this? David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Selecting your future branch

2014-07-17 Thread Richard Ruquist
Computationalism is necessarily consistent, but may not be complete except in nearly infinite domains. Richard On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 16 Jul 2014, at 20:43, John Clark wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > >> John Clark is NO

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-17 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Here's a curious article on AGW (exaggerated or not) that may explain things better. The synergy of biology interacting with geology is fascinating to me. It makes me feel (not know) that Earth must vanishingly rare as a biotic planet. We may detect planets with nitrogen-oxygen atmospheres with

Re: Atheist

2014-07-17 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Both the right and left? Naw! The Left respects useful tools practicing religion for the cause. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, are the most prominent and successful, for the 'cause.' The cause is ideological, a faith movement, sans, religion. as such. Is religion bloodthirsty? For sure. Worldwi

RE: Atheist

2014-07-17 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Clark Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 11:20 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Atheist Salman Rushdie wrote: > religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion inter

Re: Atheist

2014-07-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jul 2014, at 01:00, Alberto G. Corona wrote: The latest theories of everithing admit absolutely everithing. Which one? What do you mean by "absolutely everything"? they are no longer materialistic. Either they are no-theories or they allow any interpretation anyone may like about th

Re: Gödel of the Gaps

2014-07-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jul 2014, at 01:20, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:22:46 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 16 Jul 2014, at 15:05, Craig Weinberg wrote: So much of our attention in logic and math is focused on using processes to turn specific inputs into even more specific binar

RE: The subtle distinction between belief & faith

2014-07-17 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bruno Marchal Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 10:37 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The subtle distinction between belief & faith On 16 Jul 2014, at 04:23, 'Chris de Morsel