Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
made that distinction clear but apparently it didn't register... Edgar On Monday, January 13, 2014 3:55:40 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 14 January 2014 07:16, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Terren, >> >> I just explained how it is possible to tell if your parti

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, That doesn't follow. Don't you understand basic logical forms? Edgar On Monday, January 13, 2014 7:15:04 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 14 January 2014 13:10, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Terren, >> >> No, it's not that simple as I thought I had

Re: A Theory of Consciousness

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, Thanks for the suggestions and encouragement. It's been on my 'to do list' and posting here is helping to clarify the presentation of some of my ideas towards that end. Edgar On Monday, January 13, 2014 3:41:17 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 1/13/2014 9:23 AM

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
id rebuttal to those who are arguing against your > dismissal of block time. So it would be worth your while to answer it... > two birds, one stone. I await your answer. > > Hoping for the best... > Terren > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, et al, The so called 'unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics' is obvious in a universe where reality math actually computes reality. That couldn't be any simpler or clearer. Edgar On Monday, January 13, 2014 6:06:15 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 14 January 2014 11:29, meekerdb >wrote:

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
g for me!! > > On Monday, January 13, 2014 4:46:18 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: >> >> On 10 January 2014 07:04, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >> >>> Terren, >>> >>> First, it will only detract, not help, to try to shoehorn my theories >>> into stand

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
egers are NOT infinite. Edgar On Monday, January 13, 2014 6:10:16 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 14 January 2014 11:38, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> How do you define infinity differently than an unreachable process? >> >> Countable infinity c

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
er and consistency with actually observed phenomena. Edgar My theory on the other hand takes On Monday, January 13, 2014 4:52:34 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 14 January 2014 04:31, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Stephen, >> >> It's not 'ideal monism'. T

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, How do you define infinity differently than an unreachable process? Edgar On Monday, January 13, 2014 4:08:52 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 14 January 2014 02:32, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> To answer your questions. >> >> Real

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
little in my theory to include everything which could become possible. Edgar On Monday, January 13, 2014 1:54:09 PM UTC-5, oughtred wrote: > > > > On Jan 13, 2014, at 9:21 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > > Terren, > > No, it's not a contradiction. Becaus

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
of people claiming to have a way for me to know > "what is really going on". 99.99% of the time they > are peddling snake oil. > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > > Stephen, > > A couple of responses. >

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
nuary 13, 2014 12:58:13 PM UTC-5, Terren Suydam wrote: > > Edgar, > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Terren, >> >> Don't tell me what's in my theory. There are NO infinity of logical >> realities being computed.

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
99% of the time they > are peddling snake oil. > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > > Stephen, > > A couple of responses. > > Forget all other theories when you read mine and judge it only on its own > merits... Don'

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
observable and one can measure it and confirm its existence. Things must be observable to properly be considered real and actual... Edgar On Monday, January 13, 2014 12:36:00 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > On Jan 13, 2014, at 7:32 AM, "Edgar L. Owen" >

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: > > Dear Edgar, > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > > Stephen, > > It's not 'ideal monism'. Trying to shoehorn it won't help you understand > it. > > > Good point! I t

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
n dead Edgar Edgar On Monday, January 13, 2014 12:17:03 PM UTC-5, Terren Suydam wrote: > > Hi Edgar, > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 7:44 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Terren, >> >> There is no "infinity of simulations". We are ta

Re: A Theory of Consciousness

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
heir website is arxiv.org > > Jason > > On Jan 13, 2014, at 7:59 AM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Telmo, > > Thanks for the explanation, though it doesn't seem very applicable to > actual reality... > > I would be very interested in where one can

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
actualized generalize quantum vacuum with no measure because nothing was yet happening. Edgar On Monday, January 13, 2014 11:57:13 AM UTC-5, Terren Suydam wrote: > > Edgar, > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> To

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ned by are sci fi, or worse, delusion. Truth is internal consistency of our simulation across maximum scope. If there is some inconsistency then we don't have true knowledge of reality to that extent. Edgar On Monday, January 13, 2014 10:21:03 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > &g

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
would be helpful if you proposed some semi-formal > definitions or pointed to similar discussion by other authors. It seems to > me that your theory is yet another version of ideal monism and there are > quite a few of those floating around. > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 7:1

Re: A Theory of Consciousness

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
gt; > forms > >> > in OE. > >> > >> This sounds like comp and UD. > >> > >> > All so called physical worlds are how organismic minds simulate their > >> > interactions with this information world. Organismic, including >

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ts topological properties, its parameters, > etc.? > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> No Liz, I told you what it IS. It's the happening in computational space >> that enables computations to take place since something has to move

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
gins? > > Jason > > On Jan 9, 2014, at 10:35 PM, LizR > wrote: > > On 10 January 2014 17:19, meekerdb < > meek...@verizon.net > > wrote: > >> On 1/9/2014 7:07 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >> >> No Liz, I told you what it IS. It's the happening in c

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
riday, January 10, 2014 5:05:31 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 10 Jan 2014, at 04:16, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Liz, > > So? I'm not really interested in Bruno's comp as I don't think it actually > applies to reality. I'll stick with my computational re

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
wrote: > > > On 10 Jan 2014, at 04:13, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Stephen, > > Your error here is assuming the computations take place in a single "wide" > physical dimensional space. They don't. They take place in a purely > computational space prior to the

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
archal wrote: > > > On 10 Jan 2014, at 03:34, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Liz, > > No, that's not the only way to falsify it. One merely needs to show it > doesn't properly describe reality as I've just done. > > > ? > > > > If you even assum

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
to use in my book on Reality Edgar On Friday, January 10, 2014 4:38:27 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 10 Jan 2014, at 02:53, LizR wrote: > > On 10 January 2014 14:22, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> No, I don't agree with that at all. As I&#

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
STANDARD sense it's used in computer science, as the output of running computer programs. I find it strange you would disagree with that Edgar On Friday, January 10, 2014 3:14:40 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 09 Jan 2014, at 20:20, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Terre

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
r theory. > > Your objection about human math and reality math, I believe, is an attempt > to refute step 8 of the UDA - that is usually the most problematic step for > people who don't agree with the UDA. It would be very interesting if you > could identify a flaw in the UDA, su

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
17:19, meekerdb >wrote: > >> On 1/9/2014 7:07 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >> >> No Liz, I told you what it IS. It's the happening in computational space >> that enables computations to take place since something has to move for >> computations

Re: A Theory of Consciousness

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
. All the > many > > ways this happens is described in detail in my book... > > Ok, again this seems compatible with the concepts of 1p/3p, which are > frequently mentioned in this mailing list. (not everyone likes them, > for sure... I do) > > Cheers > Tel

Re: The One

2014-01-13 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, The computational theory I propose has nothing to do with cellular automata. Cellular automata is little more than a simple childish game. I played around with them myself back in the 1960's and found little of interest. All the hype and theorizing around them is misguided. What they are

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
hen. > > Now we've cleared that up, I can repeat my original point: > > On 10 January 2014 15:34, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> No, that's not the only way to falsify it. One merely needs to show it >> doesn't properly describe reality

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ource allocation and > one has a real mess! (Forget about the intractability issues...) There > seems to be a lot of bad thinking when it comes to what exactly is a > computation. Let me try a definition of "computation": > > Any transformation of information. >

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ary 9, 2014 9:56:19 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > No you spent them telling me what it *does*. I'd like to know what it > *is.* > > > On 10 January 2014 15:54, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Common Liz, I just spent the last number of posts telling you and Stephen >

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
talking about here. May I respectfully > suggest you call yours something else, to avoid confusion? > > > On 10 January 2014 15:52, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> Your comp is obviously not my comp. Don't tell me what my comp does or >> doesn&#

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
; On 1/9/2014 5:15 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Stephen, > > > > PPS: A computational universe, IF it computes clock times which it must, > absolutely > > requires something besides clock time to be moving to provide the > processor cycles for > > those co

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
e time that is prior to all the various times that occur in the > computed reality. The question is, what is *that *time? (whatever it > should be called) > > > On 10 January 2014 15:48, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> Obviously clock time is th

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, Your comp is obviously not my comp. Don't tell me what my comp does or doesn't do... Edgar On Thursday, January 9, 2014 9:38:47 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 10 January 2014 15:34, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> No, that's not the onl

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ality exists is conclusive proof. Edgar On Thursday, January 9, 2014 8:53:18 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 10 January 2014 14:22, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> No, I don't agree with that at all. As I've said on a number of >> occasion

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
at 8:16 PM, LizR wrote: > >> On 10 January 2014 14:01, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >> >>> Stephen, >>> >>> There is no "single observer that can take in all events...". I never >>> said that and don't believe it. >>> >>

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
14:01, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Stephen, >> >> There is no "single observer that can take in all events...". I never >> said that and don't believe it. >> >> However there has to be a single universal processor cycling for a >> com

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
y the very existence of reality. Edgar On Thursday, January 9, 2014 8:12:46 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 10 January 2014 13:51, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz and Terren, >> >> I'm thinking more about this and think I've now changed my mind on it. >

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
) instantaneously replaced with an exact copy with the exact neural circuitry and neural states then I suppose 'I' would still think I was me. I don't see why not. So what's the point? I forgot what it was... Edgar On Thursday, January 9, 2014 5:01:48 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: &g

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
eech using an imprecise definition which isn't really germane here. As you point out everybody's thoughts and states of mind are always changing Edgar On Thursday, January 9, 2014 5:01:48 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 1/9/2014 1:15 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 10 January

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ality comes from... the way you express it leaves little room for doubt, > which is an odd stance considering that it's something we would need to > take on faith, regardless of what your theory is. It comes across as > dogmatic or religious... is that your intent? > > Terre

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
a life-threatening brain disorder by giving you a prosthetic brain > that replicates your biological brain at some level. > > If so, Bruno's UDA proves that the physical world as we experience it is > not computable. > > Terren > > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:0

Re: A Theory of Consciousness

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ysical worlds' are products of organismic minds and occur only within those minds as simulations of the external information reality. Actual fundamental external reality is computationally evolving information in OE only. Edgar On Thursday, January 9, 2014 1:06:49 PM UTC-5, telmo_menezes

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Dear Edgar, > > Check out this article by S. Wolfram: > > > http://www.stephenwolfram.com/publications/academic/undecidability-intractability-theoretical-physics.pdf > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Stephen, >> >&

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
uot;realm". > > That aside, I gather that if you built a robot that had the proper mental > simulation of its world, based on its own sensory apparatus, with the > complex feedback systems necessary, that robot would EXperience as well? > > Terren > > > On Thu

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
matical system of reality. Edgar On Thursday, January 9, 2014 9:04:39 AM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: > > Dear Edgar, > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Stephen, >> >> I define 'Reality' in my book on the su

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
hat isn't? > > Terren > > > On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Terren, >> >> All human babies are automatically consciousness. They are conscious of >> whatever input data they have. I don't see the point of your

Re: Tegmark's New Book

2014-01-09 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Stephen, I define 'Reality' in my book on the subject very simply as everything that exists. One must be careful to distinguish between actual external reality, of which there is only one, and individual 'realities' which vary widely across individuals and species, and which are all individual

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-08 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ne and > this is a natural source of disbelief. > Your "In my book" is no argument. We wrote books as well. . > > *I "know" for sure that we don't know anything for sure.* I will not hunt > after such items and when I post disbelief that is something I usu

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-08 Thread Edgar L. Owen
uot;know" for sure that we don't know anything for sure.* I will not hunt > after such items and when I post disbelief that is something I usually can > support from my past experience. > > Have a good 2014 and beyond > > John Mikes > > > > > On Wed, Ja

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-08 Thread Edgar L. Owen
of > reality, as a function somehow of "ontological energy". > > Terren > On Jan 8, 2014 1:49 PM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > >> Telmo, >> >> Thanks for the link but see my new topic "A theory of consciousness" of a >>

Re: Consciousness as a State of Matter

2014-01-08 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Telmo, Thanks for the link but see my new topic "A theory of consciousness" of a few days ago which no one has even commented on and which is much more reasonable and explanatory. Edgar On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 12:57:37 PM UTC-5, telmo_menezes wrote: > > In case you haven't seen it...

Understanding Entropy

2014-01-08 Thread Edgar L. Owen
All, As I explain in my book on Reality, entropy states are not fundamental, as often assumed, because they depend on the spatial mix of prevailing forces. For example the maximum entropy state will be completely different in a positive gravitation universe than it would be in a negative gravi

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-06 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jason, What clock measures your coordinate time? Apparently none. It's beginning to sound just like another name for Present time. What's the difference? Edgar On Monday, January 6, 2014 9:47:36 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > On Jan 6, 2014, at 6:55 AM, "Edgar L.

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-06 Thread Edgar L. Owen
proved by their differing clocks. When are they together Brent? Obviously in a present moment which is a kind of time that clearly is not the same as clock time. Edgar On Monday, January 6, 2014 12:18:16 AM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 1/5/2014 12:00 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Brent

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-06 Thread Edgar L. Owen
end we use the definitions which Einstein > works out (starting on page 2 of his paper): > > http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/specrel.pdf > > It would avoid a lot of confusion I think, because so far we seem to be > talking past each other over what basic words

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-06 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz R wrote: > > On 6 January 2014 12:45, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> Yes, of course you are correct. They do it all the time but in the >> present moment rather than any clock time simultaneity. Without a present >> moment when do they meet up

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-06 Thread Edgar L. Owen
2014 10:16, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> What is explained quite well by relativity is the differing clock times. >> The fact they differ in the same present moment is not even recognized nor >> explained by relativity It's a basic but tota

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
:29 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 6 January 2014 10:16, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> What is explained quite well by relativity is the differing clock times. >> The fact they differ in the same present moment is not even recognized nor >> ex

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz R wrote: > > On 6 January 2014 09:00, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Brent, >> >> No, the present moment is NOT just a "label". It's an empirically >> verifiable observation (measurement). And not only that both twins agree on >> that measur

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
that Edgar On Sunday, January 5, 2014 2:08:47 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 1/5/2014 4:33 AM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Brent, > > No, that's the exact opposite of what I said. I said they ARE at the > same "present place" when their clocks don

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
my questions of yesterday amount to, doesn't make that true. Best, Edgar On Saturday, January 4, 2014 9:01:53 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 6:48 PM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Jason, > > PPS: More questions about your th

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
s required for a computational universe to work. Otherwise nothing would even happen Edgar On Sunday, January 5, 2014 3:16:42 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 04 Jan 2014, at 21:06, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 12:32 PM, "Edgar L. Owen"

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Bruno, You say of the present moment "Yes, it's not a clock time." I agree, then what is the present moment if it isn't a clock time? Edgar On Sunday, January 5, 2014 3:07:10 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 04 Jan 2014, at 19:32, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
rote: > > On 1/4/2014 5:44 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 5:36 PM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Jason, > > PS: And don't tell me the twins meeting with different clock times in > the same present moment is "an event&

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
f block time is true, and there is no free will, are you any more than a robot zombie? Awaiting your answers with interest... Edgar On Saturday, January 4, 2014 3:06:21 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 12:32 PM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Ja

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
rom your perspective? Edgar On Saturday, January 4, 2014 3:06:21 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 12:32 PM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Jason, > > If you don't agree with my theory of the Present moment, then what is your > theor

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Saturday, January 4, 2014 3:06:21 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 12:32 PM, "Edgar L. Owen" > > wrote: > > Jason, > > If you don't agree with my theory of the Present moment, then what is your > theory of this present moment we all exp

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
oment and their clock times are not simultaneous. This question is the key to the whole issue. Be interested to hear your answer... Edgar On Friday, January 3, 2014 11:51:53 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: >

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Pierz, It may not be "physics" by your definition but both the Present moment and Consciousness are certainly part of reality, in fact they are basic aspects of reality. Reality subsumes physics, if you want to define physics as just what is mathematically describable. Not all of reality is m

Re: For Edgar - "Unanswered question time."

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, I'm not going to give Yes/No questions to ill formulated questions. Have you stopped beating your dog? :-) See my answers to these questions (in my own words) in my response to Gabe who asked them Edgar On Friday, January 3, 2014 5:18:00 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > Our first topic is

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
3. According to your "P-time" notion, there is some uniquely true order of > events at the same point in space: True or False? > > -Gabe > > On Friday, January 3, 2014 10:23:57 AM UTC-6, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >> >> Gabriel, >> >> See my long most re

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
> > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > > Jason, > > Thanks for your several posts and charts. You really made me think and I > like that! > > > Thanks, I am glad to hear it. :-) > > > I'm combining my response

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
clock time dilation is an absolute permanent clock time effect that all observers agree upon WHEN there is no relative motion. That should clarify everything but I fear it won't Edgar On Friday, January 3, 2014 11:23:42 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jan

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Gabriel, See my long most recent response to Jason for an analysis of how this works and why this contradiction doesn't falsify Present moment P-time. Best, Edgar On Friday, January 3, 2014 10:31:59 AM UTC-5, Gabriel Bodeen wrote: > > (I'm expanding on the comment by Jason.) > > The "P-time

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jason, Come on Jason. Of course not. You have to have EQUAL amounts of acceleration to produce the same effect. But doesn't matter where in space it is. Edgar On Friday, January 3, 2014 10:24:26 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Edga

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Lliz, Brent and Jason, >> >> Actually Liz is correct here, by GR it is the acceleration. That is the >> physical cause of the clock time differences of the twins

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Lliz, Brent and Jason, Actually Liz is correct here, by GR it is the acceleration. That is the physical cause of the clock time differences of the twins. It is true the effects can also be analyzed just by spacetime paths as others have suggested, but it is actually the acceleration (or equival

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, This is of course complete nonsense I have immense respect for many female scientists, thinkers and artists. Emmy Noether is one who comes to mind. Edgar On Friday, January 3, 2014 1:24:29 AM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 3 January 2014 16:22, Richard Ruquist >wrote: > >> Liz, >> Edga

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, The common present moment is not something I "need". It's the way nature works... Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 9:34:46 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > Another thing I've been intending to ask Edgar, but it seems i can't now, > because he's refusing to reply to any of my posts... > > Why

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
uestion is answered... Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 8:39:08 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> That's very simple P-time allows us to explain how there is a pr

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
t; If there is a single, orderly proceeding, present moment, then I see no > what whatever to reconcile the incompatibility of these views... > > Jason > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Jason Resch > > wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 2, 20

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:05:36 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> I said I don't know because SR doesn't know. What's wrong with that? It's >> con

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
However everything is logical, and I've given the logical reasoning... Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 4:30:37 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> We'll let Jason judg

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
On Thursday, January 2, 2014 4:21:05 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 3 January 2014 10:17, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> We'll let Jason judge whether I answered him or not. >> > > No we won't. I followed his argument, and I want an answer t

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, We'll let Jason judge whether I answered him or not. Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 4:14:02 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 3 January 2014 10:00, Edgar L. Owen >wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> I answered Jason directly. See that post. >> > > By no

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, No, they aren't hidden variables. Not at all. Read my new topic post "Another shot at how spacetime emerges from quantum events" for the detailed explanation. Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 3:16:13 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 1/2/2014 8:44 AM, Edgar L.

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, I answered Jason directly. See that post. There is no preferred CLOCK time frame. There is a shared common present moment they both share which is 'preferred' in that sense. Again you are confusing clock time and Present moment time. See my response to Jason for one more approach that mig

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
rsday, January 2, 2014 1:45:21 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> Taking your points in order. >> >> No contradiction. Sam and Pam do experience 10 and 6 years of clock

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
theory I stated is NOT a hidden variable theory. There are no hidden variables at all in my explanation. Please, respectfully, reread it and see there are none... Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 12:55:50 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Edgar

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ary 2, 2014 12:32:19 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> Sorry, but you didn't address the argument I presented. I don't see how I >> can make it any clearer. Please, I re

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
worlds' since they continually merge and align at common events in the SAME computational reality.) Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 9:11:57 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >&g

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
ared present moment Edgar On Thursday, January 2, 2014 9:56:44 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Edgar L. Owen > > wrote: > >> Hi Jason, >> >> No, sadly you haven't quite gotten it yet but you are getting closer i

Re: Another stab at the universal present moment - a gedanken..

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
t; >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Russell Standish >> >> > wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 01:20:35AM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >>> > Jason, >>> > >>> > That's a totally off the wall answer.

Re: What are wavefunctions?

2014-01-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jason, Great! An amazing post! You seem to have correctly gotten part of the theory I proposed in my separate topic "Another stab at how spacetime emerges from quantum events." Please refer to that topic to confirm... Do you understand how the fact that the spins are determined in the frames o

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