Re: Pedagogy question (was: out-of-line)

2007-07-27 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 03:08:18PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > Thanks Russell. Note that paying is not a problem for me, as far as the > translation is professionnal. Some attempts have been made by willing > amateurs, and despite I appreciate the effort, I have not been > satisfied

Re: Pedagogy question (was: out-of-line)

2007-07-27 Thread David Nyman
On 27/07/07, Bruno Marchal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What are your knowledge of quantum mechanics? Not very deep - only what I've gleaned in a largely non-mathematical way from incessantly reading and musing about the topic for years. But I think I'm sufficiently orientated in the basic ideas

Re: Pedagogy question (was: out-of-line)

2007-07-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 27-juil.-07, à 13:31, David Nyman a écrit : > How will I ever know? I suppose I'm asking: what specifically are the > critical tests? See my answer to Tom. A specific test would be to test some Bell inequality in the comp phys. To say more I have to be more technic, and I am not sure this

Re: Pedagogy question (was: out-of-line)

2007-07-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
Thanks Russell. Note that paying is not a problem for me, as far as the translation is professionnal. Some attempts have been made by willing amateurs, and despite I appreciate the effort, I have not been satisfied with the result, so I don't want to push anybody on this. We can think about

Re: Pedagogy question (was: out-of-line)

2007-07-27 Thread David Nyman
On 27/07/07, Bruno Marchal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually you could be lobian, but unsound, or worst, inconsistent. But > I have no evidence. > You could be an "angel" ? (Like the PI-1 complete Anomega?): no, > because they are lobian too (despite being not turing emulable). > You could be

Re: Pedagogy question (was: out-of-line)

2007-07-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 25-juil.-07, à 18:58, David Nyman a écrit : > > On Jul 25, 3:15 pm, Bruno Marchal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Now, even if you were enough clear so that I could find a >> discrepancy between your talk and the machine's one, it would not >> necessarily mean you are wrong: it could mean you

Re: Pedagogy question (was: out-of-line)

2007-07-25 Thread Russell Standish
I assume you mean you are interested in doing a translation. I'm happy to assist, within limitations of doing my normal work. It would give me the motivation to read the "Brussels thesis". Incidently, one of my jobs is translating "fractured English" into proper idiomatic English, for which I get

Re: Pedagogy question (was: out-of-line)

2007-07-25 Thread David Nyman
On Jul 25, 3:15 pm, Bruno Marchal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, even if you were enough clear so that I could find a > discrepancy between your talk and the machine's one, it would not > necessarily mean you are wrong: it could mean you are not a lobian > machine or entity. My point is just t

SV: Pedagogy question (was: out-of-line)

2007-07-25 Thread Lennart Nilsson
Bruno Marchal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Concerning the math, do you know the book by Torkel Franzen on the uses >and misuses of Godel theorems? Despite some big mistake I will talk >about, it is a quite excellent book which I would recommend I have read this book and would very much want to

Pedagogy question (was: out-of-line)

2007-07-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 25-juil.-07, à 14:10, David Nyman a écrit : > Hi Bruno > > Yes, please do, if that will help. > > David > > On 25/07/07, Bruno Marchal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi David, >> >> OK. Do you mind if I answer this post online, this could help. >> >> Best, >> >> Bruno >> >> >> >> >> Le 18