Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-25 Thread John Mikes
Dear Samiya, I do not want to put you on the spot, indeed. Thank you for a decent and comprehensive reply. What I referred to as "#1, #17 and #18" were references to YOUR post (as your 'numbered' verses from the Q'uran). I do not believe such discussion may ever result in a reasonable conclusi

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-24 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
27;ve slipped through. -Original Message- From: LizR To: everything-list Sent: Sun, May 24, 2015 6:31 am Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" Your graph shows the result of arctic sea ice disappearing while antarctic sea ice has been increasing. These can bot

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-24 Thread meekerdb
On 5/24/2015 3:31 AM, LizR wrote: Your graph shows the result of arctic sea ice disappearing while antarctic sea ice has been increasing. These can both be reasonably ascribed to climate change - less sea ice in the arctic means it's melting, more in the antarctic means it's coming off the ice

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-24 Thread LizR
Your graph shows the result of arctic sea ice disappearing while antarctic sea ice has been increasing. These can both be reasonably ascribed to climate change - less sea ice in the arctic means it's melting, more in the antarctic means it's coming off the ice cap into the sea because the ice cap i

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-23 Thread Samiya Illias
John M, I'm not sure I understand your questions. Can you kindly quote #1, #17 & #18 so that I can try to respond to it? By the way, this thread started with a discussion about global warming, and I shared a news from European Space Agency regarding Glacial Melt in Antarctica. Is that an authe

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-23 Thread meekerdb
On 5/23/2015 1:44 PM, John Mikes wrote: Samiya, so far I kept out from the 'opposition' and tried to comply within my own agnosticism. Now I get tired of all that fairitale-discussion and ask some questions. LizR asked: */"'Does God give any suggestions as to what we should do? " /* I start ear

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-23 Thread John Mikes
Samiya, so far I kept out from the 'opposition' and tried to comply within my own agnosticism. Now I get tired of all that fairitale-discussion and ask some questions. LizR asked: *"'Does God give any suggestions as to what we should do? " * I start earlier:* Does "God" give any suggestions why

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-23 Thread John Clark
On Sat, May 23, 2015 Samiya Illias wrote: > While reading the Quran this morning Were you looking for loopholes? John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails fro

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-23 Thread John Clark
On Fri, May 22, 2015 meekerdb wrote: > The polar ice has been shifting from north to south for decades. The > losses and gains essentially balance out. I know, and as far as sea levels are concerned the southern polar ice cap is far more important than the northern one; the northern ice cap is

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-23 Thread Samiya Illias
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 2:23 AM, Samiya Illias wrote: > > > On 12-May-2015, at 9:39 pm, LizR wrote: > > On 13 May 2015 at 14:29, Samiya Illias wrote: > >> 1) The Quran reminds us that humans have been made Incharge of Earth and >> hence are responsible for the welfare of the Earth and all in it

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hello Samya, On 22 May 2015, at 10:15, Samiya Illias wrote: Bruno, Consider this verse: Holy Quran 41:52 -- قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ كَفَرْتُمْ بِهِ مَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ هُوَ فِي شِقَاقٍ بَعِيدٍ Say, "Have you considered: if the Qur'an is fr

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-22 Thread Samiya Illias
Bruno, Consider this verse: Holy Quran 41:52 -- قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ كَفَرْتُمْ بِهِ مَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ هُوَ فِي شِقَاقٍ بَعِيدٍ Say, "Have you considered: if the Qur'an is from Allah and you disbelieved in it, who would be more astray than o

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 May 2015, at 09:23, Samiya Illias wrote: Well, if you wish, we all could read together the Quran verse by verse on this list and discuss our understanding of what the verse is saying. With our diverse backgrounds, we can certainly share our insights - Platonist, Aristotelian, Scienti

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-20 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Ah! The poem has an interesting pedigree. -Original Message- From: LizR To: everything-list Sent: Tue, May 19, 2015 9:06 pm Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" I was making a teensy little Leonard Cohen joke. Having to explain jokes kills them but just s

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-20 Thread Samiya Illias
Well, if you wish, we all could read together the Quran verse by verse on this list and discuss our understanding of what the verse is saying. With our diverse backgrounds, we can certainly share our insights - Platonist, Aristotelian, Scientific, Etc. and perhaps find and focus on what's common

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-19 Thread LizR
I was making a teensy little Leonard Cohen joke. Having to explain jokes kills them but just so you know...("what everybody knows...") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Knows_(Leonard_Cohen_song) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List"

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-19 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Actually the name of the tune was The Future, not everybody knows. Except me, apparently. Sent from AOL Mobile Mail -Original Message- From: LizR To: everything-list Sent: Tue, May 19, 2015 07:18 PM Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" Yeah,

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-19 Thread LizR
Yeah, he's good. I guess everybody knows that... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to thi

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-19 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
uture, baby It is murder. Things are going to slide When they said repent repent -----Original Message- From: LizR To: everything-list Sent: Mon, May 18, 2015 8:01 pm Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" I feel a strange desire to quote Roger Waters.

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 May 2015, at 18:15, Samiya Illias wrote: On 18-May-2015, at 7:24 am, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 May 2015, at 08:23, Samiya Illias wrote: On 12-May-2015, at 9:39 pm, LizR wrote: On 13 May 2015 at 14:29, Samiya Illias wrote: 1) The Quran reminds us that humans have been made

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-18 Thread LizR
I feel a strange desire to quote Roger Waters. What God wants God gets God help us all What God wants God gets (repeated) > The kid in the corner looked at the priest > And fingered his pale blue Japanese guitar > The priest said: > God wants goodness > God wants light > God wants mayhem > God wa

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-18 Thread Samiya Illias
> On 18-May-2015, at 7:24 am, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > >> On 13 May 2015, at 08:23, Samiya Illias wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 12-May-2015, at 9:39 pm, LizR wrote: >>> On 13 May 2015 at 14:29, Samiya Illias wrote: 1) The Quran reminds us that humans have been made Incharge of Earth a

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 May 2015, at 08:23, Samiya Illias wrote: On 12-May-2015, at 9:39 pm, LizR wrote: On 13 May 2015 at 14:29, Samiya Illias wrote: 1) The Quran reminds us that humans have been made Incharge of Earth and hence are responsible for the welfare of the Earth and all in it 2) The Quran

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-13 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
you feel >that climate catastrophe is not imminent, then you logically must conclude >that the threat is real, but exaggerated. On this, you likely are co rrect. Sent from AOL Mobile Mail -Original Message- From: LizR To: everything-list Sent: Wed, May 13, 2015 10:05 PM Su

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-13 Thread LizR
On 14 May 2015 at 13:36, spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Yes, liz. Eliminate oil subsidies unless its for applied science. Aka > engineering development. Being a brutal libertarian, let it do the > darwinian two-step, that we all as individuals must do.

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-13 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
, May 13, 2015 08:38 PM Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" But oil (for example) is also subsidised. It doesn't pay environmental costs, for a start. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everythin

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-13 Thread LizR
But oil (for example) is also subsidised. It doesn't pay environmental costs, for a start. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+uns

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-13 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
ren't! -Original Message- From: meekerdb To: everything-list Sent: Wed, May 13, 2015 1:59 am Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" On 5/10/2015 6:02 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: > Brent, very true in the sense that I was illustrating (joking) to Liz (a t

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-13 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
to, the Spanish El Gordo, the Irish Sweepstakes, the Belaggio. I don't know if Sterinharts' ideas can promote calm, but it makes me wonder. -Original Message- From: Samiya Illias To: everything-list Sent: Tue, May 12, 2015 7:52 pm Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philos

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-13 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
749 signing out! -Original Message- From: LizR To: everything-list Sent: Tue, May 12, 2015 7:26 pm Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" On 12 May 2015 at 22:04, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: Well your eyes must be very old indeed, because met

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-13 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
e Do you need names from the EPA, or Obama's Physicist Moniz?? -Original Message- From: LizR To: everything-list Sent: Tue, May 12, 2015 7:25 pm Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" On 12 May 2015 at 22:00, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-13 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
to waste" - Obama's leitenant, Rahm Emmanuel. -Original Message- From: meekerdb To: everything-list Sent: Tue, May 12, 2015 3:45 pm Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" On 5/12/2015 3:00 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: Well, th

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread Samiya Illias
> On 12-May-2015, at 9:39 pm, LizR wrote: > >> On 13 May 2015 at 14:29, Samiya Illias wrote: >> 1) The Quran reminds us that humans have been made Incharge of Earth and >> hence are responsible for the welfare of the Earth and all in it >> 2) The Quran also tells us that we will be held acc

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread meekerdb
On 5/10/2015 6:02 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: Brent, very true in the sense that I was illustrating (joking) to Liz (a terrible Kiwi!), that the hockey stick, the predictions for a tropical Britian, did not come about. Hence, the constant name changing and re-selling of global warm

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread LizR
On 13 May 2015 at 14:29, Samiya Illias wrote: > 1) The Quran reminds us that humans have been made Incharge of Earth and > hence are responsible for the welfare of the Earth and all in it > 2) The Quran also tells us that we will be held accountable for all that > we've been gifted with, hence th

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread Samiya Illias
> On 12-May-2015, at 7:31 pm, LizR wrote: > > The problem with climate change is that it's a "tragedy of the commons" - it > doesn't confer much accountability on most people, who if they forewent all > the emissions made in their name would have no noticeable impact - only those > who are i

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread meekerdb
On 5/12/2015 5:31 PM, LizR wrote: The problem with climate change is that it's a "tragedy of the commons" - it doesn't confer much accountability on most people, Right. The free-market solution to a tragedy of the commons is to give someone ownership of the commons, i.e. in this case the righ

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread LizR
The problem with climate change is that it's a "tragedy of the commons" - it doesn't confer much accountability on most people, who if they forewent all the emissions made in their name would have no noticeable impact - only those who are in a position to do anything about it could perhaps be consi

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread Samiya Illias
> On 12-May-2015, at 6:28 pm, LizR wrote: > > Does God give any suggestions as to what we should do? Regarding the heating of the seas? No, it's already decreed. This chapter is making the point that this Quran is indeed a message, and reckoning is indeed decreed, hence take warning and pre

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread LizR
Does God give any suggestions as to what we should do? On 12 May 2015 at 23:28, Samiya Illias wrote: > > > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:18 PM, LizR wrote: > >> On 11 May 2015 at 17:39, Samiya Illias wrote: >> >>> European Space Agency (ESA) has this to report about Glacial Melt: >>> http://www.e

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread LizR
ccurred and did change > the climate. Moreover, what are you advocating for a fix for this dilemma? > This is where X crosses Y. > > > > -Original Message- > From: LizR > To: everything-list > Sent: Tue, May 12, 2015 12:16 am > Subject: Re: "Physicist

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread LizR
On 12 May 2015 at 22:04, spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Well your eyes must be very old indeed, because methane releases go back > at least 55 million years, when the great warming occurred and did change > the climate. Yes, I know. I've seen some of

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread LizR
On 12 May 2015 at 22:00, spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Well, the researchers "pretended" that they knew, back then and are still > advocating regulations rather then new tech, The validity of a science is > it's ability to predict. I myself, advocate,

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread meekerdb
On 5/12/2015 3:00 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: Well, the researchers "pretended" that they knew, back then and are still advocating regulations rather then new tech, That's a phony charge. NOBODY is advocating regulation instead of new technology. In fact there are subsidies for

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
:04 am Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" Well your eyes must be very old indeed, because methane releases go back at least 55 million years, when the great warming occurred and did change the climate. Moreover, what are you advocating for a fix for this dilemma? This i

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread Samiya Illias
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:18 PM, LizR wrote: > On 11 May 2015 at 17:39, Samiya Illias wrote: > >> European Space Agency (ESA) has this to report about Glacial Melt: >> http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/GOCE/GOCE_reveals_gravity_dip_from_ice_loss >> >> What does this mean for

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
: LizR To: everything-list Sent: Tue, May 12, 2015 12:16 am Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" On 11 May 2015 at 15:04, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: Hmmm. He does present a graph, but looking at the weather over 20 plus years, climate catastrop

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-12 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
ns of the serfs require a vigorous woodplane, to the face. -Original Message- From: LizR To: everything-list Sent: Sun, May 10, 2015 8:04 pm Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" Yes, I can't see any point in continuing to deny the science, attack

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-11 Thread LizR
On 11 May 2015 at 17:39, Samiya Illias wrote: > European Space Agency (ESA) has this to report about Glacial Melt: > http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/GOCE/GOCE_reveals_gravity_dip_from_ice_loss > > What does this mean for Global Warming? > Well, it means it's happening, it's

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-11 Thread LizR
On 11 May 2015 at 15:04, spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Hmmm. He does present a graph, but looking at the weather over 20 plus > years, climate catastrophe as they now call it, is not happening. The cause > and effect preached by the progressive intelli

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-10 Thread Samiya Illias
s something once said by > philosopher, Groucho Marx, who said: "who are you going to believe, me, or > your own two eyes?" > > Sent from AOL Mobile Mail > > > -Original Message- > From: LizR > To: everything-list > Sent: Sun, May 10, 2

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-10 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
philosopher, Groucho Marx, who said: "who are you going to believe, me, or your own two eyes?" Sent from AOL Mobile Mail -Original Message- From: LizR To: everything-list Sent: Sun, May 10, 2015 09:19 PM Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" But

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-10 Thread LizR
motives of our > would-be saviors, who seem disinterested with saving, but real interested > in controling-people, not climate. > > Sent from AOL Mobile Mail > > > -Original Message- > From: meekerdb > To: everything-list > Sent: Sun, May 10, 2015 03:33 PM &g

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-10 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
seem disinterested with saving, but real interested in controling-people, not climate. Sent from AOL Mobile Mail -Original Message- From: meekerdb To: everything-list Sent: Sun, May 10, 2015 03:33 PM Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" On 5/10/20

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-10 Thread meekerdb
On 5/10/2015 5:04 PM, LizR wrote: Yes, I can't see any point in continuing to deny the science, attack the people, etc. Maybe it was reasonable in the 80s or 90s but the evidence is overwhelming now. No one (or very few people) do it with the LHC, so why the IPCC? - unless, of course, there are

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-10 Thread LizR
Yes, I can't see any point in continuing to deny the science, attack the people, etc. Maybe it was reasonable in the 80s or 90s but the evidence is overwhelming now. No one (or very few people) do it with the LHC, so why the IPCC? - unless, of course, there are some vested interests involved, which

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-10 Thread meekerdb
On 5/10/2015 5:41 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: the second, is when they exaggerate the Impact of global warming. No Hockey Stick, no, Auckland turned to the Sahara dessert. At least not yet! No has one ever said "by 2015", or Auckland becoming a desert. The exaggeration is all in

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-10 Thread Alberto G. Corona
> bakes bread, nor build bridges, nor provides clean energy. Great debunker, > bad on reducing the sad stuff. Larry Krauss, the same. > > > -Original Message----- > From: LizR > To: everything-list > Sent: Sat, May 9, 2015 10:15 pm > Subject: Re: "Physicists Are P

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-10 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
--Original Message- From: LizR To: everything-list Sent: Sat, May 9, 2015 10:15 pm Subject: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" I'm not so keen to read (or watch) stuff online that takes more than a few minutes, but I will almost certainly read that in full when my handy g

R: Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-09 Thread 'scerir' via Everything List
( There is a little discussion about Vic's paper in https://www.facebook. com/sabine.hossenfelder) scerir -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ev

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-09 Thread meekerdb
On 5/9/2015 7:15 PM, LizR wrote: I'm not so keen to read (or watch) stuff online that takes more than a few minutes, but I will almost certainly read that in full when my handy go-anywhere, random access information storage system (also known as the paper copy of "Scientific American") arrives

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-09 Thread LizR
I'm not so keen to read (or watch) stuff online that takes more than a few minutes, but I will almost certainly read that in full when my handy go-anywhere, random access information storage system (also known as the paper copy of "Scientific American") arrives in the post. In the meantime the bits

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-09 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" On 5/9/2015 2:39 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: > Yeah, I remember Vic Stenger, though I didn't know he thought all physicists were > somehow, platonists. Not to be insulting to your late friend's memory, but for me (not &

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-09 Thread meekerdb
On 5/9/2015 2:39 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: Yeah, I remember Vic Stenger, though I didn't know he thought all physicists were somehow, platonists. Not to be insulting to your late friend's memory, but for me (not for anyone else) the good professor, was a buzzkill. His seeming adh

Re: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-09 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
al Lawyer ; Stan Kohls Sent: Sat, May 9, 2015 03:55 PM Subject: "Physicists Are Philosophers, Too" From my late friend Vic Stenger. Notice that from Vic's point of view all physicists are plationist (with a small "p"). There's no mention of Aristotle.

"Physicists Are Philosophers, Too"

2015-05-09 Thread meekerdb
r Stenger argues for the validity of philosophy in the context of modern theoretical physics./ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/physicists-are-philosophers-too/ Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To u