Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum theory to dialectics?

On 08 Mar 2015, at 23:47, meekerdb wrote: On 3/8/2015 2:07 PM, LizR wrote: On 9 March 2015 at 05:36, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 07 Mar 2015, at 09:36, LizR wrote: I thought <>P meant P was possible? In the alethic interpretation of modal logic, <> means possible, and [] means necessary. Be

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum theory to dialectics?

On 08 Mar 2015, at 22:07, LizR wrote: On 9 March 2015 at 05:36, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 07 Mar 2015, at 09:36, LizR wrote: I thought <>P meant P was possible? In the alethic interpretation of modal logic, <> means possible, and [] means necessary. Before I get lost in logic, just going b

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(and he could throw in a homage to Leonard Nimoy) I am not sure what evidence there is for a creator, but even if there is such evidence that doesn't answer the question at the top of the thread - "Why is there something rather than nothing?" It just changes it to "Why i

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On 03 Mar 2015, at 21:03, PGC wrote: On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 6:32:27 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: > As Kronecker said, "Die ganze Zahl schuf der liebe Gott, alles > Übrige ist Menschenwerk." Ah, thanks for the original text. The comp variant is "Die ganze Zahl schuf der liebe Gott

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On 3/8/2015 2:07 PM, LizR wrote: On 9 March 2015 at 05:36, Bruno Marchal mailto:marc...@ulb.ac.be>> wrote: On 07 Mar 2015, at 09:36, LizR wrote: I thought <>P meant P was possible? In the alethic interpretation of modal logic, <> means possible, and [] means necessary. Before

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On 9 March 2015 at 05:36, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 07 Mar 2015, at 09:36, LizR wrote: > > I thought <>P meant P was possible? > > In the alethic interpretation of modal logic, <> means possible, and [] > means necessary. > Before I get lost in logic, just going by the verbal descriptions... A

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On 07 Mar 2015, at 09:36, LizR wrote: I thought <>P meant P was possible? In the alethic interpretation of modal logic, <> means possible, and [] means necessary. In the temporal interpretation of modal logic, <> means sometime, and [] means always. In the locus interpretation of modal l

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I thought <>P meant P was possible? If so wouldn't P imply <>P? Or have I misremembered what <>P means? On 7 March 2015 at 21:08, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 07 Mar 2015, at 02:51, meekerdb wrote: > > On 3/6/2015 7:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > That might depend on the context. Usually, in ou

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On 07 Mar 2015, at 02:51, meekerdb wrote: On 3/6/2015 7:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: That might depend on the context. Usually, in our computationalist context it means true in the standard model of arithmetic, which is "this reality" if you want. In the modal context, it means true in thi

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On 3/6/2015 7:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: That might depend on the context. Usually, in our computationalist context it means true in the standard model of arithmetic, which is "this reality" if you want. In the modal context, it means true in this world (which in our arithmetical context is N

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On 05 Mar 2015, at 20:34, meekerdb wrote: On 3/5/2015 10:21 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Mar 2015, at 23:05, meekerdb wrote: On 3/4/2015 10:43 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2015, at 20:40, Samiya Illias wrote: My faith encourages me to pursue the sciences, to use my faculties an

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On 3/5/2015 10:21 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Mar 2015, at 23:05, meekerdb wrote: On 3/4/2015 10:43 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2015, at 20:40, Samiya Illias wrote: My faith encourages me to pursue the sciences, to use my faculties and intelligence for reason and logic, and the s

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On 04 Mar 2015, at 23:05, meekerdb wrote: On 3/4/2015 10:43 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2015, at 20:40, Samiya Illias wrote: My faith encourages me to pursue the sciences, to use my faculties and intelligence for reason and logic, and the study of the sciences is not doubt. Doubt

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This and the next post of yours are classic. In the next one you cast doubt on our space-based worldview - I was waiting for the next step: the TIME_BASED doubt. * Bruno quoted Samiya concluding: *Doubt is the lack of faith!* - and I could not keep my agnostic mind from reversing this into: *Faith

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On 3/4/2015 10:43 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2015, at 20:40, Samiya Illias wrote: My faith encourages me to pursue the sciences, to use my faculties and intelligence for reason and logic, and the study of the sciences is not doubt. Doubt is the lack of faith! I am not sure I comment

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On 13 Feb 2015, at 20:40, Samiya Illias wrote: My faith encourages me to pursue the sciences, to use my faculties and intelligence for reason and logic, and the study of the sciences is not doubt. Doubt is the lack of faith! I am not sure I commented on this. It might be the heart of the

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On 4 March 2015 at 09:03, PGC wrote: > But I think we can say god mostly forgives syntax error of this sort, > without huge danger of blasphemy. PGC > > Unless they cause the universe to crash. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group

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On 4 March 2015 at 06:17, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 01 Mar 2015, at 22:39, LizR wrote: > > If Bruno uses God to mean an origin, perhaps he should call it 0 (zero) or > { } - the empty set? > > I can like 0 and 2 as the primordial Goddesse, enclosing the old fashioned > male God who thought he w

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On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 6:32:27 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > > > As Kronecker said, "Die ganze Zahl schuf der liebe Gott, alles > > Übrige ist Menschenwerk." > > Ah, thanks for the original text. The comp variant is > > "Die ganze Zahl schuf der liebe Gott, alles Übrige ist Za

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rd Nimoy) I am not sure what evidence there is for a creator, but even if there is such evidence that doesn't answer the question at the top of the thread - "Why is there something rather than nothing?" It just changes it to "Why is there a creator?" He thinks ar

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l at all. I am not sure what evidence there is for a creator, but even if there is such evidence that doesn't answer the question at the top of the thread - "Why is there something rather than nothing?" It just changes it to "Why is there a creator?" He thi

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such evidence that doesn't answer the question at the top of the thread - "Why is there something rather than nothing?" It just changes it to "Why is there a creator?" And computationalism changes that question into why there are numbers and why do they obey to add

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On 01 Mar 2015, at 20:16, Samiya Illias wrote: On 01-Mar-2015, at 8:40 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Mar 2015, at 13:01, Samiya Illias wrote: On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 3:21 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 Feb 2015, at 19:33, Samiya Illias wrote: On 28-Feb-2015, at 11:00 pm, Brun

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On 3 March 2015 at 05:23, John Clark wrote: > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 Kim Jones wrote: > > > Ambiguity is some kind of disease, is it? > > > Well...it doesn't exactly help in developing a logically healthy mind. > > >> > Aren't you just expressing your distaste for such things? > > > Yes and no. >

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On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 Kim Jones wrote: > Ambiguity is some kind of disease, is it? Well...it doesn't exactly help in developing a logically healthy mind. > > Aren't you just expressing your distaste for such things? Yes and no. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are s

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On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 9:50 PM, John Clark wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 4:16 PM, LizR wrote: > > >> Who's personal experience? >>> >> >> > Bruno makes it clear that he only considers what someone writes in a >> diary as being what counts for the purposes of the thought experiment. >> > (T

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On 2 March 2015 at 04:27, John Clark wrote: >> > Instead of saying "I hope I win the lottery" they may say, if they are >> > pedantic, "I hope I end up the version of me that wins the lottery". > > > If the lottery is tomorrow and they are pedantic they would say "I hope the > day after tomorrow

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> On 2 Mar 2015, at 2:50 pm, John Clark wrote: > > But very special type of duplicating machine where the laws of physics forbid > anyone from observing any of the duplicates that the machine has made, so the > personal pronoun "you" never causes ambiguity. > > John K Clark So thinking

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On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 4:16 PM, LizR wrote: >> Who's personal experience? >> > > > Bruno makes it clear that he only considers what someone writes in a > diary as being what counts for the purposes of the thought experiment. > (This is obviously a proxy for memory in most situations, but it simpl

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On 3/1/2015 4:00 PM, LizR wrote: On 2 March 2015 at 12:08, meekerdb mailto:meeke...@verizon.net>> wrote: Until you reflect that logic is just about relations between concepts we made up - so maybe "logically necessary" isn't so necessary after all. I find it interesting that a lo

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On 2 March 2015 at 12:08, meekerdb wrote: > Until you reflect that logic is just about relations between concepts we > made up - so maybe "logically necessary" isn't so necessary after all. I > find it interesting that a lot of "logically necessary" truths were > contradicted by quantum mechani

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h evidence that doesn't answer the question at the top of the thread - "Why is there something rather than nothing?" It just changes it to "Why is there a creator?" He thinks arithmetic is logically necessary and therefore whatever satisfies it

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hould be "Logic" (and he could throw in a homage to Leonard Nimoy) I am not sure what evidence there is for a creator, but even if there is such evidence that doesn't answer the question at the top of the thread - "Why is there something rather than not

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omage to Leonard Nimoy) > >> I am not sure what evidence there is for a creator, but even if there is >> such evidence that doesn't answer the question at the top of the thread - >> "Why is there something rather than nothing?" It just changes it to "Why is

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e other theologically neutral terms. I am not sure what evidence there is for a creator, but even if there is such evidence that doesn't answer the question at the top of the thread - "Why is there something rather than nothing?" It just changes it to "Why is there a creat

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question at the top of the thread - > "Why is there something rather than nothing?" It just changes it to "Why is > there a creator?" > > On 2 March 2015 at 08:16, Samiya Illias wrote: > >> >> >> On 01-Mar-2015, at 8:40 pm, Bruno Marchal wrot

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If Bruno uses God to mean an origin, perhaps he should call it 0 (zero) or { } - the empty set? I am not sure what evidence there is for a creator, but even if there is such evidence that doesn't answer the question at the top of the thread - "Why is there something rather than nothing

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On 1 March 2015 at 16:52, John Clark wrote: > On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > Can you clarify where you do and don't have a problem with the pronoun >> "you"? Presumably there is no problem for you if there is a unique world >> with only one version of you. What about the

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On 1 March 2015 at 14:29, John Clark wrote: > Who's personal experience? > > Bruno makes it clear that he only considers what someone writes in a diary as being what counts for the purposes of the thought experiment. (This is obviously a proxy for memory in most situations, but it simplifies matt

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> On 01-Mar-2015, at 8:40 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > >> On 01 Mar 2015, at 13:01, Samiya Illias wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 3:21 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> On 28 Feb 2015, at 19:33, Samiya Illias wrote: > On 28-Feb-2015, at 11:00 pm, Bruno Mar

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On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 12:42 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > If we discovered some way of communicating with the other worlds, that > would be interesting Interesting is a understatement, communicating with other worlds would change everything, then the situation really would be equivalent to

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On 01 Mar 2015, at 02:29, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >> 2) Like Everett Bruno is interested in predictions but unlike Everett Bruno thinks that good predictions are the key to personal identity, and that's just nuts. The sense of self depends on

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On 01 Mar 2015, at 13:01, Samiya Illias wrote: On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 3:21 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 Feb 2015, at 19:33, Samiya Illias wrote: On 28-Feb-2015, at 11:00 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 27 Feb 2015, at 12:56, Samiya Illias wrote: Why don't you just call it One wit

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On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 3:21 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 28 Feb 2015, at 19:33, Samiya Illias wrote: > > > > On 28-Feb-2015, at 11:00 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 27 Feb 2015, at 12:56, Samiya Illias wrote: > > Why don't you just call it One with a capital O > > > > Because I use "One" f

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John, thank you for sharing your thoughts and narrative. i'm not sure anyone can provide an 'acceptable explanation' of the Creator/Originator. I think it is simply beyond our comprehension. However, I do believe that there is an overwhelming evidence of creation/origination, thus implying a Creato

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On Sunday, March 1, 2015, John Clark wrote: > On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 Stathis Papaioannou > wrote: > > > Can you clarify where you do and don't have a problem with the pronoun >> "you"? Presumably there is no problem for you if there is a unique world >> with only one version of you. What about th

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On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > Can you clarify where you do and don't have a problem with the pronoun > "you"? Presumably there is no problem for you if there is a unique world > with only one version of you. What about the MWI > With Everett and with everyday life there is n

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On Sunday, March 1, 2015, John Clark wrote: > On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Jason Resch > wrote: > >> >> 2) Like Everett Bruno is interested in predictions but unlike Everett >>> Bruno thinks that good predictions are the key to personal identity, and >>> that's just nuts. The sense of self d

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On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > >> 2) Like Everett Bruno is interested in predictions but unlike Everett >> Bruno thinks that good predictions are the key to personal identity, and >> that's just nuts. The sense of self depends on the past not the future. You >> remember bei

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On 28 Feb 2015, at 19:33, Samiya Illias wrote: On 28-Feb-2015, at 11:00 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 27 Feb 2015, at 12:56, Samiya Illias wrote: Why don't you just call it One with a capital O Because I use "One" for Plotinus first Hypostase. I use God, for the general notion, used

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Samiya, I am always cautious not to hurt a fellow lister's feelings. Bruno is a bit mixed up with religion (uses 'theology', capital G in God, etc. etc.) so I do not question his 'faith' beyond what he disclosed already (I hope). I was always polite with your preconditions as well. Now that you que

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On 28 Feb 2015, at 00:06, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 01:50:21PM -0500, John Clark wrote: Yes, people very often, usually in fact, don't know with certainty what the future will bring. Bruno apparently believes he's the first to notice that, well he is the first to giv

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On 28 Feb 2015, at 16:38, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Feb 27, 2015Russell Standish wrote: > To be fair to Bruno, that is not what he claims. The FPI comes from the fundamental uncertainty in know which person you are, ^^^ John Clark doesn't understand the question. Which person who is?

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On 27 Feb 2015, at 19:50, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 6:29 PM, LizR wrote: >> I don't know about all the peepee stuff but I do know that If Everett is right then all experiences exist, and if Everett is right nothing is random because the Schrodinger wave equation is not ra

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On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 9:38 AM, John Clark wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2015Russell Standish wrote: > >> > > To be fair to Bruno, that is not what he claims. The FPI comes from the >> fundamental uncertainty in know which person you are, > > ^^^ > > John Clark doesn't understand the question.

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> On 28-Feb-2015, at 11:00 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > >> On 27 Feb 2015, at 12:56, Samiya Illias wrote: >> >> Why don't you just call it One with a capital O > > > Because I use "One" for Plotinus first Hypostase. I use God, for the general > notion, used by most philosophers and compar

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On 27 Feb 2015, at 12:56, Samiya Illias wrote: Why don't you just call it One with a capital O Because I use "One" for Plotinus first Hypostase. I use God, for the general notion, used by most philosophers and comparative theologians. Bruno Samiya On 27-Feb-2015, at 4:23 pm, Bruno

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On Fri, Feb 27, 2015Russell Standish wrote: > > To be fair to Bruno, that is not what he claims. The FPI comes from the > fundamental uncertainty in know which person you are, ^^^ John Clark doesn't understand the question. Which person who is? > > it seems Everett did much the same thing

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On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 PGC wrote: > > as diehard atheist in every way, > That's me. > > finding any possible transcendental concept of others laughable, > I don't find all transcendental concepts laughable, some are based on logic and are reasonable or at least semi-reasonable scientific specu

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On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 01:50:21PM -0500, John Clark wrote: > > Yes, people very often, usually in fact, don't know with certainty what the > future will bring. Bruno apparently believes he's the first to notice that, > well he is the first to give that concept a pompous sounding acronym. As I > s

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On Friday, February 27, 2015 at 7:40:36 PM UTC+1, John Clark wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Samiya Illias > wrote: > > > Why don't you just call it One with a capital O >> > > How about Bullshit with a capital B? And that's what passes for philosophy > on this list, inventing ne

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On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 6:29 PM, LizR wrote: >> I don't know about all the peepee stuff but I do know that If Everett is >> right then all experiences exist, and if Everett is right nothing is random >> because the Schrodinger wave equation is not random. >> > > > He means it appears random from

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On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Samiya Illias wrote: > Why don't you just call it One with a capital O > How about Bullshit with a capital B? And that's what passes for philosophy on this list, inventing new ASCII sequences to represent concepts that already have words (like "God") that already

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Why don't you just call it One with a capital O Samiya > On 27-Feb-2015, at 4:23 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > >> On 26 Feb 2015, at 21:52, meekerdb wrote: >> >>> On 2/26/2015 3:09 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> Fro the greek, the existence of God is a quasi-triviality, because God, by >>> de

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On 26 Feb 2015, at 21:52, meekerdb wrote: On 2/26/2015 3:09 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Fro the greek, the existence of God is a quasi-triviality, because God, by definition, is the reality that we search. Then the real question is what is the nature of God? A person? A physical thing? A mat

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On 2/26/2015 3:33 PM, LizR wrote: On 27 February 2015 at 09:52, meekerdb > wrote: So I reiterate my objection that using "God" is not only obfuscating your avowed meaning it is also wrong to say it's what the Greeks meant by the basis of reality. I quite

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On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 12:33:59PM +1300, LizR wrote: > On 27 February 2015 at 09:52, meekerdb wrote: > > > > > So I reiterate my objection that using "God" is not only obfuscating your > > avowed meaning it is also wrong to say it's what the Greeks meant by the > > basis of reality. > > > > I q

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On 27 February 2015 at 09:52, meekerdb wrote: > > So I reiterate my objection that using "God" is not only obfuscating your > avowed meaning it is also wrong to say it's what the Greeks meant by the > basis of reality. > I quite like "Tao" - but some (perhaps not on this list) would no doubt fin

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On 27 February 2015 at 09:38, John Clark wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > It is very simple. If we are machine, we are duplicable, and in that >> case, using the precise (3p) definition of 3p and 1p pov I have given (more >> than one times), it is an exercise for high s

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On 2/26/2015 3:09 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Fro the greek, the existence of God is a quasi-triviality, because God, by definition, is the reality that we search. Then the real question is what is the nature of God? A person? A physical thing? A mathematical thing? A first principle, etc. The Gr

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On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 Bruno Marchal wrote: > It is very simple. If we are machine, we are duplicable, and in that > case, using the precise (3p) definition of 3p and 1p pov I have given (more > than one times), it is an exercise for high school students, as Kim > explained once, using combinatoric

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On 26 Feb 2015, at 18:47, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 Bruno Marchal wrote: > There is another quote from Asimov that I quite like: "Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived." > Which confirms again how much the atheist needs the bible. As m

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On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 Bruno Marchal wrote: > There is another quote from Asimov that I quite like: >> "Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever >> conceived." > > > > Which confirms again how much the atheist needs the bible. > As much as a tampon factory needs a sackfu

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ssage- From: John Mikes To: everything-list Sent: Wed, Feb 25, 2015 4:02 pm Subject: Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum theory to dialectics? Spudy, "a condition" of what??? and WHAT (great!) "program"??? what would you call 'electric&

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On 26 Feb 2015, at 02:24, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 LizR wrote: > A genuine sceptic (and a genuine scientist) is agnostic about what the final science may turn out to be, if we ever get there. Who are these strawmen scientists who think our current theories are the final

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On 25 Feb 2015, at 23:55, meekerdb wrote: On 2/25/2015 1:08 PM, LizR wrote: On 25 February 2015 at 15:00, John Clark wrote: On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 , LizR wrote: > skeptical atheism appears to be based on faith. I see, so belief in God is based on faith and so is doubts about the existen

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On 25 Feb 2015, at 22:08, LizR wrote: On 25 February 2015 at 15:00, John Clark wrote: On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 , LizR wrote: > skeptical atheism appears to be based on faith. I see, so belief in God is based on faith and so is doubts about the existence of God, but for a word to be meaningfu

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On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 LizR wrote: > A genuine sceptic (and a genuine scientist) is agnostic about what the > final science may turn out to be, if we ever get there. Who are these strawmen scientists who think our current theories are the final word on the nature of reality? > > What Mr Stein

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On 2/25/2015 1:08 PM, LizR wrote: On 25 February 2015 at 15:00, John Clark > wrote: On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 , LizR mailto:lizj...@gmail.com>> wrote: > skeptical atheism appears to be based on faith. I see, so belief in God is based on faith and so i

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On 25 February 2015 at 15:00, John Clark wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 , LizR wrote: > > >> > skeptical atheism appears to be based on faith. >> > > I see, so belief in God is based on faith and so is doubts about the > existence of God, but for a word to be meaningful there must be contrast, >

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#x27;s ideas is promotion. Promotion of a process or a span to the > posited next level up, an upgrade reality.Promotion via a pipeline(s). > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Clark > To: everything-list > Sent: Tue, Feb 24, 2015 9:00 pm > Subject: Re: Why is there

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--Original Message- From: John Clark To: everything-list Sent: Tue, Feb 24, 2015 9:00 pm Subject: Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum theory to dialectics? On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 , LizR wrote: > skeptical atheism appears to be based on faith. I see, so

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On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 , LizR wrote: > > skeptical atheism appears to be based on faith. > I see, so belief in God is based on faith and so is doubts about the existence of God, but for a word to be meaningful there must be contrast, so your need to point out something, anything, that is NOT bas

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Cue JKC. Brent On 2/24/2015 4:48 PM, LizR wrote: Or, to put it more epistemically, skeptical atheism appears to be based on faith. It is based on the faith that our present ideologies will be preserved by final science. Current physicalism may turn out to be as delusory as Abrahamic theology.

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Or, to put it more epistemically, skeptical atheism appears to be based on faith. It is based on the faith that our present ideologies will be preserved by final science. Current physicalism may turn out to be as delusory as Abrahamic theology. -- Eric Steinhart, "Skeptical and Spiritual Atheisms"

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of view. And the material one is testable (accepting the greek analysis of knowledge) and can be compared with the observation (up to now it fits). Bruno -Original Message- From: Bruno Marchal To: everything-list Sent: Wed, Feb 18, 2015 3:40 am Subject: Re: Why is there s

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-Original Message- From: Bruno Marchal To: everything-list Sent: Wed, Feb 18, 2015 3:40 am Subject: Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum theory to dialectics? On 17 Feb 2015, at 18:55, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: If one goes computationalism, and

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Message- From: Bruno Marchal To: everything-list Sent: Tue, Feb 17, 2015 12:43 pm Subject: Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum theory to dialectics? On 17 Feb 2015, at 13:55, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: Very good. I do go computationalism myself, but

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term computer. -Original Message- From: Bruno Marchal To: everything-list Sent: Tue, Feb 17, 2015 12:43 pm Subject: Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum theory to dialectics? On 17 Feb 2015, at 13:55, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: Very good. I

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ith entities which consume an infinite amount of energy to lie to us, as they must change our minds each time we look at the details of the simulation]. Bruno -Original Message- From: Bruno Marchal To: everything-list Sent: Mon, Feb 16, 2015 6:18 am Subject: Re: Why is there somet

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said that the doubt is the devil. It is a prelude to the use of authoritative argument, in a domain where it is the most grave to do so, I think. Bruno -Original Message- From: John Clark To: everything-list Sent: Sat, Feb 14, 2015 1:22 am Subject: Re: Why is there something

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Bruno Marchal To: everything-list Sent: Mon, Feb 16, 2015 6:18 am Subject: Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum theory to dialectics? On 16 Feb 2015, at 02:55, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: Interesting John. In steinharts view the first initiator of reality may i

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On 16 Feb 2015, at 20:14, David Nyman wrote: On 16 February 2015 at 18:29, meekerdb wrote: The faith step is assuming arithmetic. It's always been clear that Bruno's work is effectively an enquiry into whether something as apparently simple as first-order arithmetical relations are nonet

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On 16 Feb 2015, at 19:29, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2015 1:26 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: OUR faith? stories for the believers to sooth their mind. Possible, but this does not entail that the faith has no object. Again, with computationalism, faith is "meta-justified" by the fact that all (Lö

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On 16 February 2015 at 18:29, meekerdb wrote: The faith step is assuming arithmetic. It's always been clear that Bruno's work is effectively an enquiry into whether something as apparently simple as first-order arithmetical relations are nonetheless a sufficient ontological basis for the full r

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On 2/16/2015 1:26 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: OUR faith? stories for the believers to sooth their mind. Possible, but this does not entail that the faith has no object. Again, with computationalism, faith is "meta-justified" by the fact that all (Löbian) machines cannot avoid the discovery that

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obile Mail -Original Message- From: John Clark To: everything-list Sent: Sun, Feb 15, 2015 12:16 PM Subject: Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum theory to dialectics? On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 12:52 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List > wrote: > John, see if you can

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On 2/15/2015 3:01 PM, John Mikes wrote: Any 'practical' advice why I should change my position? Anything I should *KNOW* about? Agnostically yours John M The practical advice would be to ask yourself how you know where your computer keyboard is and how it works. Then you may try applying th

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On 16 February 2015 at 12:01, John Mikes wrote: > Any 'practical' advice why I should change my position? Anything I should > *KNOW* > about? > Being in the same position as you, all I can say is ... I don't know. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "E

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