Re: [FRIAM] Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything?

2007-11-27 Thread Gus Koehler
s.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Günther Greindl Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:27 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything? Hi, D'Espagn

Re: [FRIAM] Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything?

2007-11-27 Thread Günther Greindl
Hi, D'Espagnat gives a very biased view of QM. For a critical view of the book see for instance Esfeld, Michael Review of "Bernard d'Espagnat, On physics and philosophy, Princeton: Princeton University Press 2006", Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 38B (2007), pp. 989-992 ht

Re: [FRIAM] Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything?

2007-11-25 Thread Tom Carter
All - Yes, interesting . . . my immediate response is, not symplectic enough . . . I never really did like so(3, 1) . . . But I like the general idea, and the movie is pretty ( http://deferentialgeometry.org/anim/e8rotation.mov :-) tom On Nov 24, 2007, at 6:29 PM, Richard Lowenberg

Re: [FRIAM] Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything?

2007-11-25 Thread Douglas Roberts
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Re: [FRIAM] Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything?

2007-11-25 Thread Gus Koehler
com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of steve smith Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 11:05 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything? I'm waiting for Wol

Re: [FRIAM] Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything?

2007-11-25 Thread steve smith
I'm waiting for Wolfram to weigh in Carl Tollander wrote: > Some are sympathetic but have reservations. > Sabine Hossenfelder: > http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2007/11/theoretically-simple-exception-of.html > and > Christine Dantas: > http://egregium.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/physics-need

Re: [FRIAM] Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything?

2007-11-24 Thread Carl Tollander
Some are sympathetic but have reservations. Sabine Hossenfelder: http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2007/11/theoretically-simple-exception-of.html and Christine Dantas: http://egregium.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/physics-needs-independent-thinkers/ and Peter Woit: http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit

[FRIAM] Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything?

2007-11-24 Thread Richard Lowenberg
Of interest to some. rl From the New Scientist (there are important diagrams at the site-- Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything? by Zeeya Merali GARRETT LISI is an unlikely individual to be staking a