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Mark Nyquist

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It might make sense. Absent any physical theory, logic says non-existent and non-physical things don't have any cause and effect relation. The only op...
March 05, 2024 at 14:34
I just got back to looking at this. It just relates to something I came across... retrocausality. The brain model applies to brains as emergent and af...
March 04, 2024 at 19:35
I don't see how any logic can be applied to the situation if we don't know the physics involved first. It's rather futile to try. Want are you doing? ...
March 04, 2024 at 18:51
Good point about not making vocabulary reality. There are also infinities and mathematical models that are not physical objects but only mental object...
February 27, 2024 at 17:09
If you haven't tried story writing using these AI chats you should try it just to get an idea of their capabilities. I only rarely see slipups. I gave...
February 26, 2024 at 02:04
I'm not getting this at all. Whether the universe is limited or unlimited is a matter of physical state. If we conclude that its state is unknown then...
February 22, 2024 at 13:55
I'm still having trouble understanding what you mean by the whole. Is it a philosophy term? As the whole is the sum of its parts, the whole universe i...
February 19, 2024 at 22:52
I'm not good at links on my smart phone but go to the main page here and it is listed as: Is Universal Form a good tool? The last entry as of now.
February 19, 2024 at 13:34
The problem I'm seeing with your approach is that you don't identify the whole as a concept. Its origin is a mental abstraction. Limits are mental def...
February 19, 2024 at 12:56
Okay. Worth exploring. It takes time to understand it.
February 19, 2024 at 11:55
If the whole is limitless it has no bounds. Then you introduce bounds and impose limits. What? Maybe I can get it on a second try but why? Nope, not g...
February 19, 2024 at 11:38
Friction loss but it's way off topic.
February 19, 2024 at 02:09
I don't really design trusses but in addition to course work I made my own collection of scale model trusses of various designs. I still have them in ...
February 18, 2024 at 18:44
I've had college algebra, trig and calculus. I can also design trusses and figure pressure loss in pipelines. Doesn't that sound exciting.
February 18, 2024 at 18:00
What I've written is about as far as I've gotten on a 'theory'. I was thinking there might be an application for this in central banking or distributi...
February 18, 2024 at 02:08
I'm really sceptical of the idea that there is any one true math to decide these issues of infinity. To me the best we can do is categorize models of ...
February 17, 2024 at 18:13
It's all word salad to me.
February 16, 2024 at 22:55
I'm just lost here because I can't follow the math. I try but it ends up dissolving on me after just a few sentences. Errrr. The subject interests me ...
February 16, 2024 at 18:45
Funny you say that. The book room I was talking about was like a holy of holies. You would walk into the main mathematics department building, down a ...
February 16, 2024 at 01:22
Cataloging mathematical objects, Mathematical objects take the physical form of, Brain; (mathematical object) Some specific types discussed recently a...
February 15, 2024 at 21:04
I used intermediate because there are two questions to this problem based on two phases. Phase one, discovery, Does the Russell set exist? Requires ex...
February 15, 2024 at 15:04
So sorry you got mixed up about my view of the existence of the Russell set. We both are saying the Russell set ultimately does not exist. If you miss...
February 14, 2024 at 20:30
I'm very far removed from any formal mathematics community. Maybe good and bad so I have my own way of doing things. You have a good overview. Really,...
February 13, 2024 at 13:16
Okay. I'll go over and sit in the corner and read some set theory textbooks.
February 13, 2024 at 12:19
Finally, yes, that is what I was getting at. It's my first look at anything in set theory so I don't have background.
February 13, 2024 at 12:17
But we are trying to dispell the contradiction, not prove it. If the Russell set doesn't exist there is no contradiction.
February 13, 2024 at 12:11
You accept that than the Russel set exists and is legitimate. I don't think it has a sound basis. It's based on definition and that's not proof of exi...
February 13, 2024 at 12:07
You suggest the Russell set exists only based on the process of defining it. I'm saying it does not exist. Which is it. In my development of the issue...
February 13, 2024 at 11:57
Defined mathematical objects can be subdivided: Proposed defined mathematical object Confirmed defined mathematical object...exists Rejected defined m...
February 13, 2024 at 02:12
Someone commented just a few days ago about how much new math research is being published. As a bunch they are really productive. I think they could d...
February 13, 2024 at 01:10
Okay.
February 12, 2024 at 23:28
You seem to be arguing for the paradox after the paradox has been dismissed.
February 12, 2024 at 23:26
And you can't have a paradox if the defined mathematical object does not exist.
February 12, 2024 at 23:17
The math procedes in a way that assumes an ultimate set will exist. I'm saying ultimately the Russell set does not ultimately exist. Edit: rather neve...
February 12, 2024 at 23:13
Never had the set in the first place.
February 12, 2024 at 23:08
I looked at Russell's paradox again and am thinking the problem is in the use of defined mathematical objects. I would classify the Russell set as a d...
February 12, 2024 at 22:59
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It is useful to know the difference between a fixed mathematical object and a defined mathematical object. Fixed would be things like pi, e, i, ?2, ?3...
February 12, 2024 at 19:11
Mathematical objects exist as brain state. Brain; (mathematical objects) These come in different forms with specific properties. Like fixed, Brain; (f...
February 12, 2024 at 18:20
I described to ChatGPT a rope tied to a tree branch at one end and a rock at the other. It volunteered that this would be a pendulum and if you pushed...
February 11, 2024 at 22:22
The subject of mathematical objects comes up here often and they fit well into Universal Form. So Brain; (what the brain supports) Becomes, Brain; (ma...
February 11, 2024 at 02:06
A lot depends on how close our best models of physics are to the actual real physics.
February 10, 2024 at 22:21
I asked GPTchat if an unsupported end of a catiliver can support weight. It answered correctly so.... Kind of looking for the line of success and fail...
February 10, 2024 at 19:43
Okay, not sure what I did. First time I used it so was following the menu best i could. No problems though now. Okay I see send a message so both were...
February 10, 2024 at 19:17
Okay, I get it. I tried an email to you for guidance. Maybe it didn't send.
February 10, 2024 at 19:04
In the context of Neuroscience this seems very poor curriculum. A historical perspective maybe?
February 10, 2024 at 18:58
A second try: The nature of our existence, Expanded, Expanded again with specifics, Also, And combined in sequence and relation, ... I based on P. And...
February 10, 2024 at 18:54
Comment on cup in the cupboard: The cup exists physically as a physical cup. The cup exists as brain state, Brain; (mental representation of cup in cu...
February 10, 2024 at 17:50
This is as far as I have gotten on parsing the question in sentence form: The nature of our existence leads to what we perceive that leads to what we ...
February 10, 2024 at 17:25
Okay, that is relevant.
February 10, 2024 at 17:01
Take my advice... NOT Jamal's Try nesting it as a start.
February 10, 2024 at 16:46