Mark Nyquist

Maybe we measure oscillation. Not time. So a duration of time like 10 seconds is number of ocsilations . Each oscillation exists in a physical moment....

I think you are saying we should question if time exists. I might agree that it does not in a physical sense. Physical matter is just something I see ...

Does physical matter exists? That's a better starting point because it's more basic than a concept of time. So, Start with matter exists to build a mo...

Notation might help with the idea of Platonism. Is it physical or non-physical? Let's say, Physical is notated by square brackets... Non-physical by p...

The Russell Paradox was covered on this forum ...maybe a few times. Something that applies to Mathematical Platonism is the unrestricted comprehension...

It might just be that our mental process is so effortless that we ignore it. So existing or not existing is one question. Platonism as an abstraction ...

Just looking at what I wrote, maybe multiple forms of mental content are nessecary to deal with numbers. The number 7 could be a pure number, or a uni...

The "All in one's head" model is a thing known to physically exist. Brain; (Numbers) Brain; (Numerical laws) And numbers just as non-physical abstract...

Mathematical Platonism. So platonism is the idea abstractions exist. I don't see how abstractions as non-physicals can exist. If they are non-physical...

So the logic is given memories of the past are know to be not physical then consciousness is known to have non-physical components supported by brain ...

How did quantum mechanics come up? Neurons have 100 trillion atoms so I don't see the mechanism of consciousness at the atomic or quantum level at all...

Alright. I might tend to physicalism, but if you are saying our mental worlds are what drives thing... I do agree.

You really do believe information exists outside a physical form? A piece of information? A non-physical that exists with no physically supporting mec...

There aren't a lot of options. Physical matter exists or not. Non-physicals exist or not. Physically instantiated non-physicals exist or not. Do you h...

I don't think I follow any conventional dualism. It's just forced on us that non-physicals need to be paired with physical brains. If we can't use non...

It might be human nature to think our own mental world is more real than it really is. So I think reminding...us...ourselves, gives a good perspective...

Not sure. It's real in the sense that a brain must physically configure and process specific content. But other than that the content has no physical ...

Yes. Pretty sure. Without exception. Addition: Instantiated is a better word and is what I meant.

My version is: Physical things exist. Non-physical things do not exist. Physically contained non-physicals do exist. Or mental content.... For example...

My main point is that the hard problem really is a secondary problem. The question of physically contained non-physicals is primary to understanding c...

The hard problem of consciousness. It might not really be that fundamental to philosophy. Try starting with a more fundamental idea Do physical and no...

I agree that numbers and information have something in common. So, numbers physically exist as, Brain; (numbers) And, information physically exists as...

So for me...being a head in the sander....on the issue of Arbitrary Transfers....really isn't an option. So let's move on with Arbitrary Transfers. Is...

You.mentioned taxes. We know what we pay but not were exactly it goes. And it diminishes as it is distributed. So taxes and transfer payments are part...

People will.have different perspectives on arbitrary transfers. Let's try three catagories. Only Payers Out of AT's, Net income = (earned income) minu...

To me, defense budgets are another category. But AT principles apply. Are we paying for something without a return or is the alternative an impossibil...

Good. Add HOA's to the list. Some might be well run but others might exploit.

Arbitrary because transfer payments are not direct payments. A taxpayers has an involuntary commitment, the government sets policy and allocates and t...

What about dying with liabilities and no assets. That's an arbitrary transfer. Bankruptcies....

I hadn't thought of remittances. That is a big one. Ok, people work in a wealthy nation, earn a wage and send a portion back to their home country. Th...

I did see economics wasn't listed as a subject heading. We'll see want turns up.

Philosophical question: Are arbitrary transfers a philosophical question? Describe why arbitrary transfers are philosophically significant: Arbitrary ...

So you are opposed to arbitrary transfers? Transfer payments?

What my point is, if you use Arbitrary Transfers as a tool to understand the economy you will see things you missed before. Let's say a consumer buys ...

I can speculate on China...Not sure but with centralized control it's possible that what would be corporate profits (AT dollars) in the US, might end ...

I am suggesting to be more aware of Arbitrary Transfers. So in the US economy the organizations that can capture the most arbitrary transfer dollars w...

Political donation might be a special case of Arbitrary Transfers. Is something gotten in return or is it really a donation with no return? Tens of mi...

It may or may not be a disadvantage. But I was thinking about opportunity cost. Production could bring high return but the social programs wouldn't ge...

If energy is involved, that too could propagate opposite the arrow of time. I suspect that is the case given the logic of the problem.

Here what I came up with to explain back propagation through time. t0 to t3 t1 to t4 t2 to t5 t3 to t6 t4 to t7 t5 to t8 t6 to t9 t7 to t10 t8 to t11 ...

This back propagation idea is speculative. Another possibility is if some future branching exists then you also have a mechanism for spooky action at ...

Ok. Overlap the boxes.

The time intervals are clock times. Very small. The point is duration t3 can have an effect on t1.

Try this, Take a sheet of lined paper and write t1 to t10 down the left side. Draw a box next to t1. It represents a duration of physical matter durin...

I forgot an important part. If you think of a time line with a duration of time (instead of an instant) moving with the arrow of time then the backwar...

Retro causality is another term. If you think of the arrow of time, back propagation is energy, or possibly a signal, moving in the opposite direction...

Actually I think for philosophy we should count the leading theories of physics a failure. The laws of physics break down at the singularity in the be...

Non-existent is a concept. It does exist as brain state, Brain; (a concept) Brain; (a non-existent entity) Also brains activate muscles so a concept c...

My version, Brain; (hypothesis... conclusion) Yes, it's physically based. We have the ability to physically hold non-physicals. So mathematics does ex...

You point to time perseption being a problem. I agree. If you think of a timeline you have nothing and then physical matter bursting into existence. S...