universeness

I broadly agree. Quanta are mental analogies to gaps in our knowledge of holistic physical systems. Causation is continuous Human senses are all analo...

We each have the right to conduct our own symphonies as we see fit.

There is always the unpredictable MADman. Mutually assured destruction might not worry a crazy theist like Putin, if he thinks he is fulfilling his go...

I like this 'proxy' status. Gnomon makes a point to you, through me and you answer him directly. I don't have to do anything! :grin: :up:

Well, we can certainly agree that creating robust labels for concepts that are fit for purpose and don't over-burden the label, is very hard at times....

The best candidate right now, is the 'bit'. Consider how music is physically stored on a CD or the images stored on a DVD. The text we are typing righ...

For me, it means that current posited fundamentals are not fundamentals. A quark, an electron, a photon, a gluon, a higgs boson or even the proposed e...

I hope that some sneaky internal group of Russian dissenters, have 'knobbled' any such clock on the Russian side and have some plans to do something s...

I have watched many of these Matt O'Dowd PBS presentations. They are excellent. A great vid that presents the quantum uncertainty problem when trying ...

Why must we compare ourselves as greater or lesser or equal to that which we are an integrated part of? Ok my brain is probably more important to me t...

Perhaps @"Gnomon" would agree with that point of view, as he also seems to greatly value the musings of Plato and Aristotle etc. I don't. Do you not w...

I am very interested in both. What is emergent in human intent and purpose and what 'points of pivotal change' (such as a so called 'tech singularity,...

But which aspects of quantum physics, and any connection you make between it and information theory, are you referring to and why? You cannot claim th...

From Gnomon: Physical change is called "Work". Mental change is called "Information". In the human brain, Mental Work burns a lot of energy, even thou...

Ok. I think that based on his delivery in the video, Jim Al Khalili thinks that information IS a universal fundamental. I found his evidence in suppor...

Fair enough. I have already agreed that he should directly, or by proxy, attempt to answer any questions about his viewpoints that you feel have not b...

:up: Even though chatGPT is not 'intelligent,' or 'self-aware,' imo, it is impressive and as you are suggesting, it's a start!

Absolutely! If it can do as you suggest and any new 'understanding,' is testable and falsifiable. Sounds interesting. That's not a question, that's a ...

Ok, but I emphasise the position that there is no empirical evidence, that teleonomy has ANY relationship AT ALL with 'natural selection.' As I have a...

So, you accurately describe the failure of the current USA political system to prevent a horror like Trump getting elected and the final result being ...

Of course it is. EDIT: Well, to be more precise, it's not a solution NOW, or in the forseeable future but it will be, in the distant future. It costs ...

I still don't understand what your are asking about Greta or what 'competitiveness' has to do with capturing CO2 rather than releasing it into the atm...

I will respond to these posts tomorrow guys. I am meeting two fiends, friends from Glasgow for a local pub crawl! Cheers!!!

You seem quite willing to directly engage again with @"Gnomon". He seems to be still too angry at you due to the level of disrespect he feels he has s...

Wow! long time poster! I am surprised you are only at 2.8k posts. I apologise if I have given you that impression. If you keep making points, I will f...

Fair enough! I didn't suggest 'sentient rocks,' I suggested that panpsychism posits that rocks contain 'ingredients' that can be used in 'consciousnes...

If there is still arbitration, then when and if, such arbitration is ever settled and (a) conclusion(s) is/are arrived at, then empirical science will...

I think it's enough for the purposes of our exchange to agree that information is labelled data or data which has been assigned an associated human me...

Well, :lol: I suppose we can all send our models for a future transhuman 'collective,' to Demis Hassabis, et al and see which one they favour. Again, ...

If that's true, then I think there maybe a fatal flaw in the proposal that data is a universal fundamental. A 'representation' is not 'an actual,' its...

:lol: Well, I was still thinking about how I was going to answer your two posts to me, as I was sipping my first beer, with a Johnnie Walker (black la...

I will respond to your last two posts to me, tomorrow. I am going to order in some food and have a wee nights relaxation and a couple or 10 drinks wit...

Not irrelevant as you have invoked the 'mommy' model time and time again, as imo, a mockery of any suggestion of a future benevolent (via robust check...

:up: I agree.

I don't know what 'she' you are referring to? Greta Thunberg? As for the details of carbon capture or coral reef recovery methods. I am sure there are...

They have no choice, if they are being true to Christian doctrine. I agree that the Christian hierarchy would be too scared to do so, in News at 10, o...

I think there is no teleological connection to natural evolution via positing a universal data fundamental. I think the current position that disorder...

But do you think this 'capability of self-comprehension,' is only emergent through US and lifeforms such as us, or is he positing a general panpsychis...

But is it not also posited that autism can result in very challenged emotional control, a lack or empathy or/and sympathy etc. Such could be really pr...

But, we must also be careful and balance your well stated and valid point, with dealing with error, misguided viewpoints, deliberate subterfuge, etc, ...

:up: Thanks for the time stamps Alkis, I appreciate the time and effort involved. James Clerk Maxwell's demon was his own thought experiment to explai...

You offered him the choice of responding by proxy. I think he is responding, but not directly to you. I think he has chosen to maintain a political ap...

Why do you think autism would make a person most suited to a hivemind? The only imagery that springs to mind is: https://youtu.be/ns3YRpeeGwI The alie...

This is where I think the video falls short and the current scientific orthodoxy on the fundamentality of data is incomplete. But I don't think Gnomon...

It's not always easy to identify when and what particular aspects of a post are jocular. Best to use the 'joke' emoticon if you think it's not totally...

No, I am willing to collectivise and work together, but my individuality is also essential. Hivemind's have a totalitarian ruler. F*** that shit!!!! I...

Ok, It seems we type mainly, in unison.

Sorry, ucarr, you have just went past my current physics. I am not sure who are the most qualified physics folks on this forum. From my personal previ...

I would call @"Gnomon's" response, as in the style of the experienced politician.

Do you disagree that empirical science must be the final arbiter of theoretical philosophy? If your answer is no, then what is the path from hypothesi...