universeness

I understand what you are typing but I don't hold the same view. We can invent labels, for that which we have zero evidence for. Our brains however fa...

Well he clarifies his position a little more, with: "The configuration of our universe isn't invariant under time shifts; things used to be closer tog...

It might be better for you to start a new thread on a physics forum, which employs the detailed results, from an actual conservation of energy experim...

I think it's more important to challenge the proposal that a 'mind event' is an 'immaterial event.'

If I am being honest, I am not really into sports but just based on FYI, I did some 'bing' searching and: In 1823, a school in Rugby, England created ...

@"Hanover" Yeah, but real men call that rugby, not football. Football in the USA, is like rugby with a crash helmet and lots of protective padding.

Physicists are burdened to explain the nuances/error margins, of incredibly complicated system, to lay people. A very difficult task indeed.

Yes we can, especially if we accept that 'perfect has no existent.' No measurement of a quantity is ever 100% correct. distance, time, density, none a...

I think this is the main difference between us. I choose not to try to fill in gaps in our knowledge, with unnecessary terms like god(I am not suggest...

I will not tiptoe! I like surprises, especially if they 'take my breath away.' I am however quite shallow when it comes to physical attraction. I like...

Its relevant only in that I am able to distinguish between a big force/explosion and a small one. I can also use sensory info to be able to perceive q...

Yeah, It seems you really can fool some of the people all of the time, and that's why the conspiracy theorists continue to get money from the gullible...

Do you ascribe to QFT then? If you accept a photon as a field disturbance/excitation/vibration, you still have the result that the excitation travels ...

Jess H. Brewer (Physics professor since 1977.) What's the proof that consciousness doesn't collapse the wave function? That’s like asking what’s the p...

Oh I agree we are still space babies or even space amoebas, but I just wonder if future historians will cite Artemis 1 as a very significant beginning...

Wave function collapse due to measurement or/and observation remains highly controversial. The following addresses this pretty well: The idea of the w...

In the distant future, will this be considered the true beginning of the human species becoming interplanetary? From Wiki: Artemis 1, is an ongoing un...

So are you claiming that this: Since a photon is a particle of light, this means that it does not need to accelerate to light speed, as it is already ...

In fact, knowing my luck, and today's society, and the fact she already thinks I'm a pervy naturalist/naturist, and that she is very attractive and in...

I think if I told that same woman that I am an atomist, she might think I only like small people or have a small manhood.

Enjoying some drinks with friends in local pubs last night. The conversation at one point, when most of us were in the 'happy glow' stage of alcohol, ...

Well, at least I can reaffirm my rejection of duality. The credence you are giving to a notion such as 'a potential universe,' has no credence at all ...

But this means your 'immaterial' has as much significance to any content of this universe as 'no car, no human and no universe,' No significance at al...

But your exemplifications of what you are labelling 'immaterial' are completely notional. Just because the term 'material' exists does not demand it m...

I don't think this is an accurate description of a democratically elected government. People in government come from every class but apart from 'econo...

Is that no jist oor big yin (Billy Connolly, withoot his specs!), huvvin a wee laff wi you yankie doodles by posing as a polly tician? https://images....

Only in a society, where people can take their basic means of survival for granted, perhaps via a UBI or via a money free, resource-based economy, whe...

No need to. You have again killed bar tricks already dead OP, as I typed earlier. The OP died on page 1 with posts such as:

Who employs you? Donald Trump? Trust YOU :rofl:

Two example sites worth looking at and thinking about: https://litslink.com/blog/usage-of-virtual-reality-in-education-pros-and-cons https://e-student...

You have already identified it, people power! I don't think it is the same elite as the ones from days gone by. Their power has been in decline since ...

Better to plan for a better future than to mourn the bad behaviours of the past or present. We all must just learn from them and not repeat or continu...

Oh my comments on when to listen to Zoolook, were totally based on personal taste, which I have already described as a mighty discriminator!

Personal taste is a mighty discriminator indeed! I love guitar riffs but I didn't connect to the 'fuzz' guitar sound used in that example and I found ...

Just had my first time with Oxymore! I didn't understand the first track, Agora. The rest were good and deserve many further listens but are you famil...

I highly recommend that anyone interested in the topic of energy and the conservation laws related to it, watch this: https://youtu.be/aeaQpuYPsy8 You...

How do you know what ghosts and immaterial minds would/could do? What are you labelling a ghost? Some remainder of dead humans? Do you think such enti...

The madcap guitar bit I so dislike, is from around 9 mins 30 to 15 mins 30 in part 2 below: https://youtu.be/xbaDnI6UxB4

:blush: So it is! Yep my superfan badge just ran away from its pin. I will go listen to Hergest Ridge again. I definitely remember the madcap fuzzy gu...

Do you think we could create AE systems (artificial expert systems) that could do a lot of the heavy lifting, when it comes to the balanced academic a...

Yes, I have watched a few docs about such human repositories, and I agree the efforts involved are prudent and commendable as a protection against som...

I've heard of the existence of such people, but I think this is the first time I have ever communicated with such! H...... he........hello...... welco...

Oh that one was definately Mike high as a kite! 'Big brown beastie, big brown face, I'd rather be with you than fly through space!' Mike, his horse an...

Here's one from 'The Imagined Village' album, which Simon Emmerson was involved with which fuses a traditional English folk song with Indian music: ht...

Nonsense. It what sense is a 'mental event' immaterial? Mental events are detectable in brain scans and I can confirm my own mental events to you verb...

I have a copy of all of the AfroCelt CD's that fuse world trad music with trad scots music. The group you mention seems like clones of that style. But...

Can your baker friends not answer your OP for you better than any TPF member can? I showed how consciousness is made of states of pastry and that I am...

I kinda feel the same way about the word 'immaterial.'

Yeah, I might switch to that label! It is clearer. Your command and depth of knowledge of terminology and philosophy continues to impress. You should ...

I consider those terms synonymous, and I am a Sean Carroll fan.