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If that is the case, how can the codes TAA, TAG, and TGA mean STOP in DNA encoding and UAA, UAG, UGA mean STOP in RNA encoding? But "making something ...
December 02, 2017 at 23:32
I think there may be a need to draw a finer distinction. What do you think: Representation - the physical encoding of an idea. Meaning - the physical ...
December 02, 2017 at 22:18
Well I literally said that the "representation of it in your mind is physical". You seem to be claiming that representation can be physical, but meani...
December 02, 2017 at 21:28
If the representation of the triangle in your brain is not physical, then why does it take energy to create, increase the entropy of your brain, cause...
December 02, 2017 at 20:53
It may (or may not) be useful to draw a distinction between Material and Physical. The triangle is certainly not material, but it can be argued that t...
December 02, 2017 at 14:35
All possible states must occur because of: 1. Infinity, which I have mentioned several times previously. Space must be infinite. 2. Mass fluctuations ...
December 02, 2017 at 13:47
Much of the attraction of the Multiverse is that it removes the requirement to explain particular initial conditions and physical constants because al...
December 02, 2017 at 12:48
You are passing up a valuable learning opportunity! Go on, give it a try!
December 01, 2017 at 06:28
Not according to Inflation, the theory on which the Level 1 and Level 2 Multiverses are premised. Precisely! No finite physical process can create som...
December 01, 2017 at 06:25
Maybe you should show your working? Given an initial 1m3 of space-time, what expansion rate is required to turn it into literally infinite volume in a...
November 30, 2017 at 23:15
So, what rate of expansion do you think might be required to turn a subatomic spec into a literally infinite universe in 13.8 billion years? Have you ...
November 30, 2017 at 21:08
How much expansion is required to produce a literally infinite universe from a point in a mere 13.8 billion years? Why do you think Hubble Volumes wer...
November 30, 2017 at 13:52
We know the Earth is Moving away from the Sun and that the year is getting longer. I's been measured. We can measure and calculate the energy of trans...
November 30, 2017 at 11:49
Our visible universe may well have been the size of a point at the Big-Bang, but the entire Level 1 Multiverse was not. The Multiverse was as infinite...
November 30, 2017 at 11:04
Right, so the second is defined by a physical constant, but the year is defined by a varying quantity. Certain mechanisms are employed to keep the inv...
November 29, 2017 at 23:09
No it doesn't. The second is DEFINED with respect to a material property of Caesium. The new definition would have been chosen to be close to a previo...
November 29, 2017 at 19:06
You need to watch this. https://youtu.be/Tc_tDVbjCQk
November 29, 2017 at 15:09
Inflation generates all possible initial conditions. This means that all possible matter configurations exist in some Hubble Volume. The most likely i...
November 29, 2017 at 10:17
How about this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX-K63pVPTM
November 28, 2017 at 10:06
Ergodicity is a PREDICTION of physics. If you don't like it, you'll need some new physics and some very good arguments and predictions.
November 28, 2017 at 09:40
It's called ergodicity. I have mentioned that ergodicity is a requirement for Type 1 multiverse several times. According to our best theory of cosmolo...
November 28, 2017 at 08:47
If the universe is infinite and ergodic, it is impossible that state 0 will not repeat.
November 28, 2017 at 08:44
If the universe is infinite, ergodic, expanding, and subject to the Bekenstein Bound, then it is certain that Hubble volumes exist which are identical...
November 28, 2017 at 08:40
That would be non-locality a.k.a. spooky action at a distance.
November 27, 2017 at 15:03
Unitary Quantum Mechanics is a local theory. It is only when you ad-hoc modify it or burden it with metaphysical baggage like collapse, hidden variabl...
November 27, 2017 at 08:27
Interference experiments are a test of Many Worlds. Interaction free measurements test Many Worlds, as does the quantum computer. Bohmian mechanics is...
November 27, 2017 at 08:11
Many Worlds is the only known interpretation of quantum mechanics. Bohmian mechanics - adds hidden variables to QM, thus a different theory. Doesn't w...
November 27, 2017 at 00:27
Um, the whole point of A-Theory vs B-Theory is that the series are the same. "Odd but seldom noticed"? I don't think so.
November 27, 2017 at 00:07
The quantum multiverse has been known about since 1950s. Schrödinger mentioned it in lectures, several other physicists discovered it independently, m...
November 26, 2017 at 23:54
Give me a statement that demonstrates you know what McTaggart was arguing towards.
November 26, 2017 at 21:13
Do I really have to cut and paste from the many articles that explain the difference between A-series and B-series? The A-series is tensed and ordered...
November 26, 2017 at 20:57
I see. You are proscribing reality based on your intellectual abilities. Not a good idea!
November 26, 2017 at 20:48
How does it seem that there can be no infinite number of planets?
November 26, 2017 at 20:20
Perhaps you have not followed McTaggart's argument? The A-series claims there are objective, changing properties of events: they go from future, becom...
November 26, 2017 at 20:10
Relativity certainly isn't controversial, but it is problematic. To be a bit more precise, Relativity and Quantum Mechanics render each other problema...
November 26, 2017 at 18:06
It seems to me that what you are implying is that expressing the extraordinary accuracy of the atomic in terms of time scales that a non-technical aud...
November 26, 2017 at 16:01
If, for the sake of argument, we accept your rash extrapolation into the future, then the implication is that the clock is accurate to 1 year in every...
November 26, 2017 at 15:30
The unit of time may be arbitrary, but the EM frequency that excites caesium atoms isn't.
November 26, 2017 at 15:00
How about the Block = what was, what is, and what will be? There is no "may" in the Block.
November 26, 2017 at 14:15
You will also have to ignore the tensed nature of the A-series, so no you cant just index an A-series.
November 26, 2017 at 14:02
The argument for the existence of the Type 1 multiverse requires an infinite, ergodic, and expanding universe.
November 26, 2017 at 11:53
It is psychologically interesting that people generally accept the existence of the Type 1 multiverse, when there is absolutely no evidence for it. I'...
November 26, 2017 at 11:38
I didn't watch it either, I just fast-forwarded to the parts in which the physicists were talking. David Deutsch is particularly worth listening to. A...
November 26, 2017 at 11:18
A 3-manifold, e.g. a 3-sphere, is finite with no edge.
November 26, 2017 at 10:44
That is quite a startling claim given that the relationships between mass and energy, energy and wavelength, mass and velocity, length and velocity, t...
November 23, 2017 at 10:22
The SI unit of length is defined in terms of time. The SI unit of time is defined in terms of a property of matter.
November 22, 2017 at 10:28
In the case of the atomic clock, there is no regular process. The clock is tuned to a constant of a physical system, and the second is thus DEFINED. T...
November 21, 2017 at 22:32
A physical process provides the definition of the second, the accuracy relates to the technology we have with which to measure that physical process.
November 20, 2017 at 15:36
By taking the temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Background.
November 20, 2017 at 15:31
Six beers, three beers, maybe you are on a different intellectual plane? Hard to tell.
April 08, 2017 at 00:51