Here's a thought. Draw the X axis. The segment between 0 and 1 is a physical extension in space. This segment contains an infinity of dimensionless po...
Simone Weil writes about this. The Jews did not have a concept of rights in the way we do. Their concept was the justice of God. Weil points out that ...
There are two spacetimes, quantum spacetime and physical spacetime. Quantum spacetime is an n-dimensional spacetime (it has been suggested n = 10 or 1...
If energy is an expression of mind that is an easy one; Is it more correct to say mind manipulates energy and therefore matter? Again, mind and energy...
Ok, I'll put it this way. List the sets that are not members of themselves as a1, a2, a3, ... X is going to be {a1, a2, a3, ...} But for some i, ai = ...
No, I am saying IF X is included in X then X = {{x}, {y}, {z},... {{x}, {y}, {z}}} But IF X is not included X = {{x}, {y}, {z},...} I am only saying t...
Let 'All sets that do not contain themselves as members' be a = {x} b = {y} c = {z} d = ... and these sets go on for as long as is necessary, e, f, g,...
If we define things as follows it might make it clearer- a = {x} b = {y} c = {z} Set X is the set of sets a, b, c so Set X = {{x}, {y}, {z}} If X is i...
Yes, but X is a set of sets so X = {{a}, {b}, {c},...} but {a, b, c, ...} might be correct too as long as the logic of what I'm saying holds up. Link:...
It is not 'without X' it is 'without {X}' as a set. {X} is not the same as X, my bad notation in the beginning notwithstanding. X\{X} is every set in ...
Yes, you are correct. Since we are talking about sets of sets, a better notation would be- Set X = X\{X} Set X2 = (X U {X})\{X2} Set X3 = (X2 U {X2})\...
No, I am saying there are infinite collections of things that are not a set. See this link https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/24507/why-did-math...
Subset is transitive: If A is a subset of B and B is a subset of C, A is a subset of C. {a} is a subset of {A} and {A} is a subset of {X} ---> {a} is ...
Set A = {a, w} Set B = {a, x} Set C = {a, y} Set X = the set of sets that have {a} as an subset. Set X = {A, B, C,...} {a} is in X (because {a} is in ...
There is no need to redefine the set. All that is needed is to see that there are collections that are not single sets - as the paradox implies. I thi...
Time is often defined as change but this is a weak definition; change is evidence of time but not a definition of it. (Space)time is a geometry accord...
You say there is an object in universe A. But if an object is to exist space must exist and space must be coherent/mathematical. A non mathematical un...
Here is a thought. Write the squares of numbers like this- 1 squared = 1 2 squared = 4 3 squared = 9 etc. Now, you can plot this sequence of squares o...
Suppose we define philosophy as 'knowing the world'. Then a cat is a philosopher because the cat, through consciousness, knows the world. And knows it...
Only, perhaps, in the way that the elephant's foot is very unlike its ears. They are both 'elephant stuff'. The non physical 'world beyond' is equally...
It seems to me that a pure constructionist cannot even admit that there are an infinity of natural numbers. Induction proves that there are and many m...
Kummer, Cantor's arch enemy, was a kind of constructionist and denied the reality of real numbers. I guess they just don't agree. The question here is...
Both of them would say that there is an order beyond the physical image. As the hydrogen atom is an image of energy, the physical world is an image of...
The difference is really semantic. Counting is about associating a number with an object; 1 orange, 2 apples etc. But Cantor counts numbers with numbe...
Cantor uses Aleph Null to count infinities. One can count an infinity conceptually, without time. How much time is there between the digits of pi? Lik...
Positive integers can be generated by a process of iteration and partition: Start with "/" Iterate: // And again: /// And again: //// So you get /////...
What do you mean by 'thinking'? Abstract 'rational' thinking? Isn't simply being conscious thinking? If thought is energy 'flowing' through the mind t...
I'm not sure about this one. Early philosophy was closely aligned to mysticism (eg Plato's cave). Only in recent centuries did philosophy become heavi...
It is a linguistic tautology (Wittgenstein). In the 'beginning' philosophy was more aligned with mysticism but since Descartes it has become more and ...
If messages could be sent between the twins at infinite speed that would show simultaneity: "What are you doing now?" - "I'm reading Dante" But for al...
Good is life an being. Evil is the loss of being. It tends towards nothingness. Evil is not absolute, it must have some being in it if it is to have a...
An institution is an abstract concept made concrete, visible, by the people and objects that make it manifest. Communism is a concept. Capitalism is. ...
If one assesses the evidence for Canada with intelligence the conclusion is that it must exist because its existence makes sense of the evidence. Like...
What I'm saying is that the geometry is imposed on the trace effects that register on photographic plates etc. It is not the particle that is being ob...
This is the point I am making re. mythology. People need to frame things in mythological terms and bare bones Christianity took on the mythological el...
Yes, that's true apparently. But the experiments were done under strict conditions and Geller is not the only one who could do these things. It comes ...
Uri Geller was tested in strict lab conditions and he bent strips of metal that were sealed inside glass tubes. It was also done by a number of Britis...
True but that does not tell us anything about the veracity of belief. Personally I am very cautious about psychoanalytic views on religion. They are t...
Well, that was a throwaway comment. What I mean is anything could be the case for all we know. Here is where my thoughts have led. Space is two things...
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