Possibility

I think there is a kind of dynamic balance to be achieved, recognising that there is always change as we interact with the world, but that increasing ...

How would you define ‘mind’? The capacity to relate - to be aware, to connect and collaborate - seems to me to be essential to all matter, including c...

What is it you were expecting to be able do with it? All of them. We have the capacity to distinguish between relative colour values by comparing inst...

I don’t see it as denying them - I’m arguing against the consistency we tend to attribute to them. The idea that ‘this is who I am in my core, and you...

This is the confusion we need to be aware of, though - because ‘acting as a whole’ externally (interacting) with the world is very different to ‘actin...

‘Colour value’ refers to differences in frequency (hue) and amplitude (intensity/brightness) of quantum wave functions (photons) moving at the speed o...

I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here. Both the examples you give seem too simplified or conceptual to answer. I don’t believe anyone is necessa...

Colours are five-dimensional conceptual structures of chemical and energy relations. They exist potentially as values - any reference to the ‘actualit...

I understand where you’re coming from, but I stand by my position. I think there is more to motivation and emotion than these basic theories suggest, ...

I don’t think it makes sense to induce that ‘our reason for existence is to be whole’ from the belief that ‘anything exists in the universe’. You’re r...

Actually, you will find that all ‘types’ of information work along the same lines - this is only the most drastically simplified illustration of the p...

You appear to be conflating two different perceptions of ‘truth’. Unconditional love is a relation to all possible information, even if it’s untrue or...

Carlo Rovelli’s book ‘Reality Is Not What It Seems’ contains a chapter called ‘Information’ which I think best describes where I’m coming from in rela...

You’re right, you do sound like a reductionist (still, I won’t hold it against you :razz: ). Personally, I don’t buy the ‘default’ program of life as ...

Yes, you do sound like a reductionist (still, I won’t hold it against you). Personally, I don’t buy the ‘default’ program of life as survival and proc...

I appreciate the thought you’re putting in to challenging my theories here. It has been productive for me. And I can see where you’re coming from, and...

Truth cannot be limited, sure - but it cannot ‘express itself’. This is a misunderstanding. We can relate to truth only by relating honestly with the ...

To ‘experience truth’ implies a limitation in how to relate to truth. To ‘express it as a true human being’ implies a limitation in how to express it....

Consider a well-respected and popular high school teacher who is very active and visible in leadership roles and community service. You could ask him ...

What is a ‘false human being’? The limit of ‘truth’ is in exclusions implied by the potential of its expression.

That’s the significance of human life, as we experience it. The ‘meaning of life’ is broader than that: to pursue the ‘truth’ and express it in how we...

Back at work, so I’ve got less time to devote to this, unfortunately... I’m just cautious of assertions that some things cannot change. I do recognise...

Utility is the reduction of information from meaning to knowledge via conceptual systems. Determining an actionable path to beneficially use informati...

Well, then you appear to have a limited understanding of what information is, but you’re not alone. Information is ‘the difference that makes a differ...

There is no quantity or value to meaning except when limited by our perception, so it makes no sense to say anyone or anything ‘achieves a greater mea...

In what technical sense? Infinity is historically a philosophical concept, representing an unbounded limit in relation to value/potential - whether qu...

I agree with you here. The idea is that infinity is not a quantitative concept (definable in relation to a numerical value), but a qualitative one. Al...

A good question. There is a difference between consuming information and relating to information. This teenager you describe is fulfilling the ‘meanin...

I wouldn’t say it’s ‘impossible’ as such - but it is an improbable possibility. I mention this only as a matter of perspective. ‘Imagine’ is the key h...

I can relate to this, but I think it’s more a learned ‘path of least resistance’. I don’t subscribe to ‘default’ positions in reference to human behav...

The way I see it, the all is absolutely whole (and infinite) ONLY in the realm of possibility. So one could take the view that a whole world is possib...

No - technically, there are two possible branches for each relational distinction. It depends on the relative (non-spatial) ‘potential distance’ (in r...

I can be certain that something exists, and that something is aware. All else leads on from this, with less and less certainty.

I agree that understanding the universe as awareness and relation is ideal, but the fact is that the universe consists of relations and awareness that...

Carlo Rovelli says this about QM in relation to Information Theory, which I think is relevant: “A physical system manifests itself only by interacting...

Interesting discussion - I’d agree with the idea that information is meaning and meaning is information. Gnomon and I have been piecing together this ...

Dimensions are not necessarily ‘spatial’ representations, but are defined as aspects of reality, of which actuality only accounts for four, at best. S...

Thank you for sharing your personal experience. It helps to understand where you’re coming from. The main thing I realised was that this distinction i...

I don’t really follow String Theory, so the ‘folded’ dimensions it describes are not what I’m referring to here. My understanding of five and six dime...

It seems like so long ago that I wrote all this! I don’t believe that an exclusive sexual relationship is a ‘natural default’ for humans only because ...

I wouldn’t refer to it as ‘the Will of G*D’, because a limited understanding of the two concepts doesn’t do justice to the complexity of the idea as I...

The definition of a ‘principle’: a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain o...

No. ‘Cause and effect’ describes only relations in time - it doesn’t describe relations to 5D or 6D information. The way I see it, ‘actuality’ refers ...

I appreciate the edification. I work in public relations and marketing for non-profit, and my educational background includes media, social psychology...

I think perhaps love either evolves or stagnates, depending on what it is that you love. After more than 20 years of marriage, I’m certainly not the s...

This is still a limited view of love, and a limited view of our capacity as humans. It can be equally applied, without much adjustment, to pretty much...

No. Ethical principles are an attempt to guide morality, to ensure one’s behaviour will be judged ‘morally good’. It’s a common misunderstanding of et...

Yes, and it’s ultimately about seeing beyond even the ‘beauty’, to the ugliness that is nevertheless a part of who they are, were or could become, and...

But it’s also possible for energy to flow between a potato and a lightbulb - conditional upon a complete circuit. Which means that it’s also possible ...

I understand your emotional response to the statement in isolation, but you misunderstand why I said it. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t ‘end racism’...