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More properly phrased, you know nothing about Rich until you observe Rich, and what observe about me may or may not be in concordance with what I obse...
July 12, 2017 at 23:45
The moon is actually just a quantum field which has no attributes. Everything we see and think about the moon is the result of observation. With quant...
July 12, 2017 at 23:41
A NASA scientist's perspective: "Let us ask a simple question: When you look up at night and "see" a star, what is "really" going on? A Newtonian phil...
July 12, 2017 at 23:17
All we know is that the moon is quanta which is essentially nothing. Anything you observe in your life is necessarily the result of the interaction be...
July 12, 2017 at 22:58
And this is known how? Roundness is an observation of a mind. Without the mind, the moon is just entangled quanta which is entangled with everything a...
July 12, 2017 at 22:45
Yes, the vulnerability comes in several forms. I believe the fundamental problem is (and I know I am in a distinct minority) is that math, by necessit...
July 12, 2017 at 18:16
A sensation it's a feeling of some sort. One would have to show that the brain is capable of feeling without resorting to anthropomorphism, a very tal...
July 12, 2017 at 18:05
Yes, all statements of what is believed to be a fact is done so in some symbolic language which is inevitably ambiguous for a variety of reasons. Math...
July 12, 2017 at 18:00
The thought itself, in memory is rather vague and fleeting. It doesn't stand still. Then there is the expression of that thought, by the mind which is...
July 12, 2017 at 16:37
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The Laws of Nature can be viewed as One (the three words being considered one entity) but it appears to be much more than that (a myriad of almost und...
July 12, 2017 at 13:56
Yes, this in itself is immediately an observer (mind) dependent observation/thought.
July 12, 2017 at 13:49
I don't think it is possible to have a measurement within a system without an observer. Everything is entangled. Any measurement (a process) will imme...
July 12, 2017 at 13:40
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Philosophical ideas do not necessarily have to be approached from the point of view of which is more logical than the other. One can approach it, and ...
July 12, 2017 at 13:13
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What is a perfectly good concept is really a matter of taste. Those who are looking for the utmost of simplicity will opt for God. A bit more complex ...
July 12, 2017 at 11:59
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Or one can expunge the myriad of undefinable Laws of Nature that supposedly determines everything in the universe and replace them with God and make e...
July 12, 2017 at 11:16
Each individual makes some observation. When recalled from memory, the observer has a particular level of intensity of certainty about the observation...
July 12, 2017 at 11:10
Yes. It is a feeling that leads us to express a thought with different word characterizations.
July 12, 2017 at 10:49
What?
July 12, 2017 at 02:32
Absolutely. All in one universe so we can actually explore the phenomenon. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2078251-quantum-weirdness-may-hide-an-...
July 12, 2017 at 00:37
Some words that someone might use to express different degrees of intensity of assuredness regarding a statement.
July 11, 2017 at 22:46
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To put a fine point on the issue: For determinists, everything is formed at the Big Bang (the scientific Genesis story) so the so-called Laws of Natur...
July 11, 2017 at 13:51
One must actually try to find truth in the mobility of thought and expression and actually observe the hopelessness in the effort. One cannot freeze t...
July 11, 2017 at 12:10
With arts, one must study the creator as well as the creation. To learn to be creative is a very long journey.
July 11, 2017 at 12:06
I would put it a little differently. The choice is: A) Experimentally verified entanglement at a distance (non-locality) or B) An a never ending,, gro...
July 11, 2017 at 02:29
OK. Thanks.
July 11, 2017 at 00:35
I've read journals where they have referred to Everett's Many Worlds as Multi-verses, but it is off no matter, because it is impossible to describe or...
July 10, 2017 at 23:49
I will provide you a suggestion that will surely put you on a new path and create change if you are willing to change, and that is study the arts. Cho...
July 10, 2017 at 21:08
It is certainly an interesting question to ponder. Intelligence is exactly what what we perceive it to be. It has memory, it makes choices, it explore...
July 10, 2017 at 18:14
The difference lies in our understanding of the nature of the universe and what that might entail spiritually, metaphysically and physical practicalit...
July 10, 2017 at 15:38
The most straightforward place to start, is to take Descartes literally: "I think therefore I am. You are an intelligence (not confined to the physica...
July 10, 2017 at 14:57
Yes, this it's how far scientists are willing to go to preserve locality. They'll even present a never ending, every growing universe of multi-verses....
July 10, 2017 at 13:11
Of course, one can buy into an infinite number of universes to avoid non-locality. But then, what is being observed in all of these experiments? Bohm ...
July 10, 2017 at 05:55
It is an expression of what I believe. This I believe is a reasonable description that brings to me a better understanding of what I am and my relatio...
July 10, 2017 at 04:24
As I said, I understand they are my beliefs that are subject to constant change as my experience and knowledge grows. I find that I learn much more wh...
July 10, 2017 at 03:49
Ok. A violation of Bell's Inequalities which is designed to test .....??
July 10, 2017 at 03:35
Well this is kind of silly already. It was an interesting learning experience.
July 10, 2017 at 03:32
I just said I did in response to the same question from you above. I believe everything I say, I just don't elevate it to truth. I just leave myself l...
July 10, 2017 at 03:31
Nothing other than agreeing with you (now that I have corrected my mistakes) that you are simply expressing your beliefs and that is all you were tryi...
July 10, 2017 at 03:25
No problem. We all have our own beliefs.
July 10, 2017 at 03:20
Great. Thanks for sharing all your beliefs with me.
July 10, 2017 at 03:00
Oh, everything you said is your belief. Thanks for sharing them, but I don't share any of them. If you want to call them truths, it's fine with me, bu...
July 10, 2017 at 02:56
No, I believe what I believe. There is no greater or less than. I also believe that people who believe in truths constantly change what they believe i...
July 10, 2017 at 02:49
It is what I believe but my beliefs are in a constant state of change, mostly because of good ideas I find on YouTube and forums.
July 10, 2017 at 02:36
If someone is asserting something is true. But one can simply assert a belief and if there is interest explain how s/he came to such a belief.
July 10, 2017 at 02:32
Makes for an interesting discussion between those who claim to know what's true. The cat is in the mat might certainly provide lots of discussion.
July 10, 2017 at 02:27
Which is exactly what people who claim they know the truth display, lots of conviction.
July 10, 2017 at 02:25
A belief is just a thought about some idea which we feel some personal intensity. Some people feel great intensity about their thoughts and call them ...
July 10, 2017 at 02:09
Not to someone who distinguishes "I believe" from "I know' and certainly a lot more meaningful that equating "I believe" to "I know". Basically your w...
July 10, 2017 at 02:02
In what frame of reference? Yours or mine? By the time you utter the sentence, the cat may no longer be on the mat. This is surely a subjective viewpo...
July 10, 2017 at 01:53
I mean we could speak to the masses, but then we would be subjected to argumentum ad populum. Or, we can agree that you have the final say, but then t...
July 09, 2017 at 19:41