Sometimes it seems like finding a needle in a stack of needles. :joke: I clicked on the Austin Torney award, but it just sits there and slowly cycles,...
Yes! And in my information-centric thesis, that "fire" is the universal force that I label as Potential EnFormAction, which works as active Energy, an...
Bravo! That sounds much more optimistic than the OP. I just hope your momentary enthusiasm doesn't turn into apathy, when the ideal of egalitarianism ...
That "suggestion" was not my personal opinion, but a reflection of the historical & current political polarization between "socialist" Liberals and "c...
Of course, it should. But my comment was directed at the current conflicted situation of public education in the US. For example, government-funded sc...
“The philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways,” he famously said. “The point, however, is to change it.” ___Karl Marx Bac...
That's interesting! Sean Carroll's Effective Field Theory postulates a level of reality underlying the old Quantum Field Theory. 19th century Material...
Sounds like you are forcing a gullt-trip on yourself. Presumably, that stems from a feeling of responsibility for the woes of the world. You may have ...
Yes, the "don't" was an unfortunate typo that reversed the intended meaning. I doubt that public education has much to do with personal moral calculat...
This kind of hypothetical moral quandary puts people in untenable situations. If you accept the machine-like logical computation of Utilitarianism, or...
Yes. They are fundamental because they are mathematical, and consist of non-dimensional Information instead of 4D space-time. Physicists know that the...
More accurately, the physical space-time universe is quantifiable. But that definition doesn't cover the Qualia by which we quantify (evaluate). I jus...
As usual, you are way ahead of me in your mindfulness of scholarly disputations. Since I have no formal training in philosophy, I am not familiar with...
I've never heard of "mind atoms" before. So I Googled it, and sure enough there is such a hypothesis. But my gist of the articles is that they are act...
Yes. I call it "mind stuff"; otherwise known as Information. It's being is both Ideal (meaning) and Real (matter). Unfortunately. some on this forum h...
This surprising "effect" puzzled the pioneers of Quantum Physics, who had no common sense explanation. Since then, their interpretation has been debat...
Yes, I know. Adler formalized it, but the general notion probably came from Freud. :smile: Freud thought that a superiority complex was actually a way...
Since "immaterial" literally means "not made of matter", why is my conclusion that "material" and "immaterial" are categorical oppositions "un-intelli...
I agree. Self-evident axioms are a good starting point, but if not off-set by new input, they will go full circle, back to the original position, noth...
I suspect that 180 is using Mohamed Ali's "rope-a-dope" strategy, trying to wear you down by chasing his shifty position. He doesn't often hit you wit...
Are you implying that "Material" and "Immaterial" are the same thing? That they are indistinguishable? That they play the same role in reality? From w...
What you are calling "observer effect" is actually the "measurement effect". The measuring tools of quantum observers are typically wave/particles, su...
I wasn't familiar with Metzinger, so I Googled the book name. From my cursory glance, his view seems to agree with my own understanding of "Self". I p...
I have been repeatedly cautioned to not cross the line from Physics into the danger zone of Meta-Physics. But, if we ignore the "immaterial" aspects o...
You may have mis-interpreted my definition of Qualia. I was not referring to information coming in from some sublime source outside the universe. Inst...
The fix for a prolix post is automatic. Most readers will tune-out if they can't see where a post is going. Those most interested in the topic will ha...
The link in my last post will give you an overview of what's special enough about Quantum physics to call it a "Paradigm Shift". That's why physicists...
The philosophical question is not where Mind resides, but what is Mind? If it's not a material object, then it's immaterial. Many of the posts on this...
Language, Mr. Proof. Watch your language! There are sensitive immaterial minds on this forum. :grin: No. Once again you miss the point, because you ca...
No. The "terror" of death is usually caused by either fear of the unknown, or the angst of damnation. It's ironic that we are afraid of ignorance, the...
Although Dawkins is clearly opposed to formal religions, which he believes makes meme-slaves of believers, he retains a somewhat religious perspective...
In theory, everything in the universe can be analyzed down to its mathematical structure (conceptual inter-relationships). Math is not a physical obje...
's assertion was intentionally ridiculous, because he's trying to make your position sound absurd. His vigorous defense of Orthodox Materialism, attac...
Is that an empirical fact, or a theoretical belief? Is the particle physical or virtual? :smile: Do virtual particles actually physically exist? : Thu...
I'm sorry my "flavor of Idealism" doesn't suit your personal taste. Your mis-interpretation and mis-characterization of my worldview doesn't offend me...
Yes. My whole worldview is a Category Mistake to you. It merely accepts that Mind is just as much a part of Reality as Matter. Therefore, in order to ...
Rovelli doesn't have a problem with the concept (idea) of a particle. But the reality of a particle is ambiguous (metaphor or object?). As a waveform,...
The same way you distinguish Truth from Falsehood. You can't depend on shape or texture or smell to differentiate good ideas from bad ideas. But your ...
Ideally, yes. But, the confidence that your consideration of an object is free from bias (dispassionate, equitable, fair, impartial, just, and objecti...
That's exactly the opposite of what I was saying. So, apparently, you are "explaining how things are" for me. Can you point to a "fact" that I was ass...
I'd like to "view" that unitary triplet. Can you post a picture? :wink: Quarks appear to be true elementary particles; that is, they have no apparent ...
Yes. In this thread we are arguing over the same polarized philosophical positions as Physics (Materialism) vs Metaphysics (Idealism). I reconcile tha...
Yes. Tegmark's mathematical model of the world is an attempt to describe the "poorly understood" phenomena on the Quantum level of reality. We know pr...
Hypothetical Quantum Fields consist of abstract relationships (ratios ; vectors) that are not real things but ideal mathematical "points" & "links". W...
I've only read one of Tegmark's books, but I have a general idea of "what he's talking about". I'm not sure I agree with all his speculations, but his...
Yes. In the ideal true perfect model of Reality, there can be no bias or ignorance. But that model only exists in heaven. We can strive to reach the u...
No. The point of my post was to avoid a polarized position on either end of the Real - Ideal spectrum. I'm not a true anything. As noted in the post, ...
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