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The physicist Richard Muller, in Quora, expresses the opinion that current physicists are being misled by the graceful dynamics and beauty of mathemat...

Unfortunately, these legal struggles will make Trump even more popular with a large number of Americans. Look at Bolsonaro in Brazil . It is legal for...

Suppose we are that highly intelligent species with advanced technology, and we wish to travel to a star and its planets a million light years away. W...

When asleep and a loud sound occurs, if we don't awaken the sound is interpreted by the brain into some kind of dream occurrence. But this is not the ...

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Lucid dreaming brings one to a state of full awareness, but it's sleep state is shallow rather than deep.

As usual, your post is a superb antidote to the mind-numbing babbles on "consciousness" that pervade this forum. And does that general goal produce pl...

I had a chat with Bing AI, asking if a rock has consciousness. It gave a well-reasoned reply, but ended by asking me if I believed a rock has consciou...

Arguments about panpsychism can easily devolve into mere word play. If one introduces behavior as a kind of corollary of consciousness one must conten...

Elementary discrete dynamical systems move forward one step at a time, iterating a function. With feedback from "above" that iteration could become a ...

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The use of probability in this regard is no more than medieval scholasticism. And I have trouble accepting 1). But that's just me. Let's watch those a...

Suppose a B-brain occupies one cubic foot of space. Then 10 of them occupy 10 cubic feet, 100 of them occupy 100 cubic feet, etc. Density is just mass...

Perhaps I misinterpret what you said. It sounds like you are saying that it is certain those monkeys will type out Shakespeare.

I might argue there is no particular moment so described, but rather a long more or less continuous development of human consciousness. More or less i...

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Consciousness: a categorical mistake. To have consciousness is not like having an ice cream cone.

Don't forget the retirees on fixed income.

A draconian rate hike would not be a good idea, but something above the 5.1% might be appropriate. Yes, banks are in turmoil and seeking cash and not ...

Paul Volcker, where are you? The current feds are too timid, IMO.

I haven't kept up with this thread, but when I read the original statement in the OP, what comes to mind is Yogi Berra's advice: When you come to a fo...

If I were an auto salesperson, what would I make of this in my everyday experience? Would it make a difference were I to be a mathematician?

Milankovitch Cycles But I see warming acts on the cycles as well. Learned something. No argument there. A noble effort if done cautiously with regard ...

At 86, and a one-time meteorologist for the USAF - doing weather briefings for fighter/interceptor squadrons and nuclear packed B52s going back and fo...

Yes, to distinguish differences in realities. I wonder, do we shift realities, never realizing? The very idea spoils a sense of adventure a time trave...

How could they have known? Any minor changes in the timestream will actually be what they are accustomed to. The Grandfather paradox shows how a trip ...

The Grandfather paradox is the biggy. Here's my take on the subject: You go back in time and kill your grandfather before he procreates. Instantly the...

Well, not so IMO. But when a philosopher weaves probability into some sort of narrative like "probability says that anything that can happen will happ...

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Transactional Physics

On the other hand . . . . . Climate Alarmists

On the coast of Florida that might be more likely wading.

An interesting read. Recent discussions on TPF about definitions at the beginnings of philosophical arguments needing to be precise or left in some wo...

I should describe the mathematical ideas associated with infinite causation chains and initial values (“first causes”) that a colleague and I develope...

And there goes any chance you'll ever be awarded Honorary Membership to the American Philosophical Society. :sad:

A beautiful theater. I saw the re-release of Gone With the Wind there in 1954. Ushers dressed in uniform with flashlights to show you your way to your...

I used to eat there before you were born. Great place for a double date in high school, then on to Loews Grand for a movie. Or out to Stone Mountain f...

Thus he was blessed with the Wisdom of the Ancients. Right? :cool:

It was a counter to the number of primes being 50%. An infinite duration could include an infinite number of stages, the possibilities of something ha...

Why is that?

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Prime Number Theorem

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It's odd that a thread on the S-B expansion arises in this forum. S-B is an outlier in number theory - the Wiki page is classified as low interest. An...

Yes. It's been discussed before. It can be considered a problem in decision making. Sleeping Beauty

It's hard to know if he was putting me on. has a great deal of patience dealing with these things. Thanks, Tones. :cool:

And the importance of this obvious fact is . . . . ? :roll:

Make a circle with a line one foot long and the circumference is one foot (if no contraction/expansion). This simply means the diameter of the circle ...

Apparently he/she has just been released from suspension.

Toth is excellent. Sometimes Quora clarifies issues. A recent article explained entanglement in a way both appealing to intuition and illuminating: Tw...