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Unfortunately, it may well be the meaning of the math as one follows that path to actualizations. When does that occur? Beyond me. The math is hard fo...

Nailed it, Dude. :cry: :lol:

Inner product = input vectors into a form producing a real or complex number (scalar). Outer products are matrices or tensors. Word salad.

Oh my. This is dreadful, I fear. :gasp: Whereas the simplest vector spaces (in R^2 or C) have vectors which can be represented by little arrows in the...

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? is my favorite of all time. I've watched it a dozen times. Mostly the wonderful music. :smile:

Politics is easier than science. The reason: It's easier to lie and get away with it in politics.

Whew. You have a thing about physicists. The ones I've known had none of these characteristics. :roll:

Thank you for this moment of clarity. In math what has come before is a stepping stone to advancements. The actual words of the pioneers are immateria...

The word domain has several meanings in math. In number theory you have integral domains and when speaking of functions of one sort of another it refe...

Yes, some time ago, but nothing stuck, so I guess I wasn't moved by it. You must be referring to integral domains, commutative rings, generalized from...

I think that deep within the mathematical structure of QM is where superposition or assumed existence in two "separate" states simultaneously occurs, ...

Well, I would say the "intrinsic character of numbers" is irrelevant to the subject, and an unfruitful environment for agnosticism. Can philosophy bri...

I wonder what would happen if this were posted on a math forum. Probably the same result. There do seem to be ontological questions arising about sets...

The philosophy of mathematics is largely foundation theory, and this is a very technical subject. I was a math prof but beyond naive set theory I know...

I've wondered what happens to those when a philosopher loses them. Now I see where they end up.

Might be hard to find a faculty member of a philosophy department capable of this. :cool:

Amongst the myriad of courses in numerology, astrology, meditation, noetic sciences,chakras, auras, divination, spiritualism, angels, etc., I found an...

You're dealing with probabilities in the quantum world, not deterministics. The probability of the cat being alive might be .3 and dead .7. Doesn't me...

Me too, but I did not feel it was hard. I learned to talk to myself, and made friends with that inner companion. I still do when I'm alone, and my inn...

Suppose I am a typical Q-physicist, following the mathematics but paying little attention to authorities in my subject babbling woo about interpretati...

No one really knows exactly whats going on at the quantum level. If you simply follow the math and avoid all this metaphysical stuff, you do well at p...

Wikipedia: . . . The cat really is either dead or alive, not in some mystical sense, both. Probabilities, on the other hand, are not definitive.

To come to a universal consensus regarding the definition of metaphysics.

I take it you've appealed to your dojo? In that case I don't think The Philosophy Forum can help your cause. Good luck.

Yes, I'm familiar with most of what you've said. In the Air Force in the late 1950s my best friend was a black belt in Karate. You need to appeal to t...

When I was young I never expected mathematics to become so diverse and abstract. Now, with over 26,000 pages on Wikipedia trying to guess what's comin...

Guns cause drug overdoses? But generally speaking you're correct. Unfortunately, there's no way to round up close to 400,000,000 guns. And they are ma...

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Well, no. But "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts" seems more or less to be what you are saying. And, yes, in a sense that's true of integ...

I like it when specific examples are given to cut through endless dialogues about abstractions. I know Alex and have done a podcast with him. He would...

Using the expression, "observer effect" in QM conjures an image of the scientist staring at the particle, which is as bad as the "Earth in a basketbal...

Technically, the meanings or interpretations of words seems to be foundational. For example the endless discussions about the word being.

RIP Z :roll:

Thank you for a moment of honesty. These discussions are like the surface of a sphere, with the actual physics being the interior. It's always amazed ...

Actually, we do regarding monads in mathematics.. Fascinating little critters.

Wrong, you are not right. :brow: You keep moving in a direction, making changes as you go along, hoping for a flash of inspiration or a breakthrough. ...

Seeing karate as a martial skill only, I agree. Unfortunately, there's the baggage of the culture of the martial art to contend with. I've never gone ...

Utter reality, believe me! You make a sequence of mistakes, altering things as you go along, hoping the sequence converges to the result you're after.

Mathematics in a nutshell. The cleaning lady of a famous mathematician was asked what the guy did. She replied, "He scribbles on paper, scowls at it, ...

Say a comedian is lauded by the media, and your expectations are high, but you are disappointed in his performance. That's reality. Say a friend wants...

Let's see, he didn't allow the Taliban to take over Afghanistan, he attempted to keep illegal aliens from entering the US, he attempted to get Europea...

Here are the undergraduate courses offered by Yale: Philosophy Courses (undergraduate) What do you find is lacking? Or are you talking mostly about fa...

OK, makes sense. It gets to me at times, also. It's an interesting topic.

You say that as if you know. Well, I've been there and done that and I can tell you it's no picnic. I was medically evacuated on Starflight X-3p and b...

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Nice commentary. Thanks. :cool:

So, all you are interested in doing is assessing whether or not a commentator gives a "correct" analysis of why or how something happened in the publi...

I agree. That takes it to the realm of the meaning of words: reality. :up: :up: Spot on, my friend! It's an ongoing exploratory adventure.

Apart from the fact that most mathematicians (including me) don't spend any time contemplating the possible Platonic nature of their subject, a more i...

Far far too broad a question. If I wear a ring and decide I don't like it I can throw it into a garbage dump and forget about it. If I own a car I can...