That's an insightful post. It's a huge topic, and one I've been studying for a long time. Have a look at this page http://veda.wikidot.com/dharma-and-...
But, as we agreed, if 'computing' is a metaphor, then what is the real-world analog for 'software', if not ideas? In which case, if you're saying that...
It's too great for democratic governments to handle. It might not have been, had consensus been achieved, which was the aim of Al Gore's film Inconven...
Italics added - so, this is a metaphor. And, no computers are spontaneously occurring, they are built by human agents to perform a function. So the no...
You're trying to come up with an explanation of foundational principles. I don't think you realise quite how big an undertaking that is. The 'first pr...
That's not the reason it doesn't make sense to me. I have some passages from Frege where he says that mathematical primitives - integers I presume - '...
Can’t you see how philosophy forum has now been conscripted into the Trumpworld simply by engaging? There are thousands out there wanting to believe t...
Because, if there were such an organ, Trump would have Barr take it over and turn it on the FBI, Justice, CIA, and State Department, to 'prove' that t...
How could there be 'generic information'? I've read a bit of Paul Davies and actually shelled out for his latest, Demon in the Machine, which is about...
There are noted convergences between Vedanta and German idealism particularly Kant, Schopenhauer and Fichte (It was said Schopenhauer used to read fro...
An article from The Atlantic on why the Senate impeachment trial is a major milestone even if, as seems likely, the Republican Party will vote to acqu...
Vaguely. But as I already mentioned, Claude Shannon was an electrical engineer, and his theory concerned transmission of binary information through a ...
Agree. This is reminiscent of a basic principle of Vedanta ‘tat tvam asi’ ‘that thou art’: https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/brdup/brhad_III-01.html#...
I’ve been interested in mathematical Platonism since I started posting on forums. I believe that that number is 'real but incorporeal', hence showing ...
Yes to all the above. However, the discussion was about crystals, in response to the statement of yours, which I quoted. Unless you have anything furt...
I understand perfectly well. What you said was: But I am saying that not all matter contains or encodes information. Crystals are geometrical but they...
This seem nonsense to me. Interactions between inorganic matter doesn't constitute information. Says who? What definition of 'information' says that? ...
I don't regard that as information. It might be information if you paid money for 200kg of diamond and you get sent graphite. And you can be informed ...
Most modern references to information theory begin with Shannon's information theory and information entropy. But it has to be remembered that Shannon...
No, that just won't do it. Crystals don't convey or contain any information unless it is encoded in them intentionally. And information is not 'every ...
Many Republicans are repelled by Trump. (On the night of the GOP Conference, when Trump won the nomination, there was a desperate attempt to stop his ...
The issue I have is that there is no information 'per se'. The word itself has many meanings, depending on the context; it's not as is there is an ide...
If he were to testify it would be a circus; I'm sure it will never happen. All this 'deep state' business is borderline treason from the get go. He's ...
In any case - the upshot from the televised hearings is that even though it has become abundantly obvious that Trump is guilty has charged, he's likel...
Your posts are a litany of them. A professional. Smart enough to avoid being obvious. Articulate, expert at equivocation, planting doubts, alternative...
This whole paragraph might easily be found in the writings of Berkeley. Which is not to say that it's mistaken, on that account, as I believe Berkeley...
Here's Putin's 'mission accomplished': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR4LpZj1jg8 'Thank God nobody is accusing us of interference in the American el...
Fair enough, although I’m nonplussed as to how I would cause physical things to exist. And for that matter, if no physical things exist, then how can ...
I have not the least concern for 'how I look'. And again, 'engaging' means 'feeding the troll'. My thoughts also. Tasked with monitoring a cluster of ...
This is a version of the cosmological argument, is it not? I suppose another way of putting 1 is that 'anything that exists has come into existence'. ...
The feeling here in Aus seems to be that the whole 'Brexit uncertainty' story has now (mercifully) faded off the front pages. We await the election, b...
So you would be inclined to agree with Daniel Dennett, then? David Bentley Hart's observation about his work is that 'it is all very obvious: Under ce...
Oh, and from the news just now, part of Trump’s Fox rant - that the problem with Marie Yovanovitch is that she wouldn’t hang a photo of Dear Leader in...
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