... I was thinking of infinitesimals. Conceptually at least, a system can be finite in size but infintie in complexity. ... Of course not -- I learnt to sum...
... I sure you did but I can't help being skeptical (it's the fault of the scientist/philosopher in me, I guess). I only have one question which if you can...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060531/sc_nm/science_israel_cave_dc_3 So, how do emergentists explain this kind of de-evolyution Dan? Do they say the emergent...
... People who think theories, no matter how succesful, are no guide to reality need to specify what they intend to use instead. ... University, Ankara...
... What I or somebody intends to use in his theories does not matter. Reality does matter. And reality is independent of the theories that are just scribbles...
... contradicts ... what you have to integrate to get a mass is a mass density -- using S for the integral sign m = SSS rho(x, y, z) dx dy dz ... Very similar...
... deal with ... examples of ... system ... practically ... instead. ... because ...? ... And we have some route to reality other than constructing succesful ...
... contradicts ... what you have to integrate to get a mass is a mass density -- using S for the integral sign m = SSS rho(x, y, z) dx dy dz ... Very similar...
... anti-knowledge. ... tonight, it's ... Internal consistency sense? Consistency with the rest of physics sense ? Classical sense ? Digital sense ? ... ...
... Does any theorem of physics -- such as "energy is conserved" have an obvious one-to-one counterpart in psychology, eg "people who want somethign will...
Peter, as I understand your understanding of compression and translation is inadequate. Any two finite strings, be them compressible or not, will have a ...
... Hm, for me, irreducibly probabilistic universe is exactly the opposite of deterministic universe, by definition. I am just reading a paper from Putnam...
... Just a (distractive) correction concerning the history of science: Galileo could not have been told that the earth is flat since at that time everybody...
... What is your poison, Peter? pj __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection...
... Peter, being "very short" is of no concern in this theory, nobody expects bridge laws to be simple. The only concern here is whether they exist, which...
... Wow, I really messed that up sorry I meant to say something about revolution of heavenly bodies I suppose, I think my brain is degrading :) -- Eray...
... Talking about bitstrings is misleading because the semantics get forgotten about. You can mathematically transfrom War and Peace bitstring into the Lord of...
... I like the TI http://www.npl.washington.edu/ti/ Penrose's OR (not necessarily as an explanation of consciousness) http://www.nonlocal.com/hbar/oor.html and...
... I am sorry but this diagram makes no sense. Why do you assume there are bridge laws from chemistry to physics then? At any rate, in this context we do not...
... opposite of deterministic universe, by definition. I am just reading a paper from Putnam so let me see whether I will understand the decoherence better. ...
... Different phsyics clearly implies different chemistry and vice-versa. However, AI and functionalism require that mental states are independent of specific ...
... THERE IS NO SUCH REQUIREMENT -- Eray Ozkural (exa), PhD candidate. Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo...
... I haven't lapsed back into anything. You just don't understand what a strict bridge law is!!!!!! -- Eray Ozkural (exa), PhD candidate. Comp. Sci. Dept.,...
... http://www.drury.edu/ess/philsci/KleeCh5.html for all objects x, x has M, if (and possibly only if) x has N (bridge law) This is not a bad description. NO...
... NO. Find the context in the thread and answer my question, please. ... What a bad example, it has nothing to do with the subject!!!! Perhaps you are having...
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