Hi,
psypher <overload@fastmail.ca> writes:
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...no, no, no, no, no. Tempting (very tempting) but no. The universe
qua universe is continuous. We FIND quanta because our construct is a
model. It's a very good model, it includes a great deal, but it is
still a model. Information gets left out, the more complex the
construct at any given level, the more information is left out in
total.
...we cut away with occams razor and label the components. We're a
sophisticated species and we've found ways to sharpen our blade so the
pieces keep getting smaller, and smaller, and smaller - but they exist
because we've been cutting, not because they're components.
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...yup. I think Hermits point is that the frame of reference is which
that statement is embedded is communicable [through the vehicle of
mathematics] to any conscious being. He thinks that makes is a true
statement. [I think he's wrong]
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Yes! This is what I have been saying!
ERiC