... From: "Kenneth Allen Hopf" <khopf@...> ... How *do* you generate an infinite number of theories that explain observations as well as quantum...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
Apr 1, 2002 10:28 am
... Yes, this is a subtle but critical distinction. The idea that scientific theories could be "proved" by logical means to be literally "true", based on a ...
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Eugene Shikhovtsev
eshi@...
Apr 1, 2002 10:28 am
1. A device records the results of an observation. Worlds are splitting. There are subset of worlds differing only by the device records. Then experimenter in...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
Apr 1, 2002 10:28 am
This is to correct cut-and-paste errors on my previous message. ... Yes, this is a subtle but critical distinction. The idea that scientific theories could be...
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Doug Donaghue at 054
DDonaghue@...
Apr 1, 2002 10:29 am
... Errmmm...... I thought that was what I said <g> ... That's hardly an 'experiment' in the usual meaning of the word. ... Errmmm....... Again, I thought...
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Doug Donaghue at 054
DDonaghue@...
Apr 1, 2002 10:29 am
... Neither does it meant that it is right. Merely that it is *a* theory that seems to explain 'reality' in a more clear and precise way. There are, ...
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Rafe Champion
rchamp@...
Apr 1, 2002 10:30 am
... It was known before Popper that "a single ugly fact could destroy a beautiful theory". His first contribution was to deploy this ugly logical fact as a...
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Rafe Champion
rchamp@...
Apr 1, 2002 10:31 am
... Taking up the important point that experimentation is "an important method of criticism". Bill Bartley provided a lot of useful commentary on Popper's ...
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Rafe Champion
rchamp@...
Apr 1, 2002 10:31 am
... Ken Hopf explained how Popper usefully shifted attention from justification to (tentative) corroboration. It is worth noting that discussion on these ...
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Doug Donaghue at 054
DDonaghue@...
Apr 1, 2002 10:31 am
... <snip> ... I think that 'refute' is probably too strong a term. (e.g. A mass dropped close to the surface of planet Earth still accelerates at 9.8 m/S/S)...
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june.shippey@...
Apr 1, 2002 10:58 am
Alan Forrester wrote: [Gordon] I hope not :( ! ... [Gordon]I was being sarcastic I know it does not come of well over an Email sorry :)...
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Eugene Shikhovtsev
eshi@...
Apr 1, 2002 10:59 am
(In addition to previous inquiry from the author of being written popular essay on MWI for a teens oriented local paper in Russia) Can anybody in most short...
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june.shippey@...
Apr 1, 2002 11:00 am
... [Gordon]I think I can claer this up by just answering Point 1.the world dont come into existence through Measurment there fore dont splitt they differ.In...
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june.shippey@...
Apr 1, 2002 11:04 am
... [Gordon]Firstly I dont know how we can know this since we dont know how the Mind really works,however even if it is true then your theory of Reality of...
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Bruno Marchal
marchal@...
Apr 1, 2002 11:06 am
... [Bruno]That is why we propose theories. Note also that I have given a proof (relying on precise assumptions and definitions) that indeed: if comp is...
That's precisely what's meant Charles. They can be (are) generated using ad-hoc modifications. I like Kenneth's summary below, and this goes to Russell's...
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june.shippey@...
Apr 1, 2002 11:47 am
... [Gordon]I dont but we found comp through Physical systems I cant prove what Phsycail is but I hvae more to go on with the idea of Quanta than a share dream...
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Bruno Marchal
marchal@...
Apr 1, 2002 7:42 pm
... I have no Philosophy. I mean I never made it public. I have a deductive argumentation showing that if we take comp seriously, and accepting QM, then QM is...
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Kenneth Allen Hopf
khopf@...
Apr 1, 2002 7:42 pm
In response to Paul Zielinski, ... It is a serious misreading of Popper to imagine that theories need to be *actually refuted*. What this misreading...
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june.shippey@...
Apr 1, 2002 7:43 pm
Your Interpretation adds more than MWI'S,you adding the Mind and assumption of how it work also a thing call non-physical yet can be described by Physical...
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Doug Donaghue at 054
DDonaghue@...
Apr 1, 2002 7:43 pm
... I, myself, would question the concept of 'instantaneous'. What if time, itself, is not 'instantaneous' but, rather, is something more like a probability...
... From: "Eugene Shikhovtsev" <eshi@...> ... are subset of worlds differing only by the device records. Then experimenter in each world of the subset...
... From: "Paul Zielinski" <pzielins@...> ... scientific ... are ... solved ... It is occasionally obvious how theories are refuted. Occasionally a...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
Apr 1, 2002 11:37 pm
... Yet in his Logic of Scientific Discovery (LSD) Popper essentially admits that this is a *historical*, as opposed to a logical, "fact". In LSD Popper rests...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
Apr 2, 2002 1:02 am
"Ockham's razor" is a methodological rule that says: of a set of alternative hypothetical explanations that are each consistent with the known facts, choose...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
Apr 2, 2002 1:02 am
... The problem, in my view, is precisely what constitutes a "clearly defined prediction" from a logical standpoint. I agree that once we have a "clearly...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
Apr 2, 2002 1:03 am
... No, this is a serious misreading of my remarks. Of course it is central to Popper's thinking that scientific theories cannot not be conclusively verified...
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Kenneth Allen Hopf
khopf@...
Apr 2, 2002 8:35 am
Paul Zielinski wrote: KAH>It is a serious misreading of Popper to imagine that theories need to be ... PZ>No, this is a serious misreading of my remarks. Of...
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june.shippey@...
Apr 2, 2002 8:35 am
Bruno Marchal wrote: I have no Philosophy. I mean I never made it public. I have a deductive ... [Gordon]No if you took comp seriously,then you must take in...
This depends on the number of quantum states available within a single universe at a given point in time. I believe this is described by the Beckenstein (?) ...
