Unless he denies the Continuum Hypothesis, "kevinsworkingemail" was already saying that there is a 1-1 function between the sets, when he said they were both...
It has been said that science fiction has led to science fact - Asimov certainly helped to make this a truism. I was just reading the review of his ...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
Sep 1, 2003 12:29 pm
... I think the issue is that the strict deductivist will not admit that there are any *rational grounds* for believing the future will be like the past -- at...
Sounds a bit like films *The Sixth Sense* and *The Others*. It's an intriguing idea, but wouldn't you just get older and older? Unless you eventually moved to...
There's a great sci-fi novel called *Timescape* that I recommend to anyone who hasn't read it. I think it was written by a physicist and won a major prize back...
... From what I have read, and I think you confirm this, CR assumes _both_ that the future will be like the past in some critical respects, and that it will...
Here's a few suggestions (of some of my favorites): Films: FREQUENCY (2000) TV Series: QUANTUM LEAP THE DEAD ZONE OUTER LIMITS Episodes "A Stitch In Time,"...
That's the point of the story, everyone is immortal. Allen ... From: peoniblaur [mailto:peoniblaur@...] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 10:20 AM To:...
... Actually nope. The theory P could have been just mindless mumbering of his mind when he was using recreational drugs, or he could have generated million...
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Kenneth Allen Hopf
khopf@...
Sep 2, 2003 1:23 pm
Paul, ... Baloney. I have already said several times now that laws of nature make conditional, deductive predictions about the future. How many times does ...
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Kenneth Allen Hopf
khopf@...
Sep 2, 2003 1:27 pm
Jake, JF>This is something I struggled with in FoR, and again in _Conjectures and ... Yes, it is the same thing as inferring not-A by observation. But...
... From: "Alan Forrester" <alan_forrester2@...> ... can ... any ... Do you say that the reason we don't give up is the Turing Principle? So popperian...
... One of the earliest novels with a multiverse theme is probably Issac ... discusses ... first paper ... theory! ... Asminov has always been my favorite...
Bob, I think Asimov's story, while not strictly about MWI, does share many of the same attributes. He writes about multiple realities and the ability to move ...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
Sep 3, 2003 1:02 pm
... Yes, but is this a *good* reason for supposing that the predictions of the theory will be confirmed or are likely to be confirmed? That is the question...
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Paul Zielinski
pzielins@...
Sep 3, 2003 1:04 pm
... So do the laws of astrology. The point at issue, dear Kenneth, is whether strict-deductivist CR offers any rational grounds for supposing that such...
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Bill Taylor
W.Taylor@...
Sep 4, 2003 2:59 pm
Paul Zielinski <pzielins@...> wrote: ->In other words, the Humean-Popperian asymmetry between verification and ->refutation is something of a red...
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Kenneth Allen Hopf
khopf@...
Sep 4, 2003 6:41 pm
Paul, ... KAH>Baloney. I have already said several times now that laws of nature make ... PZ>So do the laws of astrology. Sure, but the laws of astrology are...
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Kenneth Allen Hopf
khopf@...
Sep 4, 2003 6:42 pm
Paul, PZ>The point at issue, dear Kenneth, is whether strict-deductivist CR offers ... A few more comments on this topic ... You seem to think that, unless we...
Hallo Listypeeps, The thread on Popper has grown rather stale and repetitive. All further posts on this thread will be deleted without a Moderator's Message...
Hi everyone! Good to be back reading the posts in the least. been having two busy weeks moving from Tehran to Vancouver and settling down. Amazing how...
... exist in the ... you ... I just finished reading "Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest" by Russell Stannard. It is a book on QM aimed at kids. The hero is a ...
... There is a lack of flexibility (room for more) with this line of thinking. The issue (in my view) is not about the content, it is more about teaching the ...
You are absolutely correct! I can't believe that I did not think of that myself. "The Gods Themselves" is a great book, but it was not published until 1972...
I've just read Fabric of Reality, and certainly have been stimulated by Deutsch's intriguing ideas. But, there are many things that I do not understand, so I'd...
... There's a bit where the laser gets shined on only two slits out of four and we see a two slit inteference pattern, if the shadow photons came from outside...
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Dylan Thurston
dpt@...
Sep 7, 2003 1:05 am
... No! Conservation of energy is true within each universe; there is no net energy transfer due to interference effects. Interfence only affects _where_ a...
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Gary Oberbrunner
garyo@...
Sep 7, 2003 1:05 am
... I think the take-home message of FoR is that there is really no difference between the so-called tangible and shadow photons. They are identical in all...
... Yes, but that's only in cases where the superposed states have identical energy. In more general cases, where there are superpositions of states of...
