Question from me: John, regarding action and the said principle (of least action), does it have an easy definition? Like the minimum of path-distance times...
Me giving a message to J. R. Smith: "... In order to have a relativistic Lorentz-invariant interpretation of QM, there must be backward causation," says...
J.R. Smith: What you are interested in is the interpretation of quantum mechanics. I don't know much about EPR, Bell's theorem. I'll have to read up on them....
J.R. Smith: Can you show me a rope of length "-2 feet"? Are you doing physics or mathematics? It is very important to ask what answers are physical and what...
J.R. Smith: You have misinterpreted me. I was talking about a physics problem involving the solution of a binomial equation and to be specific I choose the ...
We hate what we are. That is, we project onto another what we unconsciously accuse ourselves of being, but haven't the serenity and compassion to confront--and...
John, Thanks for the two papers that came in the mail today. Abner Shimony (An Exposition of Bell's Theorem) writes, "... no local physical theory can agree in...
In a message dated 2/8/03 3:55:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... On page 345 of "Timeless Reality", Stenger writes: ".... Stories about Einstein tend to...
In a message dated 2/8/03 6:29:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... So do I as the said quality alludes me, and it was only that I could be angry but I was not,...
Sky, let me rewrite my first e-mail, to correct my "mistakes" and to bring my intended meaning closer to the truth. You will find the changes bolded. In a...
Hi Stephen, I found a few more papers. It appears to me that there are many unanswered questions regarding the interpretation of the results of these...
I found this interesting review by --- in the New Scientist: <A HREF="http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opbooks.jsp?id=ns23817">New Scientist</A> My remarks...
In a message dated 2/9/03 9:57:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Regarding the nature of question, and how honest question necessarily remains in the realm of...
The fairy tale of "progress" continues... Even the very idea of debunking that shared delusion buys into it. Thus, the dream of "progress," subtext of all pap...
In a message dated 2/13/03 11:49:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... I am going to delete my previous post, and this message will be a replacement. Regarding the...
In case some of you are interested, I have placed some of my art work into the PHOTOS section. These pictures are not high resolution, but this seems to be...
In a message dated 2/20/03 2:49:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Feynman is right. I suspect we have entered into what it is that is not knowable. This should...
Here is a wonderful paper I found (by Damjan Bojadziev) that formalizes the notion that the mind cannot see (i.e., understand) itself completely. "Mind versus...
Stephen, On the back window of my Honda, I made a colorful sticker that reads, "FEELING BEING," in contrast to "Human Being" or "Homo Sapien" ("man that...
In a message dated 2/25/03 4:58:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Sky, interesting remarks! We were feeling beings long, long ago. Sometimes I easedrop on the...
Hi Stephen, Well, yes, I agree. Since I believe we've evolved from feeling beings, then we have always been feeling beings, from the first cell of creation....
In a message dated 2/27/03 12:29:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Hello Sky. I was thinking we were even feeling beings at the time of the big bang. ... ...
The test of simplicity is important, particularly when we need to choose one among several redundant explanations. But the test of Occam's razor loses its ...
Stephen, I see your concept of backward causation as understandable only if one takes your emphasis on feeling and self-reference to their ultimate conclusion....
In a message dated 3/1/03 11:21:35 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... First, permit me this passing shot at Occam's razor. Intentionality (as a primary affect and a...
This is just a short footnote to one of our earlier topics (not that it demands additional comments). Recall the paper on backward causation by Wharton (pdf...
Stephen, Regardless of is the panphsychism being knowable or not-knowable and being true or false, what would be the reason to practically accept it as an...
In a message dated 3/2/03 10:20:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, damir@... ... It would not be accepted as an axiom, but it could be as a personal choice. ...
