The abstract mathematical playground was in use long before its application to the natural empirical one. — Mww
There are only two possible modes of existence we know of: physical or actual and abstract or virtual.
So, you believe that "virtual" and "potential" existence are equivalent to "real" and "actual or physical" existence?
Physical or actual includes both basic phenomena like magnetism or gravity, and also emergent phenomena like atoms, molecules, planets, stars, liquidity, acidity...
Abstract or virtual phenomena includes concepts like words, language, Batman, unicorn, algorithm, number, angle…
So, you believe that "virtual" and "potential" existence are equivalent to "real" and "actual or physical" existence?
Do you understand the difference when that pointer of yours points from, say an actual chair in a room, and virtual chair on a computer screen?
So, you believe that "virtual" and "potential" existence are equivalent to "real" and "actual or physical" existence?
So, you believe that "virtual" and "potential" existence are equivalent to "real" and "actual or physical" existence?
The abstract mathematical playground was in use long before its application to the natural empirical one.
— Mww
I'm not so sure of this — John Gill
You point to my discernment failures, but you fail to support your personal definitions with applicable examples that might help me to see where you are coming from. We seem to be consulting different dictionaries. That's why I provide links to my sources. Please point to something relevant to Consciousness that supports your discrimination between "software virtual" and "particle virtual". :confused:Instead, I pointed out your failure to distinguish between “virtual” as made by software and “virtual” as a potential particle in quantum field theory — Zelebg
If quantum particles are "real" objects, why are they labeled with the unreal term "virtual"?“virtual” as a potential particle in quantum field theory — Zelebg
researchers confirmed that the nervous system ‘can’ transmit messages to future generations.
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