:snicker: I don't get it but since you're so smart, I know it's funny! :grin: — Agent Smith
↪universeness I've hit the limits of what I know and my analytical ability. I kinda feel stupid right now. :snicker:
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
:zip: You shut me up! — Agent Smith
mysticism!
— universeness
A desperado's escape hatch! Something must give, si — Agent Smith
Cryptic! I think you like the fact that I have no idea if you are attacking me or supporting me.
Perhaps a little of both? — universeness
I try to stay literal! — Agent Smith
I haven't completely 'sussed' the subtleties of your approach yet agent smith.
Your typing above would suggest your meaning is easy to follow if you look at the literal meaning of the words you type but it could also be an admission that the exact opposite is true.
I remain, as I expect you prefer, fogged, concerning your actual opinions on most topics.
I don't mind the dance! — universeness
I'm not a sophisticated person, mon ami! I've always had the feeling I have barbarian blood in me — Agent Smith
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:up:My idol, David Bohm
— Hillary
Clever man who sadly, was often very ill and depressed. As I have stated before, I will never understand why he associated with a mystic like Jiddu Krishnamurti.
It's like Einstein taking advice from a woo woo guru! — universeness
And, no doubt, "contagious" ... :smirk:I kinda feel "stupid" right now. — Agent Smith
↪universeness I've hit the limits of what I know and my analytical ability. I kinda feel stupid right now. :snicker: — Agent Smith
I kinda feel "stupid" right now.
— Agent Smith
And, no doubt, "contagious" ... :smirk: — 180 Proof
Thus, the bootstrap philosophy represents the culmination of a view of nature that arose in quantum theory with the realization of an essential and universal interrelationship, acquired its dynamic content in relativity theory, and was formulated in terms of reaction probabilities in S-matrix theory. At the same time, this view of nature came ever closer to the Eastern worldview and is now in harmony with Eastern thought, both in its general philosophy and in its specific picture of matter." — universeness
the universe is seen as a dynamic web of interrelated events. None of the properties of any part of this web is fundamental; they all follow from the properties of the other parts — universeness
I am not personally a strong advocate of 'bootstrap philosophy' as it is described above — universeness
We go on.
" and is now in harmony with Eastern thought, both in its general philosophy and in its specific picture of matter."
Complete woowoo — Hillary
Which events? — Hillary
But by leaving out the particles this can magically be done. Which we call: WOOWOO! — Hillary
I am not personally a strong advocate of 'bootstrap philosophy' as it is described above — universeness
All subatomic events! — universeness
Well , you the polytheist, calls it woo woo! :rofl: — universeness
You who suggest heaven exists and is full of gods of extinct animals, who must vastly outnumber your humanoid gods around the ratio of 1 humgod to 99 ani/dinogods. :rofl: A Trex god who is entertained by human activities on this single tiny wee planet Earth. :rofl: — universeness
why he associated with a mystic like Jiddu Krishnamurti.
It's like Einstein taking advice from a woo woo guru! — universeness
The properties of any part follow from the properties of the other parts. This is the core of the bootstrap. Now while it's true that there is a mereology to be found in nature, but if you read what is stated you will see the circularity and impossibility to draw reality out of the swamp by it's own hair. But by leaving out the particles this can magically be done. Which we call: WOOWOO!
2h — Hillary
A point particle was always a purely mathematical construct as it has 0 dimensional extensions. It only has coordinates in 3D space. 0 dim point particles were therefore not an important concept in the bootstrap approach. — universeness
Personally I quite like Krishnamurti - I still own a few of his books. As mystics go, he is one of the better ones. And I say this as a heathen. — Tom Storm
A point particle was always a purely mathematical construct as it has 0 dimensional extensions. It only has coordinates in 3D space. 0 dim point particles were therefore not an important concept in the bootstrap approach — universeness
And, no doubt, "contagious" ... :smirk: — 180 Proof
:point:It appears that stupidity is more contagious than smarts! I don't know why. Any ideas big fella? — Agent Smith
Arent we all? — 180 Proof
Ah! I thought you had joined the mystics! Thank god — Hillary
All subatomic events!
— universeness
Which are? — Hillary
Noooooooooooo! You will never be allowed to do that. Your scientific musing will always be related to your dalliances with theism. To me, it makes your rationality as suspicious as a socialist who accepts a place in the house of lords and uses the title that comes with it. Such a person is no socialist imo!Brother Uni! We're over that now. We talk science now. — Hillary
But particles are exactly what stuff is made of. How can you ignore them? — Hillary
Personally I quite like Krishnamurti - I still own a few of his books. As mystics go, he is one of the better ones. And I say this as a heathen. — Tom Storm
Nice analysis! You, sir/ma'am, are on the right track — Agent Smith
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