I'm not sure what sense historical explanation has in a world thread that is linked together solely by the memories that we happen to mutually share. I speak...
15559
Charles Goodwin
charlesrobertgoodwin@...
Sep 3, 2009 4:28 pm
... FYI the last estimates I've found - a few weeks ago now - was US$ 684 billion 4,321 US soldiers 100,000+ Iraqi civilians Charles...
15558
Alan Forrester
alan_forrester2
Sep 3, 2009 4:28 pm
... The truth makes more sense than your intuition. And there is change in the multiverse. One system changes relative to another. So when the reading on my...
15557
Elliot Temple
curi42
Sep 3, 2009 4:27 pm
... So, do you have an explanation of the mechanism by which genes do this? -- Elliot Temple http://curi.us/...
15556
vk7de
Sep 2, 2009 4:25 pm
... If you, jbose1952, as an individual, do experience time then there seems to be at least something that is in a state of becoming... All the best, Victor...
15555
peterdjones
Sep 2, 2009 4:25 pm
... We would have to refine the claim that only the present exists into the claim that only an ever-changing presetn exists (not the claim that a single static...
15554
Henry Sturman
hrsturman
Sep 2, 2009 4:24 pm
... Well, I don't know if control is the right word. The relation is very indirect, so there isn't any direct control from genes to emotions similar to how a...
15553
jbose1952
Sep 2, 2009 4:23 pm
... Hi Stephen, Because as I understand the FoR, it is our memory that links moments into threads, the question we need to ask is why are we hallucinating this...
15552
Bill Taylor
W.Taylor@...
Sep 2, 2009 4:22 pm
-> You're saying there are genes controlling revenge, It would seem so, if large numbers of sociobiologists, and scriptwriters for nature documentaries are to...
15551
jbose1952
Sep 2, 2009 4:21 pm
... Hi Elliot, Let's see now. Hitchens claims that the war was both just and necessary because Iraq had participated in regular aggressions or occupations of...
15550
Stathis Papaioannou
stathisp1
Sep 2, 2009 4:21 pm
... It's odd that you would argue other countries were biased against invasion, with the implication that the US decided to spend the trillions and kill...
15549
jbose1952
Sep 2, 2009 4:20 pm
... Hi Charles, By re-reading chapter 11, I see that Deutsch does understand the problem, but when he is begging the question when he says near 11.3 that "we...
15548
jbose1952
Sep 2, 2009 4:19 pm
... Hi Alan, You are quite right. Becoming is not required to make things happen in the right order; however, it is required to capture our intuited notion of...
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Babak Seradjeh
bseradjeh
Sep 2, 2009 4:17 pm
... Up to the end you did not specify that revenge, which you describe as an essential/genetic part of being human, is okay against *criminals*. What's wrong...
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Alan Forrester
alan_forrester2
Sep 1, 2009 9:28 pm
... Which is just as well because that idea makes no sense as explained in the chapter on time in FoR. If you say only the present exists then what are we to...
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Charles Goodwin
charlesrobertgoodwin@...
Sep 1, 2009 9:27 pm
... I think that unless you're going to reject most of modern science, you have to accept that our normal, everyday feelings about time are in a sense ...
15544
Elliot Temple
curi42
Sep 1, 2009 9:27 pm
... That's not definitive. They chose to find a long list of anti-war views and only 2 pro-war views. They are not trying to be fair and balanced. If you want...
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Stephen Paul King
stephankrieg
Sep 1, 2009 9:26 pm
Hi Phil, Thank you for this link. As I dive into reading I have a question: Does the fact that the UN hierarchy had a vested interest, viz the OilForFood ...
15542
Elliot Temple
curi42
Sep 1, 2009 9:26 pm
... That is a strong claim. You're saying there are genes controlling revenge, and other basic emotions such as happiness. Right? How did you discover that? Do...
15541
jbose1952
Sep 1, 2009 9:26 pm
Hi Sybil, I believe this is the link you requested: http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?res=conf&idconf=706 ...
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jbose1952
Sep 1, 2009 4:53 pm
Hi Stephen, It seems that the definitive answer to the question of the legality of the war on Iraq might be found here: ...
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Stan Kelly-Bootle
skellybootle
Sep 1, 2009 4:52 pm
On 29/08/2009 22:31, "Charles Goodwin" <charlesrobertgoodwin@...> ... Charles/Elliot: our emails keep crossing, adding to the confusion! Charles thinks...
15538
jbose1952
Sep 1, 2009 4:51 pm
Hi Alan, As I tried to summarize, if as Deutsch contends, all moments in all universes exist equally, then time disappears. Time requires becoming but nothing...
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Stathis Papaioannou
stathisp1
Sep 1, 2009 4:50 pm
... I don't agree with that. If people are racist, should the state take it upon itself to persecute ethnic minorities, to prevent worse persecution by...
15536
Henry Sturman
hrsturman
Sep 1, 2009 4:50 pm
... Revenge will not go away unless genetic manipulation goes so far as to create humans who aren't human anymore. Revenge is one of those basic human...
15535
Stathis Papaioannou
stathisp1
Sep 1, 2009 4:50 pm
... The right to decide whether its own resolutions have been violated and what to do about it lies with the UN Security Council, not with a rogue member of...
15534
Sybil de Clark
ressurection...
Sep 1, 2009 4:50 pm
jbose1952, if it is not too much trouble, can you provide the link to the lecture? (I understand French, so...) Thanks either way! On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at...
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Rudi Voigt
rlambertus
Sep 1, 2009 4:49 pm
... Henry We are agreement on that, western 'democracies' in general are beginning tolook more and more like police states. I just read that in Massachusetts a...
15532
Charles Goodwin
charlesrobertgoodwin@...
Sep 1, 2009 4:41 pm
... I'm pretty sure this isn't true. According to the theory of special relativity, subjects who are outside one anothers' light cones can see events occur in...
15531
Charles Goodwin
charlesrobertgoodwin@...
Sep 1, 2009 4:41 pm
... No I didn't, because I didn't say you *must* be of a certain class if you live in a certain area, only that you are likely to be, because people in the...
