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Simple yes or no: in your view, is space some sort of material/physical stuff? I vote yes! :) Gets my vote too. I think that is the most plausible way to interpret quantum field theories. What we call "space" is just like us, only more thinned out. After all, to a neutron star's perspecti...

Regardless if you re referring to Plato, St. Augustine, or Descartes, The human essence has the ability to remember what always was. So what is this thing that "always was" which the above, and presumably "Jesus, Socrates, Simone Weil, Jacob Needleman, Einstein and Basarab Nicolescu&...

Simple yes or no: in your view, is space some sort of material/physical stuff? Space is the foundation for matter as folds (lines as dimensions) which continually relate through a 0d point. Physical material is moving space. I can't say I'm any the wiser. However you are using the words, they make ...

Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:08 amAt its root space is the foundation of axioms as a universal median that forms observation.

Simple yes or no: in your view, is space some sort of material/physical stuff?

Nick_A wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:35 pmWell at least we cleared that up.

We? Who are you talking to, Nick?

Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:19 pm

uwot wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:37 pm The fundamental Pre-Socratic question is: What is the universe made of? How would you explain that to someone who has very little knowledge of science or maths?

Space folding upon itself as space.

OK. So what is 'space'?

tbieter wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:15 amA return to modesty would be a start.

Burkas all round then.

The great irony, is that I figured out much of the subject in my head prior to reading the pre-socratics. Which is very commendable and I congratulate you. The problem with working it out by yourself, can be that you use terms that make sense to you, but which mean different things in the generally...

OK so uwot does not grasp the relationship between intuition and deductive reason... It's very simple, Nick, it's called rationalism. We all do it; the fact is that there are some things that we can't explain by looking at the evidence. In some cases that is because the evidence is difficult, or im...

Those posting now won’t appreciate the following from Einstein. They are not alone. Those who are open to the value of deductive reason and intuition and have not yet become psychological prisoners of indoctrination are in the minority and will be ridiculed. If you believe that the next thing you s...

Looks like you have summed up Pre-Socratic philosophy in two posts, Eodnhoj7. Here's something I wrote for the magazine on that stuff: https://philosophynow.org/issues/104/Philosophys_Roots_and_Branches It puts it all in chronological order. For the benefit of anyone trying to follow this, it's basi...

You rely on inductive bottom up reason to establish your believes. In other words, the beliefs are based on experience. Which is a reasonable working definition of wisdom. I rely on deductive top down reason to verify my experiences. Which is to say that you make the world conform to your wishes, n...

Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:18 pmA dimension would equivocate as space as form.

Could you have another go? I have no idea what this means.

Would physics be able to prove a purely static dimension, since is it founded on the observation of movement? Not sure what you mean by dimension. The luminiferous aether was a hypothetical static medium , i.e. it was supposed to be some actual 'stuff'. Michelson-Morley type experiments would find ...

If ether theorists include some degree of movement, it's probably because Michelson-Morley et al, have demonstrated quite clearly that there is no static 'luminiferous aether'. This is Einstein on aether: "We may say that according to the general theory of relativity space is endowed with physi...