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This is not an area of mathematical philosophy that I'm very familiar with... but I believe that if one wanted to prove that the real numbers are countably infinite, it will be necessary to disprove Cantor's Diagonal Argument. What is the disproof of the argument? Posted at 4:38am forum time. I'm s...

As I said to seeds: I'm happy to concede that at any moment, the universe is in a particular arrangement... That includes entangled arrangements and simutaneity. The type of absolute time I mean is the sort that exists independently of anything happening, the type that would keep ticking even if no...

Well, in Newtonian physics, it's a thing. These days it's little more than naïve realism: the idea that there is some cosmic clock by which all others are measured. Every serious search for relative time has found it. Can you put something into perspective for me? In relativity, there is no absolut...

Skepdick wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 8:22 pmSo you are effectively guilty of a double standard.

Otherwise I'd have no standards at all.

The portion of reality that "Square circles exist" refers to is "The set of all shapes that exist". I wish people would choose a different example. There most definitely are square circles. The unit circle in the taxicab metric is a square. There's a picture of a square circle o...

Still got the hair though. He never had the hair. He's always been bald or balding. He wears toupees. Sorry to disillusion anyone with this tragic news. https://www.bonohair.com/does-the-star-trek-legend-william-shatner-wear-a-toupee/ https://www.cracked.com/article_30689_william-shatner-kept-steal...

The first link was the one with the title 'Tim Maudlin Corrects the 2022 Nobel Committee' in the post I responded to. If Mr. Razo Bravo isn't the interviewer then what is he? LOL Sorry I must be lost in the links. I think you're right. Suffice to say that my Youtube feed has been serving me up heap...

When I talk about Justice, I mean that physically invading a neighboring country that hasn't invaded you even as a preemptory precaution is no better than Isreal invading Lebanon or Gaza. Or the US invading Iraq. Yes, the US is supplying weapons to Ukraine and won't negotiate, it's wrong not to see...

I don't know yet if he's the interviewer, but the guy introducing things says that Maudlin is know for the poignancy of his criticism. Poignancy meaning the quality of causing or having a very sharp feeling of sadness. I mean, that's possible, but I truly doubt that's what he meant to say. @vegetar...

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 04, 2022 1:29 am I saw that first one the other day. I thought Tim Maudlin was brilliant but the interviewer was an idiot.

Agreed. The interviewer kept interrupting just as Maudlin was making his point.

Philosophers reject QM because it's too weird for them. Are you familiar with philosopher Tim Maudlin? Philosopher of quantum physics, huge fan (and expositor and explainer) of Bell, lots of Youtube videos. Here he is straightening out the Nobel prize committee. Highly lucid and engaging speaker. B...

I would say the "justice Democrats" mentioned above are indeed just for sending such a letter and the warmongers are evil for attacking them. As far as retracting the letter, it's tragic that the "justice Democrats" did not possess the faith, backbone, intelligence or whatever t...

I think I've been pretty clear that I favor ending the war with diplomacy. I have not read any of your posts other than the ones directed at me. But if you favor diplomacy, you and I are in agreement. And you would be in agreement with John Mersheimer, whom you disparaged earlier. Are you now going...

So, in other words, it doesn't concern itself with justice. I'll pass, thanks. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS Putting these two quotes of yours together, I'm curious to hear your take on the recent incident in which 30 "Justice Democrats" sent a letter to Biden asking him to consider diploma...

Just googled, Mearsheimer. You googled his name? Did you watch any of his videos or read any of his works? You googled him? We live in the age of "know about." If you go to medical school, do a residency in brain surgery, and spend 30 years as a brain surgeon, you know brain surgery. If y...