Recent content by gogins

I think that summaries of papers, book sales figures, and various indicators of which scientists are succeeding or not in gaining interest and adherents to their views are in fact a vital part of the scientific process. Such things are indirect evidence of what practicing scientists think is...

Tegmark uses the word "random" much, much too loosely. He does not appear to address random quantum state transitions, nonlocality, or anything like the Free Will Theorem except by appeal to the MWI. He can do this because he assumes that any mathematical structure that could be a universe has...

Randomness is indeed uncomputable. Note that nonlocality REQUIRES uncomputable randomness. In other words, uncomputable randomness is a central assumption of standard interpretations of quantum mechanics. It can be approached from several angles, but they all have to do with observation. As...

Because Tegmark's theory requires Nature to be computable. The Godel dilemma, the physical limitations of inference, and the Free Will Theorem all pose a dilemma of the same general type: Either we are really thinking when we do science, but then Nature is incomputable; or else, we not really...

What a can of worms. It is clear that scientific explanations are formulated using principles that are more powerful (in the sense of information or computational complexity) than the explanations themselves. This, in spite of the evident fact that these principles are informal and often, even...

I'm a professional programmer with much experience on Windows/Solaris/Linux. I agree with Kurtdt, Visual C++ has in my experience the best GUI builder/code editor/debugger -- especially the debugger which is simply the best. But, you can do everything you need with g++ using Emacs as a...

I have personally experienced many OBEs and some mystical experiences, but no near-death experiences. I am also fairly widely read regarding OBEs and mystical experience. I have a BA in comparative religion. I am not a member of any organized religion. Here's my take on this subject. OBEs and...