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My understanding of the currently generally accepted reading of the Copenhagen Interpretation is that that there is nothing special about 'observation' as such, any interaction with the universe at large will collapse the wave function. So any sort of measurement will do it, whether it involves...

It's NOT still here It's NOT still not here It's NOT both of the above It's NOT none of the above

For the record, 'projection' in neural-sensory terms is in no way a mysterious phenomenon. An event in the brain is experienced in, say, the left hand because that is where the event is attributed in the brain's sensory map of the body. All sensation events, whether they have origins in the body...

I'm not a physicist but I think this quotation from Einstein has some bearing on the flawed premise of this thread: -- Albert Einstein, "Autobiographical Notes" in "Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist," Ed. Paul Arthur Schilpp

Maybe there is no God - only the all-powerful theoretical physicist in the sky. Actually I think he's more of a medium-scale kinda guy - not too big, not too small, just right.

Not sure if this is helpful or not. As far as I understand, 'mu', in the original Cha'an/Zen sense meant something like, 'the question is absurd' or 'I unask the question', hence it might be an appropriate (if dogmatic and thus probably unenlightened) answer to koans such as 'what is the...

Let's move on...please.

Good idea. Perhaps Mr Parsons could call the new thread 'Why the scientific community and dictionary definition of 'solid' are wrong'

What was the subject of this thread again?

And here I thought you was a Christian. Crowley is cetainly an interesting character. Do you find this philiosphy persuasive?

You're a stubborn old fool aren't you? I'm not going to waste any more time discussing this. Anyone reading these threads can make up their own minds.

Which one should I pick, given that they contradict one another? And what gives you the justification to exclude the Old Testament? Because its inconsistent with your own belief system? Some of these texts might contain some wisdom and some truth, but inclusion in an old book and part of a...

Perhaps, until we have (if ever) a TOE all out theories can do is recognise patterns and make descriptions in terms of incompletely described entities. Not sure what you mean. They do postulate potential energy - potential energy is the other main form of energy apart from the various forms of...

I've seen people do some amazing things too. And with martial arts training I became able to do many new things too. I've never said that martial arts training cannot allow you to do some things which ordinary people cannot do. What I said was that these abilities are explicable in terms of...

Thanks, I've come across some of these ideas before and would like to pursue them in more depth. One thing that I'm not certain of is whether these epistemological problems are pointing to a profound, zen-like insight into the nature of reality or whether they are an inconsequential by-product...