Reality Definition and 413 Threads

"personal fable" and reality there comes a point in life where one begins to think about life in a very serious way... and this is exactly what is happening in my mind. I have always wanted to do something great in my life. Amazed by many concepts and ingenuity in physics... I've decided...

First may I say to all, HAPPY holidays! ok, This may seem kinda whacky, but so often I almost feel as though I (or we) create our own daily reality show, and by our own minds, we decide how to fill in the blanks based on what is familiar in our own individual choices we choose to add to what to...

Is there any difference? I guess i should say why I'm interested in this question. I've often had what is called 'lucid dreams' in which i realize I'm dreaming while I'm dreaming... it doesn't happen often, but I've defeinetely experienced it. For example, in the middle of a dream, i'll...

How can one readily determine that the reality one experiences is real, not virtual - perhaps through Turing machine logic?

[Mentor's note: This thread was extracted from another thread, SR transforms of matter/light interactions at the request of some of the participants because it drifts significantly from the original topic of that thread. You may want to edit some of your postings to reflect the changed context.]...

Do you think that 'deterministic' properties we observe in universe are subset/emergent from 'random/chaotic' reality or that 'random/chaotic' behavior is a subset of purely 'deterministic' reality? What is the strongest proof you would present to support what you belief?

This is a question that I've always asked myself and it's an area where I"m a bit confused about in all the quantum theories (well the philosophical ones). I guess it's also my lack of understanding the many worlds interpertation as well. Anyways it all spawned from thinking about the...

I have heard as many as eleven. But I vote for 4 and only 4. What is the evidence for more than 4? Or logic?

Hi, Q1: Do the effects of time dilation and length contration really happen, or they seem to happen to us being in different inertial frame, because our means of observation ( say, by looking by means of coming relativistic beams of light) draw this illusion on us and show us something...

Is reality created in the mind or is there an objective reality outside of the mind? It almost seems like an absurd question and most people would say the latter but some philosophers are skeptical. If you have a candy bar in front of you, you assume that it exist because you can see it. The...

The purpose of this thread is to explore Dr. Richard Stafford's paper 'The Foundations of Reality' in order that I (and anyone else who wants to try) can come to some understanding of it. I'll quote from some introductory essays written by the author and also by Paul Martin, who has spent some...

Greetings, I came across a company that is using Russian cold war technology to sythesize diamonds in their factory. The machines they bought from the Russians look like 5ft. high, 3 feet diameter metal cylinders. They approximate the temperature and pressure that the Earth uses to create...

I was wondering if anyone had read this book and if it was a good book to read if you are not familiar with physics. I looked at the book at a bookstore and it seemed lengthy and filled with formulae. However the preface painted a very different picture so I was just wondering what other thought...

http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/10/5/10/1 Zz.

I all ways thought films dramatized the act of some one being shot, like they fly backwards or jump in the air, but according to this it is true. http://www.bobtuley.com/terminal.htm

The fundamental mistake in SR is making a direct comparison between the movement of objects and the movement of light. If we take into consideration the fact that the light simply can not have a zero speed, these are different. Maybe there is a more profound explanation of why this...

This is a compliation of various trains of thought that I've tried bringing together into a wholistic understanding of reality; There is a basic factor which has been overlooked in how we normally conceive of reality. Time has two directions. As point of reference, the observer goes from...

Ok, enough wishy-washy fluffy talk of the Consciousness Singularity, how do we do this thing? I want details. No crystalline, chakra, or third-eye nonsense. Just suggestions rooted in hard facts. Here are some concrete ideas for bringing about the Consciousness Singularity[/color]...

Most of us watch them, although only some will admit to it, lol. What is everybody's top 3 reality shows right now?

This is a compliation of various trains of thought that I've tried bringing together into a wholistic understanding of reality; There is a basic factor which has been overlooked in how we normally conceive of reality. Time has two directions. As point of reference, the observer goes from...

Do we know for certain that bosons exist? Do we have experimental evidence that bosons exist? How in the world can bosons be real and yet not obey the pauli exclusion principle? Does the fact that bosons do not obey the pauli exclusion principle mean that it is impossible to tell one...

I start in the beginning with Descartes' Cognito ergo sum. I think; therefore, I am. This, I think, is indisputable and proves that I exist, but where can I go from here using reason alone? I acquire verifiable knowledge that I previously did not know and had no way of knowing from sources...

Here is a video about mystical experiences(near death experiences, meditation experiences, religious experiences, epilepsy, etc.) their relation with the brain and reality: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9122930135704146433 Plz watch it all, but if u can't be bothered, then fast...

Einstein asserts in his 1905 paper that if two separated clocks at rest in the same frame are synchronized, and one is put in motion at a constant velocity v, it will be out of sync upon arrival at the second clock. No turn around is involved - so since the amount of time difference depends...

your views on it?

BBC NEWS: Boeing tries to defy gravity "The project is being run by the top-secret Phantom Works in Seattle, the part of the company which handles Boeing's most sensitive programmes." I think this article is a cover story/ program. They may already have anti-gravity figured out and of...

Hi, does anyone know whether weather warfare is just plain conspiritorial theory or covert fact. Genuinely interested in finding out more.

Today my teacher mentioned a past article in scientific american that dealt with the modification of reality due to relativity. According to her (and i am not sure this is true) light can be perceived in different places according to the position of different people. For instance, if i am...

Does anyone think they know how long until we have great virtual reality video games? Something where you can somehow experience the game fully and practically "be there" busting down a door or shooting up a buncha mafia gang people... Something where you can literally feel the game. I...

Before I begin I feel that I should state that I have only a passing amount of knowledge on the subject so if I've got something wrong let me know. My current understanding of QM is that certain atomic attributes are created through observation of these attributes. This seems to suggest that...

When there is no practical way to make something happen you need/want to happen, what magical tricks have you learned to get reality to cooperate? One of my favorite ways to trick reality is when I want someone to call me, I go use the bathroom. For this trick to work, you absolutely must...

I have many questions about the metaphysical... someone told me the "mind" is metaphysical... as in it does not exist in the ""physical world"... I do not understand their definition of metaphysical.. I mean.. does the metaphysical not bind to physical rules? Does the mind not lie in the...

Firstly, my apolgies if I've got this post in the wrong section, i trust the Mods will move it the right place if i have. Secondly, this is not a religious argument, merely where scientific reasoning & my own personal experiences have led me, I'd like rebuttals, opinions & thoughts to help...

i am currently reading the nature of personal reality by jane roberts and i have a few questions and i would also like to discuss the implications of this book. what exactly is natural guilt? how can i identify and change my core beliefs? how do my thoughts shape the physical me and how...

During my undergraduate studies, I have been taught a lot about some important mathematical models for physics and engineering. The most important and heavy equations I have been shown have been: 1) Navier Stokes Equations for Fluid Flow (Reactive and NonReactive). 2) Structural Mechanics...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4566123.stm

Ned Wright lecture at KITP: http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/colloq/wright1/

there is so much in the literature about BHs, but AFAIK only observations of some gravitational disturbance has been observed, how can we ascribe this to some thing that is purely hypothetical?

I'm in middle school, and they just passed this gay law(or so I heard.) saying that junk food shouldn't be allowed in schools. WTF?!? It's pissing me off... :mad:

What's the theme called that describes the following situation: You're not happy with your life, so you make an alternate reality for yourself (as i found to be evident in "Diary of a Madman")

Mammoth Cloning - how close are we? You may recall the Woolly Mammoth excavated by an international team of scientists. This was an intact 20,380 year old carcass that was air lifted from the permafrost on the Taimyr Peninsula of Siberia. It was brought to Khatanga (northern Siberia) where...

Black Holes-mathematical singularity or physical reality? Hi, I posted maybe a week ago and got some excellent feedback on experimental eveidence for GR. this post is intended to start debate, not as a question demanding an answer... after reading around for some time and speaking to my...

I posted the thread below last night and was promptly shut down by CHROOT (Warren) with the following reply. "The predictions it makes don't agree with reality. Enough said." - Warren. I came to this forum looking for answers and and a better understanding. I came with an open mind and a...

In "Do we really understand quantum mechanics? Strange correlations, paradoxes and theorems." by F. Laloe, Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS, LKB, 24 rue Lhomond, F-75005 Paris, France, Laloe explores the meaning of "element of reality": "3.2 Of peas, pods and genes When a physicist...

Ok, so I'm reading this book "The Age of Spiritual Machines", which is basically a book making predictions about the future of computers assuming the operation of Moore's law. Anyways, at one point, the author states something like "Around the year 2009, humans will be able to fully emerge their...

hey, so most of us understand special relativity, and I also understand it and appreciate it. However, most people understand it from a mathematical point of view. But come to think about it, what is actually happening in relativity? there are many examples we can look at. for instance...

When a star turns into a black hole does it change the movement of the Universe at all? Through a funneling effect?

Hi All This is my first post here. What I will post comes from questions and answers we send and receive by the process of conscious cognitive intuitive flow. There are 3 of us who work together to receive and produce these articles. We make no 3d changes to them and post what we receive...

Hi everybody If we assume that all we observe and see and touch (ie. the universe) was 'real', not illusion, what would there be if this "reality" didn't exist? The first thing that pop up to my mind is 'nothingness', but do we really know what nothingness means? is it just a dark place...

http://www.sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=0005339B-A694-1CC5-B4A8809EC588EEDF Guilty! I have the thing on all the time while I'm working. My job tends to be very solitary at times and the TV helps to break the monotony.