Marc, Tom, and others who care:
if TOE is hard to identify, even harder to select, and
the hardest to make it reasonable, why "TOE"?
because some reputable old professors started it?
Reminds me of the cobbler-apprentiss who dared to
announce that the king has no cloths on.
John Mikes
--- Marc Geddes <marc.geddes.domain.name.hidden> wrote:
> On 9/22/05, Daddycaylor.domain.name.hidden
> <Daddycaylor.domain.name.hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > *Given* that we want a metaphysical 'Theory
> Of Everything' (the name
> > of this mailing list after all!) we must *assume*
> as a starting point that
> > mind can comprehend reality. Our assumption could
> be wrong. That's why it's
> > called a *theory* of everything ;)
> > Why couldn't the theory be that the mind can
> comprehend reality, but not
> > all of reality. Wouldn't that be a theory of
> everything? What if that's the
> > actual truth? We would be doing ourselves a
> disservice by theorizing
> > otherwise.
> >
> >
>
> Well, of course, the question that arises is: what
> actually *is* a 'theory
> of everything'?
> By TOE I don't require that the mind can literally
> comprehend *all* of
> reality. I just think that there's some way to
> integrate mental and physical
> concepts into a finite unified explanatory framework
> which *is*
> comprehensible. So for me, a TOE is a theory which
> explains the relationship
> between Mind on the one hand, and Reality on the
> other. M (Mind) ----
> relationship ----- R (Reality). My theory is
> attempting to explain that
> relationship.
> What I'd like is a *logical scaffolding* - a
> *finite* system which is
> *universal* in scope - or at least applying
> everywhere in reality where
> sentient minds can exist and which explains the
> relationship between Mind
> and Reality. That for me is a TOE. I don't require
> that the theory literally
> explains everything.
> --
>
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> http://www.riemannai.org
>
> Science, Sci-Fi and Philosophy
>
> ---
>
> THE BRAIN is wider than the sky,
> For, put them side by side,
> The one the other will include
> With ease, and you beside.
>
> -Emily Dickinson
>
> 'The brain is wider than the sky'
> http://www.bartleby.com/113/1126.html
>
Received on Sat Oct 01 2005 - 16:58:30 PDT