Re: The 'stuff', The appearance of 'stuff', neither, both

From: Russell Standish <r.standish.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:35:23 +1100

Probably b), although I suspect c) also applies...

Cheers

On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 10:07:41AM +1100, chales1.domain.name.hidden wrote:
> I beg the groups indulgence....A question....
>
> In your mind there is a great deal of mental manipulation of QM concepts. When you do that what is your belief about what you are doing?:
>
> a) Do you think you are manipulating(structuring/causally connecting) the stuff of which the universe is made?
> Or
> b) Do you think you are correlating appearances? .ie. how it looks when we empirically query it and observe its behaviour.
> Or
> c) Do you think these are indistinguishable/ the distinction is moot. (neither/both - irrelevant)
>
> I don't want to debate it (although I can if you want)....I am trying to get a feel for the general view on this as I have had some rather odd experiences in the area as of late....
>
> Regards
>
> Colin Hales

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