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Re: The Multiverse Of Perception

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On 09/06/2015 06:51 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
> On 9/6/15 5:43 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>>
>> Meditate on this, you spamming piece of shit:
>>
>
>    What's you problem, jimp? You have no control in your life. Like
>    Pavlov's dog, you cannot stop yourself from disparaging other
>    posters, name calling, and just being down right nasty. I would
>    hate to live your life.
>
>    Try laugh yoga, jimp. Someday you will thank me.
>
>    The Multiverse Of Perception
>> http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/09/06/438031629/the-multiverse-of-perception
>>
>
>  > Today, we at 13.7 are honored to host as a guest blogger Nobel
>  > Laureate Frank Wilczek, one of the world's leading theoretical
>  > physicists. Wilczek won the Nobel Prize for his contributions to our
>  > understanding of how quarks behave inside particles called hadrons,
>  > of which protons and neutrons are the most familiar. But Wilczek's
>  > talents go well beyond that of an amazingly creative physicist. He is
>  > also author of countless articles and several books, including The
>  > Lightness of Being (2008), Fantastic Realities (2006) and, with his
>  > wife Betsy Devine, Longing for the Harmonies (1988). Today, Frank
>  > writes about a topic he covers at length in his most recent book, A
>  > Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design. Published in July,
>  > A Beautiful Question is an inspiring meditation on humanity's search
>  > for beauty and unity in nature.
>  >
>  > A Beautiful Question is a long meditation on a single question: Does
>  > the world embody beautiful ideas?
>  >
>  > I thought about this from many angles, bringing in history, art,
>  > music, psychology and philosophy as well as physical science. I
>  > concluded, after surveying the evidence, with an emphatic "Yes!"
>  >
>  > But to appreciate the significance of that answer, it's important to
>  > ask another question: Might it have been otherwise? Can we imagine
>  > that the world might not embody beautiful ideas — that fundamental
>  > understanding of how the world works could be messy or unattractive?
>  >
>  > We can approach those counterfactual questions through thought
>  > experiments.

So, this view makes it clear that the true test of science is always how 
great are our fantasies! The bigger the fantasy the better the science, 
clearly. How could it be otherwise? Of course Sam will tell you that 
"consensus" is another true test of science as well. So even experiment 
is to be just more fantasy. No apparatus needed except that empty space 
between the ears!

Poor Frank Wilczek! He thinks the true test of science is beauty! But he 
does not understand that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. He 
arrogantly thinks that HE and his idea of beauty are the measure of 
everything in the universe. He can't cope with the truth that his wife 
Betsy is ugly and she has a stupid name.
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The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 17:25 -0500
  Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-06 22:43 +0000
    Re: The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 17:51 -0500
      Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-06 23:06 +0000
        Re: The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 18:25 -0500
          Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 00:31 +0000
            Re: The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 20:01 -0500
              Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 01:30 +0000
                Re: The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 21:12 -0500
                Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 03:22 +0000
                Re: The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 11:50 -0500
                Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 17:05 +0000
                Re: The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 12:23 -0500
                Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 17:56 +0000
                Re: The Multiverse Of Perception HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 06:19 -0400
      Re: The Multiverse Of Perception benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 03:42 -0400
    Re: The Multiverse Of Perception "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 10:03 -0700
      Re: The Multiverse Of Perception "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-09-07 10:27 -0700
  Re: The Multiverse Of Perception "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 09:59 -0700

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