You think what's most important is people not having children and thinking about suicide?My most asked question is why people procreate more people, especially if there is suffering? Most people will throw out happiness or something like that. But it's the most important question- more important than suicide. Procreation is about why continue life in general whereas suicide is about why continue your life only. — schopenhauer1
I would think mathematics a product of a kind of logic, but could be mistaken. What would we consider mathematics though? The collective knowledge of all theorems and proofs in the field? I would think it a body of knowledge more than an existent singular something, which is what I intuit when I use the word thing. The word that comes to mind when I try to describe mathematics is subject which is sort of thing-esque being existent and singular. I guess the question is whether information exists as something in itself or only by it's interpretation, to determine if knowledge can exist separate from the knower. Now you've done it, I had to go and think!Mathematics is immaterial, but I would have said it's also a thing? :chin: — Pattern-chaser
You're saying measurement is non-deterministic, I take that to mean random, so maybe I'm asking the wrong question. Tell me if I've got this right: Everything up to a measurement is deterministic, then before a measurement the path splits and there are multiple versions of the same particle, then a measurement happens totally randomly and one of those particles becomes "real". Is that about right?While a quantum state evolves deterministically (as a superposition of states), measurement is non-deterministic (returning a single definite state per the probabilities given by the Born rule) — Andrew M
What about them?↪Sunnyside I know. I also thought that was the case. Randomness probably applies to sub-atomic phenomena and not at the atomic level. The two are different I believe. Your comments... — TheMadFool
I'm having some trouble with this, could you explain it to me?That's true but imprecise. Quantum mechanics is probabilistically deterministic. — Relativist
You lost me. I've always heard it's random, so I don't know?In quantum mechanics, concepts such as force, momentum, and position are defined by linear operators that operate on the quantum state... — Wikipedia
I'm not great at logic but this reminds me of the old "You never really get there" argument. Imagine you're on a pitchers mound throwing a softball to a little league player. Let's call him Timmy. So you toss the ball and Timmy swings his bat, but first he has to swing his bat half the initial distance, then half of the remainder, then half of what remains after that. This goes on forever infinitely dividing so that the bat never actually reaches the ball.I would like comments on the following statements. It is about change.
Statement 1:
A circle is never the same as anything that is not a circle. Therefore, a circle is something that is never anything that is not a circle.
Statement 2:
Something existent is never the same as something non-existent. Therefore, something existent is something that is never non-existent. — elucid
People do this all the time when they decide what political authorities to follow.Do you think is possible to adjust your information intake to influence yourself into a positive change? — Ariel D'Leon
It's critical to evaluate the perspectives of the people feeding you the news. There is no unbiased perspective but some are better than others.Can you think of another important point that might be missing? — Ariel D'Leon