The Grand Challenge Blog Archives May 2004
Saturday, May 22, 2004
[WIL:141:] Accoding to Schrodinger working to answer the "... baffling questions 'Who are we really? Where have I come from and were am I going? ... the most appreciable help science has offered us in this is, in my view, the idealization of time" (look at the The Fabric of the Cosmos) The three people Schrodinger attributes the most profound insights to are Plato, Kant, Einstein . In particular, what impresses S is the Theory of Forms (or ideas) originated by Parmenides but really refined by Plato into the power of ideas and mathematical truths that will las for ever, independent of who thinks about them.
Posted by E Moritz @ 11:30 PM CST [Link]
Sunday, May 9, 2004
this topic really is another formulation of Plato's Allegory of the Cave [ in particular, take a look at The Essence of Truth, by Martin Heidegger]
Posted by E Moritz @ 10:30 PM CST [Link]
[WIL:87] Schrodinger discusses the Upanishads' 2600 year old realization that the 'personal self equals the omnipresent, all comprehending eternal self' ... he talks about the mystics' DEUS FACTUM SUM ~ I have become God [reminiscent of J. Robert Oppenheimer's pronouncement at Trinity]; again invoking Schopenhauer [in the EPILOGUE chapter "On Determinism and Free Will"].
Posted by E Moritz @ 10:24 PM CST [Link]
Sunday, May 2, 2004
located here. E. S. discussed Sherrington [WIL:121.3] and is particularly impressed by his book Man on His Nature. [more]
Posted by E Moritz @ 05:00 PM CST [Link]
Saturday, May 1, 2004
according to Virtual Humans: A Build-It-Yourself Kit, Complete With Software and Step-By-Step Instructions by Peter M. Plantec, Ray Kurzwell, Ray Kurzweil
Posted by E Moritz @ 11:57 PM CST [Link]
WIL:123.2* It is very difficult for us to take stock of the fact that the localization of the personality, of the conscious mind, inside the body is only symbolic, just an aid for practical use ... this is a theme ES develops -- that the locus of self or personality, is not necessarily in the body ... this takes some getting used to. Gotta watch these Quantum Mechanicians ... it also suggests further investigation of multiple personalities, split personalities, artificial personalities, and imaginary personalities. Did ES ever communicate with Lena? I wonder what Lena's take on this would be?
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