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"Bot"-tee-licious wrote:Unfortunately, jdlaw, while progress is certainly being made, there is still no consensus on the right interpretation of quantum mechanics, the nature of quantum gravity, and even on the nature of consciousness itself. Not even a consensus guess. Sorry Bot-tee. You of course are right again, but I think the issue here is just that my writing was not as clear there as it should have been. Even though writing is part of my trade, writing was not always my strong suit (high card). I can often go back and see that the text of what I wrote is not always clear or even what I was actually thinking at the time. I think what I meant in that statement Quote:"We have been given this place where quantum collapse and entanglement may take place to create a consensus reality" —was simply that if quantum collapse is what takes place when an observer is inserted into the double slit experiment; and if "spooky action at a distance" can actually be observed when photons interact then those phenomena could contain some explanation for how consensus takes place in our minds. That is all. I did not mean to suggest that science has come to a consensus on quantum mechanics. This gets to the heart of the idea that whatever is 'non-virtual" does not necessarily have to be reality. Whatever is observable (and/or computable as information) in our reality, is the only "Reality" we have. But, just because there is no instrument (or no living human instrument) in this earth space universe that has the ability to observe something, does not forbid things from existing in another reality. This also introduces a loose concept that what is unobservable (in our reality) will never exist in our reality or "right-hand" rule consistency. i.e. True is always true, but non-false can be many other things ... until you switch coordinate systems.
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jim wrote:jdlaw, can you say more about # non-hidden variables being > # hidden variables? i'm still trying to process that one. What I meant to talk about here is probably best summed up by the "simplest universe" thought experiment (as Seth Lloyd calls it). It goes like this: Imagine an entire universe that is only particle A and particle B. If A and B have no means to interact, then can "reality" even exist? If however, A has some effect on B, then B "senses" A (even if B cannot understand A). Then on a macro level take this same experiment to the cosmos: If I point my Hubble Telescope toward the direction of my right hand and spot a Galaxy calling it "Galaxy A" and detecting that it has a distance from me at 13 Billion light years, and then point my Hubble Telescope toward the direction of my left hand and spot a Galaxy calling it "Galaxy B" and detecting that it has a distance from me at 13 Billion light years. 1. Is the distance from A to B going to be 26 Billion light years? 2. Is the age of the universe going to be 13 Billion or 26 Billion years? 3. Will A ever be able to detect B, even though I can detect them both? Bell's inequality first borrows from the "many worlds" interpretation of the Copenhagen experiment, by simply postulating that "hidden variables" exist which we can never detect. We then say that since (obviously if you believe in many worlds) there must be more things that we cannot detect than there are things we can detect. This leads to a notion that there must be more "hidden variables" than there are "non-hidden" variables within those "many worlds." In our own reality however (our world which is the only reality that matters to us) the inequality requires more non-hidden variables.
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Re jdlaw's three posts dated 21 July 2020
Thanks for clarifying eveything for us, jdlaw. You put a lot of effort into those responses. Much appreciated.
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An Interesting Thread in the I-Ching Forum onlineclarity.co.uk. jerryd asking the Oracle: "What is a Universal Truth?" > Gua 13
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"Bot"-tee-licious wrote:An Interesting Thread in the I-Ching Forum onlineclarity.co.uk. jerryd asking the Oracle: "What is a Universal Truth?" > Gua 13 It is very interesting that the thread discussions tended to remain within the 3-dimensional interpretation of "truth" in order to discuss "universal truth." In doing so and in still not deviating from that 3-d definition of truth, the participants naturally seemed to flow towards a truth definition similar to Hilbert infinite dimensional time-space functionality for truth Take aways from the thread could solidify the notion that there is an objective consensus reality thar is universal for the reality that we know (which is the only one we've got) but that alternate realities may still exist outside our ability to observe. Hilbert Space Diagram 
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"Bot"-tee-licious wrote:An Interesting Thread in the I-Ching Forum onlineclarity.co.uk. jerryd asking the Oracle: "What is a Universal Truth?" > Gua 13 By the way, the answer was Gua/Hexagram 13 - Fellowship, Like-Minded Persons, Concording People, Cliques. And, jerryd concludes: ".........it is not likely in this world today a Universal Truth can be found or agreed upon or exist using these criteria. It may only exist as a limited truth agreed upon if you are part of a like-mindedness within a group or society!" I'm also acutely aware of the limited capacity of reason to penetrate and comprehend this strange world we live in. Although, perhaps, Universal facts do, in fact, exist, and can be progressively discovered as we evolve as a human species. jdlaw wrote:.......the participants naturally seemed to flow towards a truth definition similar to Hilbert infinite-dimensional time-space functionality for truth. Sorry, jdlaw, I've no idea what Hilbert Space is, however, I'm sure your analysis is right on point! I'll need to check online in the hope that I can find some articles that can explain this concept to me in simple layman's terms. jdlaw wrote:......but that alternate realities may still exist outside our ability to observe. Good point, jdlaw.
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Quote: Sorry, jdlaw, I've no idea what Hilbert Space is, In laymen's terms, Hilbert Space in our reality is the same reason we need imaginary numbers to produce calculations in electricity, partial differential equations, quantum mechanics, Fourier transformations (signal processing and heat transfer equations).
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jdlaw wrote:Quote: Sorry, jdlaw, I've no idea what Hilbert Space is, In laymen's terms, Hilbert Space in our reality is the same reason we need imaginary numbers to produce calculations in electricity, partial differential equations, quantum mechanics, Fourier transformations (signal processing and heat transfer equations). Thanks a lot for that information, jdlaw. Also, interestingly, I found on the question-and-answer website 'Quora,' the following answer to the question of why a single qubit is a state in 2D Hilbert Space and not 3D or higher. Quote:A two-dimensional Hilbert space is very different from two spatial dimensions. In particular, two spatial directions (up/down and left/right) are described by two real parameters. A two-dimensional Hilbert space corresponds to two complex parameters, i.e. 4 real parameters. That said, quantum states have a constraint (normalisation) which means that there are effectively only three relevant parameters. This is why, if we want to visualise a qubit, we use something called the Bloch sphere in three spatial dimensions.
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I'd just like to mention that, in the comments section, the author of the article has a very in-depth discussion with the commenter Chaitra Ramaiah (second from the top), where he describes non-duality as the "natural state," although it's not really a state; it's the end of the illusion of states. There are a good number of responses, a response for every response, but please, keep on trucking right to the end of the thread as it makes for a very interesting, and enlightening read. Duncan also references the book/article: Natural Perfection: Longchenpa's Radical Dzogchen (translated by Keith Dowman), which, supposedly, gives an extensive description of the "natural state." And, it's not just "emptiness." Furthermore, he states that: "Mind/Consciousness is an illusion. This is why psychological research cannot discover what it is. Perceptions, thoughts, and feelings are, apparently, activities of the brain."
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"Bot"-tee-licious wrote:
I'd just like to mention that, in the comments section, the author of the article has a very in-depth discussion with the commenter Chaitra Ramaiah (second from the top), where he describes non-duality as the "natural state," although it's not really a state; it's the end of the illusion of states. There are a good number of responses, a response for every response, but please, keep on trucking right to the end of the thread as it makes for a very interesting, and enlightening read.
Duncan also references the book/article: Natural Perfection: Longchenpa's Radical Dzogchen (translated by Keith Dowman), which, supposedly, gives an extensive description of the "natural state." And, it's not just "emptiness."
Furthermore, he states that: "Mind/Consciousness is an illusion. This is why psychological research cannot discover what it is. Perceptions, thoughts, and feelings are, apparently, activities of the brain."
Thanks, Bot, for reminding us to read on. More thought-provoking stuff. We also have another thread going that relates to the idea of whether or not feelings, emotions, and thoughts are in the brain or in the soul. By the way, I reset your points. Like me you probably don't care much, but somehow I hate seeing the Forum analytics mess up the points of a great contributor. :)
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jim wrote:We also have another thread going that relates to the idea of whether or not feelings, emotions, and thoughts are in the brain or in the soul. Oops, sorry jim, I'm focussing too much attention on this particular thread and, just like a trainee pilot under instruction, I need to remember to, "Keep my scan going - don't fixate!" jim wrote:By the way, I reset your points. Like me, you probably don't care much, but somehow I hate seeing the Forum analytics mess up the points of a great contributor. :) Lol, jim, I never ever paid much attention to the points system but thanks, anyway, for restoring them. Also, thanks a lot for the lovely compliment. Much appreciated. :-)
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#Emptiness #Anatta #Noself When you think you understand Everything (or Nothing/Emptiness!)........ You Are (Not) God (Re: Actualized.Org/Conner Murphy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFqj5cp6iOsAs Frank says in the comments section: "The only way you can understand where I'm coming from is to have an awakening yourself. Nothing I said here is a "manifesto" or an idea. You can verify it yourself with direct experience." By the way, Leo Gura of Actualized.org has some fantastic YouTube videos on Spiral Dynamics, nevertheless, I'm not a great fan of his as I find him to be a bit egotistical and self-congratulatory, but I guess you have to be to get where he's at. However, I have to admit that he is a leader playing a role that is a true expression of his authentic self, unlike, Tom Campbell who professes "love" yet deleted one of my posts on his YouTube channel because he didn't agree with it  . Tom and many of his followers have fallen into the ego trap, dogmatically opposing any ideas deviating from MBT. It's somewhat developed into something akin to a religious cult. Just goes to show that we're all human at the end of the day, imperfect, and prone to error and defensiveness.
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jdlaw wrote:As another friend in this forum "Neo" once said, "there is no spoon."  I'm just chuffed to be quoted on this thread!:d/
There is no spoon.
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"Bot"-tee-licious wrote:This is an amazing article jim, thanks for uploading. Enjoyed reading it very much and the content really resonates with me. Non-duality is a philosophy that points to something beyond words and is impossible to define exactly.
“That whereof we cannot speak, thereof we must remain silent,” Ludwig Wittgenstein intoned in the closing passages of the Tractatus!
Nonduality and The Problem of PerspectiveQuote:You might think that saying "non-dual" or "the One" captures what is real, but it doesn't at all.......................All of which brings us to a point of "unknowing" that leaves us intellectually unable to talk about anything...and realizing this, that we cannot speak about what we would like to speak about because language cannot describe it, the human tendency is to give "it" a name, but even this is wrong. Yet, we do it anyway so that we don't sound even more like idiots."
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