Sure Alex, just name the terms I mentioned that you would like further definition.

I use the generic word 'stuff' as meaning anything material. That is, something possessing material properties such as dimension, charge, mass, momentum, pressure, G, etc... etc... This is contrasted with immaterial things such as pure logical concepts, pure mathematical formulations, abstract sets, abstract categories, abstract mathematical structures, etc... etc...

Warm regards, Harv

• Here is the root of power of math. - alexander - September 10, 2001 - 21:05 UTC
  • The root needs a foundation - harvey1 - September 10, 2001 - 21:58 UTC
    • If anything exists, it obeys math by definition. - alexander - September 10, 2001 - 22:41 UTC
      • Let's break this down exactly... - harvey1 - September 11, 2001 - 00:23 UTC
        • Correction - harvey1 - September 11, 2001 - 00:35 UTC
        • Wrong again. - alexander - September 11, 2001 - 01:31 UTC
          • Let me explain more fully - harvey1 - September 11, 2001 - 03:29 UTC
          • Hi, guys - stormcrow - September 11, 2001 - 03:38 UTC
            • re: antirealism - harvey1 - September 11, 2001 - 03:58 UTC
              • Harvey, why so many words just to say "nature obeys math"? - alexander - September 14, 2001 - 23:47 UTC
                • Your system relies on distinction - dolphin - September 15, 2001 - 21:59 UTC
                  • Not true. - alexander - September 17, 2001 - 18:28 UTC
                    • The scope of math - harvey1 - September 17, 2001 - 21:34 UTC
                      • Well, one could make the argument... - stormcrow - September 17, 2001 - 21:59 UTC
                        • Everything else follows from math. - alexander - September 17, 2001 - 22:57 UTC
                          • Alex and I never seem to agree on anything.... - smartguy - September 18, 2001 - 00:42 UTC
                          • Beyond Math - dolphin - September 18, 2001 - 15:28 UTC
                            • But this is incomplete..... - smartguy - September 18, 2001 - 18:20 UTC
                              • Sure, we need to study the whole system - dolphin - September 18, 2001 - 23:15 UTC
                          • Everything Else follows from Math - petersand - September 18, 2001 - 18:44 UTC
                        • We could make that argument, but... - harvey1 - September 18, 2001 - 05:04 UTC
                          • Whaaaaa? - smartguy - September 18, 2001 - 19:16 UTC
                            • Not what I'm talking about - harvey1 - September 18, 2001 - 20:41 UTC
                      • Math is the same in all universes - yanniru - September 18, 2001 - 14:13 UTC
                        • Math isn't fully reduced - dolphin - September 18, 2001 - 21:54 UTC
                          • Math Isn't Fully reduced - petersand - September 21, 2001 - 20:33 UTC
                            • Eyes wide open - dolphin - September 25, 2001 - 10:20 UTC
                              • Eyes Wide Open - petersand - September 27, 2001 - 18:17 UTC
                    • misunderstanding - dolphin - September 18, 2001 - 14:08 UTC
      • If anything exists,it obeys math - petersand - September 12, 2001 - 19:06 UTC
        • We need to make an amendment to the constitution... - smartguy - September 13, 2001 - 17:39 UTC
          • We need to make an Amendment - petersand - September 13, 2001 - 18:45 UTC
        • Copper cables (for Peterson). - alexander - September 15, 2001 - 00:54 UTC
          • Copper cables - petersand - September 15, 2001 - 18:49 UTC
            • This is no surprise..... - smartguy - September 15, 2001 - 19:46 UTC
              • This is no Surprise - petersand - September 16, 2001 - 18:55 UTC
                • Skin efect (correction of Peter's claim about cables). - alexander - September 17, 2001 - 18:45 UTC
                  • Skin effect - petersand - September 19, 2001 - 19:35 UTC
                    • Emotions are math of survival (evolution). - alexander - September 24, 2001 - 22:59 UTC
                      • Survival of the best MATCH - dolphin - September 25, 2001 - 23:40 UTC
                • But.... - smartguy - September 17, 2001 - 19:03 UTC
                  • Correction... - smartguy - September 17, 2001 - 19:15 UTC
  • Hogwash! - luis_hamburgh - September 11, 2001 - 00:00 UTC
    • No, math shapes events. We just learn it (math). - alexander - September 11, 2001 - 01:39 UTC