The problem with words is you're never sure what they mean. Tim, you have no basis to assume Einstein and Dick would agree as to what the word "reality" means. So they're not talking about the same thing.

Now you have to understand why Einstein was a genius: he was able not only to have very original insights but, more importantly, to transcend the ambiguity of language when it comes to communicating those insights. The point is, who cares what Einstein meant when he used the word "reality"? It makes no difference whatsoever to his theories.

The same cannot be said about Dick. If you don't buy into the notion that "reality" (whatever he means by it) can be defined as a set of numbers, then his paper is meaningless when it comes to understanding reality (whatever anyone using the word means by it). The only thing left are his equations which, as Bruce and Harv have been repeating ad nauseam, are worthless as they make no new predictions

That is not to say you can't learn anything from Dick's ideas. I certainly did. I learned that I had no clue what physics was all about. Hopefully you can learn the same thing.

Good luck,

Aurino

• going by the dictionary - sagefr0g - September 26, 2003 - 20:58 UTC
  • Lets get this straight... - bruce - September 26, 2003 - 21:02 UTC
    • Absolute reality - sfnative - September 26, 2003 - 23:00 UTC
      • Thats certainly not absolute... - bruce - September 27, 2003 - 00:41 UTC
        • Cognition != events - sfnative - September 27, 2003 - 19:22 UTC
          • more... - sagefr0g - September 28, 2003 - 17:30 UTC
            • Bohm Theory - yanniru - September 29, 2003 - 12:25 UTC
    • getting something straight would be great - sagefr0g - September 26, 2003 - 23:48 UTC
      • What do you think 'true' reality... - bruce - September 27, 2003 - 01:02 UTC
        • "true" reality - sagefr0g - September 28, 2003 - 00:54 UTC
          • True reality as you just defined it... - bruce - September 28, 2003 - 04:30 UTC
            • Try this Bruce! - dolphin - September 28, 2003 - 10:04 UTC
            • does our discussion... - sagefr0g - September 28, 2003 - 17:15 UTC
              • No... - bruce - September 29, 2003 - 02:10 UTC
                • ok - sagefr0g - September 29, 2003 - 22:28 UTC
  • You're wrong - aurino_ - September 27, 2003 - 16:14 UTC
    • oh yeah? well, you're abusive and a liar. - quiet - October 12, 2003 - 23:07 UTC
• More ad nauseam... - bruce - September 26, 2003 - 20:58 UTC
  • When it comes to God and Science.... - quiet - October 12, 2003 - 23:07 UTC