My thanks to Dick for introducing me to this forum (he found me at counterbalance.org/srforum).

Alexander, as my title suggests, where do you think the laws of symmetry come from? This is important since a belief in existing laws (i.e., ontological laws) is a platonist belief and parallels theism in a number of ways.

Warm regards, Harv

• Origin of laws of nature. - alexander - April 11, 2001 - 18:37 UTC
  • Simple as simple does - harvey2 - April 11, 2001 - 19:04 UTC
    • Two is simpler than many. So God exists? - johnpowell - April 11, 2001 - 19:20 UTC
      • re: God - harvey2 - April 11, 2001 - 21:54 UTC
        • Don't elevate religion. - johnpowell - April 12, 2001 - 21:34 UTC
          • It depends on how you frame the question - harvey2 - April 12, 2001 - 22:07 UTC
            • Yes, religion can be a positive influence - stormcrow - April 13, 2001 - 00:25 UTC
              • Religious ontology - harvey2 - April 13, 2001 - 14:30 UTC
                • Okay - stormcrow - April 13, 2001 - 20:34 UTC
                  • No, I'm almost religious - harvey1 - April 13, 2001 - 21:39 UTC
    • Harvey -there is INFINITE number of asymmetries and ONE symmetry - alexander - April 11, 2001 - 21:06 UTC
      • The One and Infinite - harvey2 - April 11, 2001 - 21:22 UTC
        • Why? - alexander - April 11, 2001 - 21:45 UTC
          • The phrase... - harvey2 - April 11, 2001 - 22:05 UTC
            • Never heard this expression. - alexander - April 13, 2001 - 00:08 UTC
• If religious idea matches science it's copied or a coincidence - johnpowell - April 11, 2001 - 18:46 UTC
  • Where symmetry laws came from? - doctordick - April 11, 2001 - 19:17 UTC
    • Maybe. - johnpowell - April 11, 2001 - 19:31 UTC
    • Hi Dick - harvey2 - April 11, 2001 - 19:50 UTC
      • True/False - doctordick - April 11, 2001 - 20:11 UTC
        • There is only one symmetry among many asimmetries. - alexander - April 11, 2001 - 20:22 UTC
        • About laws of self-consistency - harvey2 - April 11, 2001 - 20:46 UTC
  • Science, Religion, etc. are human activities - harvey2 - April 11, 2001 - 19:23 UTC
    • Science is NOT human invention in contrast to religion. - alexander - April 11, 2001 - 20:10 UTC
      • Ya de ya de ya - harvey2 - April 11, 2001 - 20:56 UTC
        • How come? What else can we have out of symmetries? - alexander - April 11, 2001 - 21:02 UTC
          • Not good enough - harvey2 - April 11, 2001 - 21:19 UTC
            • Incorrect. Pithagor theorem is true by definition. - alexander - April 11, 2001 - 21:41 UTC
              • I don't think you understood me - harvey2 - April 11, 2001 - 22:03 UTC
                • Math tells WHAT Universe IS possible and WHAT IS NOT. - alexander - April 13, 2001 - 00:11 UTC
                  • As a side note - harvey1 - April 13, 2001 - 18:41 UTC
                    • Some of us are ignorant! - doctordick - April 13, 2001 - 19:32 UTC
                      • Sure, but let's start a new thread up top (nt) - harvey1 - April 13, 2001 - 19:51 UTC
              • Thespace of our universe - yanniru - April 12, 2001 - 03:27 UTC
• Origin of natural laws. - alexander - April 11, 2001 - 20:04 UTC