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Which Of These 20 Statements Is (are) False?

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Posted by Paul R. Martin on June 18, 2001 20:43:37 UTC

1. Thought happens.
2. A thinker is one who has thoughts.
3. A thinker can produce thoughts by imagination.
4. Thoughts can change.
5. Time elapses as thoughts change.
6. A thinker can know some thoughts that have happened.
7. A thinker can imagine past and future patterns of thoughts (i.e. remember and predict).
8. A thinker can imagine symbols representing some thoughts.
9. Words can be assigned to some thoughts.
10. A thinker can imagine symbols, definitions, and axioms of mathematics.
11. A thinker can deduce theorems of mathematics from definitions and axioms.
12. A thinker can deduce laws of physics from mathematics.
13. A thinker can imagine initial conditions for a set of numbers.
14. A thinker can imagine the evolution of that set of numbers from laws of physics.
15. A thinker can influence that evolution by imagining specific "random" quantum interactions.
16. A thinker cannot know the origin of the thinker.
17. The origin of the thinker can be the subject of thought even though it is unknown.
18. A thinker can assign the term G.O.D. to the unknown origin of the thinker.
19. A thinker can think about the implications of this list of statements.
20. A thinker can speculate about the nature of G.O.D.

Follow Ups:

My Opinion - stormcrow - June 18, 2001 - 20:51 UTC
- Re: My Opinion - paulm - June 18, 2001 - 22:43 UTC
  - A thinker is NOT needed. - alexander - June 20, 2001 - 19:39 UTC
    - I think so - paulm - June 20, 2001 - 20:10 UTC
      - Let me guess - paulm - June 20, 2001 - 20:22 UTC
Give me a third category: trivially true - harvey1 - June 18, 2001 - 22:33 UTC
- You've Had It - paulm - June 18, 2001 - 23:55 UTC
Thinkers and thoughts - bobsal - June 19, 2001 - 15:48 UTC
- Get Serious - paulm - June 19, 2001 - 16:50 UTC
  - Hey Paul - bobsal - June 19, 2001 - 21:50 UTC
    - Hey Bob - paulm - June 20, 2001 - 00:42 UTC
      - On second thought... - paulm - June 20, 2001 - 00:55 UTC
        
        Sure - bobsal - June 20, 2001 - 14:19 UTC
- Original Thought ? - doctordick - June 19, 2001 - 17:04 UTC
  - How come - bobsal - June 19, 2001 - 17:53 UTC
    - I don't think astronomy is under discussion! - doctordick - June 19, 2001 - 18:27 UTC
      - Right, who would bring up Astronomy on this sight - bobsal - June 19, 2001 - 19:00 UTC
  - Misunderstood genius? - aurino - June 20, 2001 - 13:52 UTC
    - Do you understand what I showed? - doctordick - June 20, 2001 - 15:15 UTC
      - Yes I do - aurino - June 20, 2001 - 18:49 UTC
        
        I have given up trying to help - yanniru - June 21, 2001 - 12:09 UTC
        
        Amen, Richard (nt) - aurino - June 21, 2001 - 12:41 UTC
        
        Re: I Have Given Up Trying To Help - doctordick - June 21, 2001 - 15:31 UTC
        
        I think not! - doctordick - June 21, 2001 - 15:29 UTC
        
        That was uncalled for - aurino - June 21, 2001 - 18:42 UTC
        
        I don't know about that, Dick - stormcrow - June 21, 2001 - 19:10 UTC
        
        What about three thousand years hence? - paulm - June 21, 2001 - 21:53 UTC
        
        Maybe you use a narrower definition of science than me - stormcrow - June 22, 2001 - 02:50 UTC
        
        Only historically narrower - paulm - June 22, 2001 - 23:19 UTC
        
        Science - stormcrow - June 23, 2001 - 00:48 UTC
        
        More on consciousness - paulm - June 23, 2001 - 03:23 UTC
        
        I'll try and clarify - stormcrow - June 23, 2001 - 03:55 UTC
        
        Yes, that makes it clear - paulm - June 23, 2001 - 17:19 UTC
        
        Consciousness - stormcrow - June 23, 2001 - 22:25 UTC
        
        Yet more on consciousness - paulm - June 24, 2001 - 00:28 UTC
        
        How do you know it's a radio and not a CD player? - stormcrow - June 24, 2001 - 01:51 UTC
        
        I get current news without inserting a new CD - paulm - June 24, 2001 - 05:09 UTC
        
        Be back soon - stormcrow - June 24, 2001 - 10:41 UTC
        
        OK But please start a new thread when you get back (NT) - paulm - June 24, 2001 - 21:44 UTC
    - Between the cracks - harvey1 - June 21, 2001 - 23:06 UTC
      - The magician and the rabbit - aurino - June 22, 2001 - 12:58 UTC
A thinker is not needed. - alexander - June 20, 2001 - 19:37 UTC
- See my response above. (NT) - paulm - June 20, 2001 - 20:24 UTC
  - A thinker can make a difference - yanniru - June 21, 2001 - 12:17 UTC
    - Agreed, but exactly who and how? - paulm - June 21, 2001 - 17:18 UTC
      - My thinking is closer to your thinking than you think - yanniru - June 22, 2001 - 12:31 UTC

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