tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426830455075676436.post8699203011315008809..comments2023-08-10T14:16:15.338-04:00Comments on The Archives of The Diogenes Club: Mind, Body, and Spirit -- Some SpeculationSteve Polinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095291939072131815noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426830455075676436.post-77330880606568048772013-12-04T11:19:30.239-05:002013-12-04T11:19:30.239-05:00Those string theory dimensions are what I had in m...Those string theory dimensions are what I had in mind. The difficulty with the string theory is finding the evidence to keep Ockham at bay. That's the difficulty with all metaphysics and why some skeptical physicists labeled string theory a religion, not physics. This did concentrate the minds of the string theorists and got them working on experimental predictions which is always helpful. I find most arguments are much more suitably settled by experiment.Steve Polinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095291939072131815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426830455075676436.post-14679406742150259322013-11-30T17:57:53.124-05:002013-11-30T17:57:53.124-05:00Elaine - thank you, I think I understand it better...Elaine - thank you, I think I understand it better. I would like to believe in 'spirit' or non-material substances that we can't perceive.<br />I can conceive of the idea that there might be dimensions to which we have no access.<br /><br />Steve - am I right in assuming that the 'extra' dimensions are the ones referred to in string theory? I suppose the problem with those is that there's no evidence for them but they need to exist for the maths to work.Jessica Rydillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08941823791297386497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426830455075676436.post-10054630908211914732013-11-30T17:50:12.763-05:002013-11-30T17:50:12.763-05:00Thank you - I have to confess to not having read &...Thank you - I have to confess to not having read 'The Gorges' but feel I should.<br /><br />Will now re-read - I didn't know the correct meaning of orthogonal!Jessica Rydillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08941823791297386497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426830455075676436.post-71337594537074722052013-11-30T16:03:56.635-05:002013-11-30T16:03:56.635-05:00Right. Our everyday senses regard up/down, left/ri...Right. Our everyday senses regard up/down, left/right, and to/fro. To make room for the stuff we don't sense, I add more dimensions. But since we don't sense them, there's Ockham to contend with. Steve Polinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095291939072131815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426830455075676436.post-66987394130489601352013-11-30T16:00:17.160-05:002013-11-30T16:00:17.160-05:00There's an interesting dialog of Plato's &...There's an interesting dialog of Plato's "The Gorges" wherein he makes this argument without appealing to any religion that's currently organized. Although The Lightning Thief is well received, I don't think anybody takes Zeus, et al. seriously today.<br /><br />No, orthogonal means at-right-angles. take the X axis, rotate 90 degrees and draw the Y axis. Then rotate 90 degrees from the XY plane and draw the Z axis. These three axes are orthogonal to one another. Now, suppose you could do this with more 90 degree turns to define more axes. That's sort of what's going on here.<br />Steve Polinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095291939072131815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426830455075676436.post-3612283160418939912013-11-29T12:59:22.254-05:002013-11-29T12:59:22.254-05:00Doesn't this just mean that orthogonal subspac...Doesn't this just mean that orthogonal subspace is the dimensions which we can perceive with our everyday senses? Matter and what we call spirit are a single substance but some of it resides in dimensions where we have no direct sensory access to it. This does kind of make sense to me.Elaine Housbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140752781171688757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426830455075676436.post-8408785809343485472013-11-25T12:20:41.568-05:002013-11-25T12:20:41.568-05:00This is a fascinating post but with regard to this...This is a fascinating post but with regard to this quote: 'Something has to go to Heaven or to Hell wherein the injustices of this world are balanced in the next.' <br />Why? There is no evidence of this, unless you believe in the explanations offered by organised religion.<br />And also: 'This makes matter and spirit orthogonal subspace projections of a single monist substance.'<br />Er...really? Doesn't 'orthogonal' just mean 'straight'? And where's the single monist substance?<br />(I am aware that this may be Aristotelian and I may not have a clue what I'm talking about, but it would be helpful to offer an explanation as to what this is).Jessica Rydillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08941823791297386497noreply@blogger.com