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Motion as contradiction: Zeno, Hegel and the calculus -
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Why Quantum Gravity Is Controversial | 4 gravitons
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| | Merging quantum mechanics and gravity is a famously hard physics problem. Explaining why merging quantum mechanics and gravity is hard is, in turn, a very hard science communication problem. The more popular descriptions tend to lead to misunderstandings, and I've posted many times over the years to chip away at those misunderstandings. Merging quantum mechanics...
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Finite versus "infinite" | njwildberger: tangential thoughts
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| | There are several approaches to the modern theory of "real numbers". Unfortunately, none of them makes complete sense. One hundred years ago, there was vigorous discussion about the ambiguities with them and Cantor's theory of "infinite sets". As time went by, the debate subsided but the difficulties didn't really go away. A largely unquestioning uniformity...
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To Infinity And Beyond! Acko.net
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| | Exploring the outer limits: on the nature of infinity, continuity and convergence.
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Against functionalism: why I think the Foundational Research Institute should rethink its approach - Opentheory.net
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| [AI summary] The text presents a critique of the Foundational Research Institute's (FRI) approach to defining and addressing suffering and s-risks, with a focus on the philosophical and metaphysical challenges of functionalism. The author, Mike Johnson, argues that FRI's reliance on functionalism leads to intractable problems, such as the inability to provide a clear, disagreement-mediating definition of suffering. He outlines several objections to FRI's position, including the ineffability of suffering, intuition duels, convergence requirements, and the mapping of consciousness to physical systems. Johnson suggests that FRI should consider alternative frameworks, such as computational hierarchies, to address these issues. The text also references various so...