Glove and Squad,
I apollogise for the lateness of my reply but my have been away on business.
glove wrote:
> Glen, i am unconvinced that there is no discontinuity of matter at the
> macroscopic level. i would say rather that we have learned to ignore the
> discontinuity in everyday static quality reality, and that when quantum
> level physics is explored, we are no longer afforded that luxury. there are
> interesting ways to see how firmly ingrained our static quality agreements
> with life are.
While I would agree that must be some discontinuity of matter at the macroscopic
level the discontinuity is in no way as strong as it is at the sub-atomic
level. I have seen no 64 Buick Transmissions simply appearing in my living
room, which should occur if the macroscopic universe were as dicontinous as the
sub-atomic. It isn't that we learn to ignore this discontinuity it's simply
that statisically it doesn't occur "very" often.
> someone brought up the fact that we cannot walk thru walls. this is an
> interesting metaphor of the discontinuity of matter that is firmly rooted in
> SO thinking...i, as subject. cannot walk thru the wall, the object.
> ...
> its no longer a matter of
> being unable to walk thru walls, but merely a matter of finding a Dynamic
> enough way of doing so.
Hmmm... I guess technically you could walk through a wall given "enough time"
and patience. "Enough Time" would probably exceed the lifetime of several
universes. I don't see this as a problem of perception or the metaphysics of an
individual. It would a great trick and there may be a way to do it.
Cheers,
Glen
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