General Science and Philosophy

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[5] viXra:2204.0128 [pdf] submitted on 2022-04-22 17:38:11

Zero and Infinity

Authors: Clark M. Thomas
Comments: 4 Pages.

Until scholars introduced the zero to Europe there was little consciousness regarding the essence of nothing. As for infinity, there was hardly anything infinite within theocratic consciousness beyond mysticism. It is difficult to evolve physics within cloud castles. Understanding both zero and infinity are needed to help anchor math and physics.
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Scientific Method and Game Theory as Basis of Knowledge and Language

Authors: Krystian Zawistowski
Comments: 66 Pages. email: krystian.zawistowski( a t )zoho.com

We use methods of science (parts of falsificationism) and game theory (focal points) as a foundation of knowledge and language. We draw some parallels to human sensory experience, using recent progress in AI and demonstrate how do we know basic facts about space or ourselves or other people. Then we demonstrate how we can understand and make language with these methods, giving examples from Tok Pisin language. Then we demonstrate the viability of this approach for clarification of philosophy. We demonstrate that our theory is a good answer to many linguistic conundrums given in "Philosophical Investigations" by Wittgenstein. We also demonstrate an application to other philosophical problems.
Category: General Science and Philosophy

[3] viXra:2204.0119 [pdf] submitted on 2022-04-20 06:27:21

How Consciousness Creates Reality

Authors: Claus Janew
Comments: 36 Pages. CC-BY 4.0 / Janew, Claus. 2011. Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research 2, no. 6: 838-867.

We will begin with seemingly simple interactions in our daily lives, examine how they originate on a deeper level, come to understand the essentials of consciousness, and finally recognize that we create our reality in its entirety. In the course of this quest, we will uncover little-heeded paths to accessing our subconscious, other individuals, and that which can be understood by the term "God". And the solution to the classical problem of free will constitutes the gist of the concepts is thus revealed. The present text is a very abridged version of a book I wrote out of the desire to examine the structure of our reality from a standpoint unbiased by established teachings, be they academic- scientific, popular- esoteric, or religious in nature.
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[2] viXra:2204.0118 [pdf] submitted on 2022-04-20 20:39:20

Laws of Form: Why Spencer-Brown is Missing the Point

Authors: Claus Janew
Comments: 1 Page. CC-BY 4.0 / Janew, Claus. 2011. Omnipresent Consciousness and Free Will. Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research 2, no. 6: 885-886

What George Spencer-Brown wants to rationalize out of existence is alternation itself – the prerequisite of his whole operation. By that he simplifies (identifies) more than he says. And he does not say all that is important.
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Molecular Nanotechnology the Best Tech on Offer (If Only We Could Find the Assembly Manual)

Authors: Mark C. Marson
Comments: 16 Pages.

I here address a problem which is preventing the development of full molecular nanotechnology (MNT) defined as the ability to exactly arrange the molecular structure of materials — in particular those made of crystalline carbon or silicon. I ask where technological progress is leading and argue that the ability to synthesize any viable material is the only final objective that makes sense. I give a brief account of how this idea developed from the 1950s on and recount one notable debate which illustrates both the fundamental difference between MNT and regular technology and a potential obstacle to the development of MNT if we adhere to conventional approaches. I then describe a novel synthetic method that solves this problem — the directed evolution of nanomineral isomers — and detail its six main steps: nanomineral growth, antibody-nanomineral association, antibody differentiation, antibody-nanomineral separation, nanomineral characterization and/or selection, and iteration. I discuss nanomineral catalysis and the augmentation of nanominerals with functional groups, the nature of the design process for nanomineral components, a few other obvious applications of MNT, the potential of so-called smart materials, and the implications of MNT for medicine and robotics. In conclusion I argue that the development of MNT is essential for fulfilling our potential as a civilization, and that if we want to keep progressing we will need to exploit a much greater range of inorganic materials (just as nature has exploited a huge range of organic chemicals).
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