This really is not the place for those kind of questions

Yea I dont get get it either.

yea I made a thread requesting Magic in Dust and that went of off all strange 2

could be is fine and you are right - most of the time - these actual science debates are screwy due to lack of common reference but then again, what isnt these days - but a war of semantics. I just want to point out that the concept of every option being calculated (in this case every dish has been created) at some point. So, in the many worlds theory, one of each path exists simultaneously with different outcomes depending on the state of the variables when you observe it or solve it

The answer domain for what's in the box is all states of the menu

Wait how do wave forms come into this ?
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Well then it seems, even if we do accept the many worlds theory, that the question falls into a sort of equivocation trap. In other words, when we say "possibility X is this and that and that, etc" we're using different definitions of "is". Unless we want that definition to include every possible other world and all events/objects therein.

And once we do that, it seems all epistemic (knowledge-based) claims become meaningless, because even once you saw the cat as alive or dead, let's say alive, couldn't you also say the cat is dead (again, if we use the definition of "is" that includes all possible other worlds) because in another world it is, in fact, dead? Once you allow for that, all statements become meaningless since their exact opposite or any other variations would be true too.

So you're saying that you poisoned his cat.

Well then it seems, even if we do accept the many worlds theory, that the question falls into a sort of equivocation trap. In other words, when we say "possibility X is this and that and that, etc" we're using different definitions of "is". Unless we want that definition to include every possible other world and all events/objects therein.

And once we do that, it seems all epistemic (knowledge-based) claims become meaningless, because even once you saw the cat as alive or dead, let's say alive, couldn't you also say the cat is dead (again, if we use the definition of "is" that includes all possible other worlds) because in another world it is, in fact, dead? Once you allow for that, all statements become meaningless since their exact opposite or any other variations would be true too.

sort of - but we are not changing the rules [dynamic systems equations] so its not meaningless per se, its more just playing out all possibilities. It gets crazy to think about - that's for sure - but yes - in my model "is" represents the complete "is"

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Well then it seems, even if we do accept the many worlds theory, that the question falls into a sort of equivocation trap. In other words, when we say "possibility X is this and that and that, etc" we're using different definitions of "is" (before and after we check the box). Unless we want that definition to include every possible other world and all events/objects therein.

And once we do that, it seems all epistemic (knowledge-based) claims become meaningless, because even once you saw the cat as alive or dead, let's say alive, couldn't you also say the cat is dead (again, if we use the definition of "is" that includes all possible other worlds) because in another world it is, in fact, dead? Once you allow for that, all statements become meaningless since their exact opposite or any other variations would be true too.

Well then it seems, even if we do accept the many worlds theory, that the question falls into a sort of equivocation trap. In other words, when we say "possibility X is this and that and that, etc" we're using different definitions of "is" (before and after we check the box). Unless we want that definition to include every possible other world and all events/objects therein.

And once we do that, it seems all epistemic (knowledge-based) claims become meaningless, because even once you saw the cat as alive or dead, let's say alive, couldn't you also say the cat is dead (again, if we use the definition of "is" that includes all possible other worlds) because in another world it is, in fact, dead? Once you allow for that, all statements become meaningless since their exact opposite or any other variations would be true too.

And that is why there are so very many worlds in the multiverse. Each observation causes another version of the multiverse to come into being. All statements do not become meaningless, all statements just become one more version of "the world" in the multiverse.

Totally different from quantum flux.

I like the discussion on what "is" means. But when you see the cat it can no longer be alive and dead because seeing it defines it. It is only both when it is unseen and so undefined.

In a way it is the same word. While the cat is unseen it "is" both alive and dead because it's still at an unknown state and then once you see it, the cat is whatever you observed it as. The hard part isn't the word "is" the hard part is understanding that the cat can be both alive and dead in the same space in the same version on the world and only upon observation does it become what you see when the box is opened.

Then I guess I'll never get it, because if you want to say it is both alive and dead at the same time, in this world, then to me that statement is just gibberish. The definitions don't allow it to be both at the same time in the same place. It just seems to me that you're talking about potential, in which case we should be using the worlds "could be".

So my girlfriend is having some friends over... so i download the update... kinda mess around see if i can get in a game.. oh f*cking sweet its up,play along with the friendly sh*t.... oh ya now i just have to convince her to go with her friends (20 minutes later) and servers are down! WTF.!!! invite some friends over for a fire... getting dark out(4 hours later).. they all decided to bail.. go back to dust... ITS STILL DOWN!!!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?!?!

Then I guess I'll never get it, because if you want to say it is both alive and dead at the same time, in this world, then to me that statement is just gibberish. The definitions don't allow it to be both at the same time in the same place. It just seems to me that you're talking about potential, in which case we should be using the words "could be".

And I'm not entirely sure it's a question of semantics, because it appears as if people are fine with accepting the contradiction.

You didnt read the whole thread did you ?

In a way it is the same word. While the cat is unseen it "is" both alive and dead because it's still at an unknown state and then once you see it, the cat is whatever you observed it as. The hard part isn't the word "is" the hard part is understanding that the cat can be both alive and dead in the same space in the same version on the world and only upon observation does it become what you see when the box is opened.

Schrodinger's cat does not really illustrate a philosophical perspective. It is a way to think about some aspects of quantum physics. Though the disciplines may sometimes intersect and inform each other, they are still distinct and do not really address the same sorts of problems, as it were. At the quantum level it is possible for a single "thing" to be in two places at once, or to be in two states at once, though it would be extremely rare for something like that to occur at the Newtonian level, or level of observable reality, or, since you mentioned Kant, at the level of Phenomena... wait , when did I get kicked out of Arkombine? But... but I... I liked Arkombine!

The cat would say you are all wrong. From the cat's point of view, none of you exist until some force opens the box.

The cat would say you are all wrong. From the cat's point of view, none of you exist until some force opens the box.

Cats can't talk.