real life wrote:parados wrote:I am certain that an intersection REQUIRES that an intersection occur.
Yes, and I've simply asked that you define what you mean by this.
And I did provide the definition of intersection. You have not yet provided any dispute of that definition.
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If two fleets of ships pass through each other on the Pacific without a collision, have they intersected?
Why would you think they had based on the definition of "intersect?" Did you give us a definition of the boundary for each fleet? Why didn't you define that boundary? It seems you can't define the boundary.
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Or does it require a collision for an intersection to occur?
Since you haven't defined the boundary of the fleet there is no way to tell if they collided. :wink:
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Does matter/energy in one universe have to collide with matter/energy in another for your definition of 'intersection' to have been satisfied?
To answer this, you will have to know something about the boundaries of each proposed universe, and their properties.
Let's look at your fleet scenario. They pass through each other with none of the individual ships colliding but both fleets were able to observe the other fleet as it passed by. Both fleets would have felt the effects of the other fleet as it went by in the movement of the water. Your intersection of 2 fleets proves a point you were trying to disprove. We don't need to know the boundary of the fleets to know that they would observe the effects of any intersection. We don't need to know the make up of the fleets or the rules the fleets sail under or the boundary of the fleets. We only need to know that they have "intersected" on the ocean along with the basic rules of how the ocean works.
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I've asked how you know specifically about the boundary, the properties etc of an UNKNOWN universe. (Does it even have matter/energy?)
For 2 universes to intersect they would have to share at least one dimension.
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Your response is , well , you just know.
Really? I said that? Where? When? Or are you just making up stuff because you can't make a rational argument?
I find your tactics to be obvious and predictable.
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I thought you were all about evidence and proof and I was supposedly the one who did without?
You talk about 'multiverses' that are outside our universe and not subject to the laws of our universe.
No, I talked about universes that are outside our universe that are subject to the same laws that our universe is subject to. They just don't share the same local laws as our universe.
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When a question arises of the implications of such a view, you fudge that these alternate universes really could be subject to our laws after all.
Really? I said that? where? when? You just LOVE to make up things don't you real life.
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The point is you really don't know, and are unwilling to look at the consequences of either possibility. You just jump back and forth between them.
"What you 'know'" I don't know "and what you 'assume'" I don't know "are mostly products of your own bent thinking."
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So let's deal with what we know of our universe.
We have matter/energy.
It cannot be created by natural means.
Really? So when did you disprove quantum physics? I would love to see your math on it.