(January 2, 2013 at 5:15 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(January 2, 2013 at 3:48 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote: Isn't it interesting how much more fruitful the discussion and interesting the conversation when we just talk listen and respond without always feeling the urge to hit the reflex red herring of burden of proof when its not needed. We all had something to contribute, many of us apart from the guy doing 24 dimensional maths ( respect) learned a little something. Isn't it also wonderful how far science has got when confronted with the almost metaphysical new frontier by allowing imagination to run ahead of rationality for a while to provide avenues to explore ( of course the challenge then becomes finding the tools to allow rationality to catch up)
Ah. Burden of proof is not a red herring. Tell us how many dimensions there really are, and if it's more than three or four, you'll see burden of proof back in a heartbeat. Also, imagination isn't running ahead of rationality, it has to have math that works and not contradict what we already know. It has to be distinguishable from an acid trip to be worthy of being taken seriously.
interesting I must try and track down something I tripped over lately about some scientist in this area where the solution came in a dream and when he thought about the dream imagery he realised the solution was there.
