Re: All Particles in the Universe Non-Unique: Evidence for an Infinite Universe
Posted: May 26th, 2021, 9:26 am
Terrapin Station wrote: ↑May 25th, 2021, 2:56 pmYou specifically mentioned the following:Terrapin Station wrote: ↑May 25th, 2021, 2:12 pm There is an 'issness' involved in your argument ("existent 'is' an existent"),I mean, just to start with the above, what the heck does it mean for there to be an "isness" versus an alternative? What would the alternative be?
There's no suggestion that an existent need be "real" in the traditional real/antireal sense, just that an existent must 'be' an existent.
Your argument involves the concept 'being' as a to be assumed non-disputable factor, on the basis of which then claims are to be made about the fundamental nature of reality, for example the claim 'Either we're exhausting the logical possibilities or we're not.', i.e., an existent is bound to require an explanation with two possible options, it either magically having sprung into existence or having always existed.
You then asked: Again, if you can think of a third option, that's great, but you'd need to present what the third option would be. which re-enforces the idea that the two options are the only 'possible' options.
The reasoning behind the idea that there are just two possible options is based on the assumed 'issness-factor' (non-disputable being) of an existent.
My argument is that the issness-factor of an existent is questionable with the cited study in the OP being an example.
When all particles in the Universe are entangled by kind that would imply that non-locality is applicable to reality itself and that an existent does not have an issness-factor that is bound to require an explanation within a limited frame of thinking (i.e. the two options).
Non-locality on a fundamental level implies a lack of 'begin' (issness-factor). Since space and time are bound to each other, non-locality is applicable to both space and time.
Non-locality would involve 'all space and all time' without 'all' having a begin or end, i.e. without all being a totality.
Non-locality would provide the basis for a theoretical foundation for a third option to explain 'objective reality' (existents).