[ExI] Talk to GPT-3 via Philosopher AI website

[William Flynn Wallace]

Ignorant and/or stupid question:

Modern physics supports Relationalism, with
Quantum Mechanics arguing that particles have a wave-particle duality
and strings having a shape and direction but only when observed.

How do they know what it is doing when not observed?  bill w

On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 5:07 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 at 13:43, Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > Didn’t work that well for me:
> > https://philosopherai.xyz/2c1b0c9c-d448-411e-a05c-532ed501f613
> >
>
> It seems to be a personal website, sometimes too busy, please try later.
>  :)
>
> > What is substantivalism?
> >
> > Substantivalism is a position in the philosophy of mathematics.
> > It states that numbers and mathematical objects have real existence.
> > _______________________________________________
>
>
> I now get different results for substantivalism.  Wonder why it changes???
>
> ----------------
> What is substantivalism?
>
> The term substantivalism describes a broad category of metaphysics
> where an object's properties and nature determine its identity. In
> this school of thought, objects are distinct and separate from the
> outside world.
>
> It is contrasted by Relationalism which argues that objects have
> relational identities. Modern physics supports Relationalism, with
> Quantum Mechanics arguing that particles have a wave-particle duality
> and strings having a shape and direction but only when observed.
> ________________________
>
> This response seems to relate to <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationalism>
> "According to Newton’s substantivalism, space and time are entities in
> their own right, existing independently of things. Leibniz’s
> relationism, on the other hand, describes space and time as systems of
> relations that exist between objects".
>
>
> BillK
>
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