Re: Perpetually Perplexed

From: John Edser (edser_at_tpg.com.au)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:55:01 -0500 (EST)

 "Jim McGinn" <jimmcginn@yahoo.com>
> JM:-
>snip<
> This reduces Hamilton's equation to being
> self-referential. It tells us nothing useful. If you
> remember, Hamilton's equation was supposed to indicate
> the emergence of altruistic behavior. Your revision of
> Hamilton's equation clearly does nothing but reflect
> back to us the data we put into it.

JE:-
Well put. Finally divergent ideas are converging
because people have decided to actually attempt
to answer questions put to them instead of
consistently evading them.

The facts are very simple. Any bit of mathematics
that has no constant term within it can only be self
referential, i.e. a tautology because nothing else
can be deduced from it. When used as science all it
can do is dictate what science is, i.e. remain
irrefutable. I would like to challenge both Jim's
and ask them if they think this remains the case if
one constant term is included within the expression.

My Regards,

John Edser
Independent Researcher

PO Box 266
Church Pt
NSW 2105
Australia

edser@tpg.com.au

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