[MD] The MOQ at Oxford University

[Ian Glendinning]

Hi John, if I don't need to remind you, you might want to respond to
Platt's "narrative" point yourself.

You're obviously having a little fun John, so I won't spoil it by
pointing that how the cosmic / quantum story goes is not entirely a
matter of choice - That would be to fall into the relativist trap. And
as Dave also points out navigating PoMo waters is a dangerous
business, steering between Scylla and Charybdis. Nice trick if you can
pull it off, terminal if you can't.

BTW Dave - be interesting if you could unpick that distinction between
uniting and equalizing those three domains ?

Regards
Ian

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:43 PM, John Carl<ridgecoyote at gmail.com> wrote:
> Heck Ian, you  needn't remind me of the perennial relevancy of
> narrative.  I believe the whole cosmos from the particles to the
> galaxies have existence only in relation - a story,
> in other words.  I think the double-slit experiment even proves this - wave
> or particle depends upon how you want the story to go.
> Today I'm in the mood for a "wave" reality.
>
> John waving
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Ian Glendinning
> <ian.glendinning at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> John, Platt,
>>
>> I could of course point out that ZMM was largely a "narrative" and
>> that the opening chapter dwells on "frames" at some length. It's easy
>> to knock PoMo fashions, but harder to remember that they are as old as
>> the hills and perennially relevant.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>