tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074529824943791718.post8590596135851324830..comments2009-07-16T12:13:52.402-04:00Comments on Soul Physics: Hyper-intelligent fish and black hole thermodynami...Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07379669532781325751noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074529824943791718.post-32872866787933105012009-07-16T12:13:52.402-04:002009-07-16T12:13:52.402-04:00I doubt that it amounts to anything, but the fact ...I doubt that it amounts to anything, but the fact that an analogy does not provide evidence for [the existence of] its analogue does not entail that the analogy does not provide information about its analogue, under the assumption that the analogue actually exists. Had the ether turned out to exist, I suspect that the fluid mechanics of "ordinary" fluids would have provided some useful information about Descartes' vortices.Jonathan Livengoodnoreply@blogger.com