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Maybe not that far
Or maybe it's the other way around.
Lee
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11/12/2006 7:38:21 PM
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Maybe we are here for the Universe's benefit.
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Delayed synchronicity
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ER
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11/11/2006 4:34:02 PM
ponderings of kindergartener
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SDG
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11/14/2006 7:16:04 PM
re: ponderings of kindergartener
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Lindy
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11/14/2006 8:48:41 PM
EVERYBODY is a product of their parents' explorations.
(n/t)
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ER
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11/14/2006 9:17:02 PM
LOL
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SDG
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11/14/2006 8:56:23 PM
Out of the mouths of babes
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ER
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11/14/2006 8:31:28 PM
Kurzweil's interview on C-SPAN2 Book TV now online
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LJK
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11/13/2006 4:30:48 PM
I read a short story with that premise LONG ago...
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R.L.
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11/11/2006 5:40:04 PM
"Construction Shack", Clifford D Simak, Short Story, DAW books '74
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RNE
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11/13/2006 2:00:15 PM
"Delivery"
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Fox
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11/15/2006 3:12:07 AM
re: "Delivery"
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Lindy
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11/15/2006 4:06:51 AM
Of all man's atifacts, the Universe most resembles a computer model.
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ER
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11/11/2006 6:22:12 PM
Think of this...
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R.L.
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11/12/2006 5:29:21 AM
In languages like C
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C Yeti++
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11/14/2006 4:33:34 PM
re: In languages like C
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ER
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11/14/2006 4:37:29 PM
re: Think of this...
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ER
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11/12/2006 6:35:33 AM
Scientific Anomalies and other Provocative Phenomena
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Lindy
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11/15/2006 2:54:20 AM
Only 40,000?
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ER
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11/15/2006 5:10:16 AM
re: Only 40,000?
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Lindy
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11/15/2006 2:33:32 PM
One artist's take on all this
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ER
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11/15/2006 5:07:01 PM
In Buddhist Metaphysics
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Meditati Yeti
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11/14/2006 4:45:33 PM
"Consciousness seems to be somehow connected to physics, as if consciousness plays some sort of role in the cosmos"
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Lindy
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11/12/2006 4:07:31 PM
Sentient Plants: Old results, based on bad science, long since disproven
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Yetster
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11/14/2006 4:47:05 PM
Plant consciousness.
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ER
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11/12/2006 6:35:07 PM
re: Plant consciousness.
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Lindy
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11/12/2006 8:33:07 PM
Back to Backster
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Lindy
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11/13/2006 12:26:19 AM
re: Back to Backster
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ER
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11/13/2006 12:48:29 AM
Stamp Collecting
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Lindy
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11/13/2006 1:16:06 AM
re: Plant consciousness.
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R.L.
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11/12/2006 6:42:42 PM
Maybe psychic phenomenon does have a footing in science.
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Lee
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11/12/2006 7:14:35 AM
re: Maybe psychic phenomenon does have a footing in science.
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Lindy
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11/12/2006 4:17:04 PM
NO
(n/t)
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R.L.
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11/12/2006 4:00:27 PM
Maybe not that far
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ER
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11/12/2006 12:48:45 PM
Or maybe it's the other way around.
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Lee
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11/12/2006 7:38:21 PM
Maybe the universe needs consciousness...
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ER
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11/12/2006 8:00:17 PM
...or maybe that is the conciet of conciousness
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R.L.
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11/12/2006 10:46:46 PM
Saving the Epiphenomenon
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ER
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11/13/2006 12:36:02 AM
re: Saving the Epiphenomenon
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Pilo Yeti
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11/14/2006 5:01:10 PM
We dont even have a working definition of 'conciousness'
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R.L.
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11/13/2006 5:48:43 AM
re: We dont even have a working definition of 'conciousness'
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ER
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11/13/2006 2:34:11 PM
re: Saving the Epiphenomenon
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Lindy
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11/13/2006 1:21:48 AM
" If consciousness plays a role in the universe, it is a property of the universe itself"
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Li ndy
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11/12/2006 4:25:17 PM
"Do thoughts influence outcomes? "
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ER
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11/12/2006 6:48:14 PM
"I don't believe our thoughts can make things happen by affecting matter and energy directly"
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Lindy
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11/12/2006 8:40:11 PM
Lindy, this guy's a flake.
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ER
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11/12/2006 9:20:44 PM
Randi performs a public service...
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R.L.
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11/12/2006 11:37:51 PM
I would not consider Randi and expert on anything
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Lindy
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11/12/2006 11:04:39 PM
Yup
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R.L.
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11/12/2006 9:47:36 PM
The idea of a virtual universe goes way back...
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LJK
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11/13/2006 4:07:55 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.