Re: Extra Terrestrials

From: Russell Standish <R.Standish.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 14:59:19 +1000 (EST)

GSLevy.domain.name.hidden wrote:
>
> In a message dated 08/08/2000 2:36:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> james.higgo.domain.name.hidden writes:
>
> > There is no objective relationship between 'your present observer
> > moment' and any other, let alone 'us' and 'our descendants'.
> > James
>
> James, you may be fundamentally right, but such relationships are emergent
> properties which we perceive and give meaning to our lives. In fact it is
> likely that our whole world is emergent from the plenitude which is itself
> void of information because it precisely has all potentialites. So our world
> does have information and meaning while the plenitude has exactly zero.
>
> Your approach is as barren as the plenitude. If we were to take it as a basis
> for discussion we wouldn't get very far.

hear hear!

A very important question is whether
> measure decreases or remains constant upon death. How would you solve this
> problem?
>
> George Levy
>
>



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