Re: virus: Re: David's top 10 (here and now)

sodom (Sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Mon, 05 Oct 1998 10:51:51 -0400


Everyone knows I can never stay out of it. At first I thought that this
discussion was a joke, but it seems not to be. SO, here are my few lines.

Not too much about objectivity, as we generally agree that it is what "really
happens"

But to say that subjectivity is somehow outside of objectivity does not seem
to make sense. It's the same argument about god being outside of reason -
just an attempt to disuade analysis. This aproach to subjectivity cannot
work, and historory will bear this out.

Subjectivity is just our minds way of explaining what is sees - most of you
will agree. If so, with a full understanding of the way the brain functions,
and I am not stating that we have this understanding yet, we would be able to
pick subjectivity apart and describe it objectivly. This is obviously beyond
us now, but to put up the "it's magic" flag is not the way to advancement of
understanding, and is the way backwards.

One last thing, I agree that quantum math is a bit counterintuitive, but I
atribute this to our inability to grasp the entire concept with the meme
structures we build for our children and selves. There may be physical
limitations to this understanding too that we may be totally unaware of at
this stage in our development

Sodom
Bill Roh.

Wade T.Smith wrote:

> >It doesn't "come from" anywhere.
>
> Ah, well, you see, that is exactly the supernatural explanation I thought
> you were maintaining....
>
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