From: David MOREY (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Mon Nov 10 2003 - 20:09:56 GMT
Hi
I think less that our bodies are used to pick
out certain patterns as meaningful then that
they are used to filter out what would
otherwise be overwhelming.
regards
David M
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Pila" <pila@sympatico.ca>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: MD string theory
> Hi David,
>
> Sound does not necessarily product hearing. Right? Consider a deaf person
> whose eardrum does not vibrate to the beat of the sound. The sound is
there
> but he hears nothing.
>
> Also, hearing can be done without listening. I am sitting here and not
> listening to the television in the other room yet I hear it.
>
> I guess the question I'm getting at is what you think of the fact that our
> brains are wired so that some inputs are meaningful while others are not.
>
> Is it not an accident of incredible luck that evolution gave us an
> instrument that is useful for asking questions and pondering the meaning
of
> life?
>
> Nathan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David MOREY" <us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk>
> To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 9:46 AM
> Subject: Re: MD string theory
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > Sound means hearing, hearing means a listening being.
> > You've got to separate what is all too human from what
> > occurs outside of conscious experience. & then 'outside of conscious
> > experience'
> > what meaning can that have?
> >
> > regards
> > David M
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nathan Pila" <pila@sympatico.ca>
> > To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 1:16 AM
> > Subject: MD string theory
> >
> >
> > > Gert-Jan Peeters,
> > >
> > > Hmm, So, if there is no one in the forest, then the tree makes no
sound
> as
> > > it falls, right?
> > >
> > > Did you happen to catch the latest NOVA on PBS? It was about the book
> > called
> > > The Elegant Universe. The book discusses 'string theory'. String
theory
> > > postulates that all matter and all radiation (photons, heat etc) is
> > composed
> > > of vibrating strings of energy. That, these strings, are the ultimate
> > > reality; the strings vibrate in 11 dimensions. Since we can't imagine
11
> > > dimensions, is it fair to say that only 4 dimensions exist and the
> strings
> > > are unreal?
> > >
> > > on the television And in
> > > personal
> > > > life has increased. Others have found the MoQ to be very usefull.
So,
> > the
> > > > world didn't change, but our explination did. And the best
explination
> > > wich
> > > > gives us the least doubts starts with the assumption that experience
> is
> > > > reality. And without that experience there would be no reality.
> > > >
> > > > Your question: "If humans and all other beings that have
consciousness
> > > were
> > > > to disappear, would apples stop falling?" I don't know. But if you
> would
> > > say
> > > > that apples would still be falling, your saying more than that. And
it
> > > takes
> > > > you down again to where you'll end up with all the contradictions.
To
> > > avoid
> > > > those contradictions people use the Moq and the MoQ would give
another
> > > > explanation: If consciousness has disappeared I can never be sure if
> > > apples
> > > > fall. It falls outside my experience, so it falls outside reality.
> > > > Experience is reality. No experience = no reality. No apples, no
> > gravity,
> > > > no ground to fall on...
> > > >
> > > > But then again - it's a temporary state of mind until someone finds
a
> > > better
> > > > explination ..
> > > >
> > > > Gegroet,
> > > >
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