Subj : Re: Extent of the Argume
To   : CHUCK PIERSON
From : TODD HENSON
Date : Thu Oct 26 2000 07:50 pm

>  > How is it different?  You're projecting the way humans perceive time in 
you
>  > assumption that the universe has had an INFINITE amount of time to 
increase
>  > it's self-knowledge.
> 
>  JW>  Sorry I miised that. Where did you assume this, Chuck. C'mon 'fess up!
> 
> Probably in my comments about time being relative. However, I believe that
> comment was actually mine refering to something Todd said.  I really need to
> hold on to my mail packets longer so I can go back and look at these things.


The comment I made was in regards to the LENGTH (infinite vs finite) of
time, and you inserted 
comments about what different people may "feel" about a given length of so
many years. Those 
are to completely different categories. I then explained that to you again.
You still didn't get it. 
You still chose to insert things that were not relevant to the premise at
hand, which was 
whether the universe had a finite or an infinite amount of time to "get to
know itself".

I made some commentary about John's premise, exploring possible
implications if that said 
premise(s) was true, and then you started making irrelevant comments about
how I was doing 
the same kind of projecting that you did when you brought up the "mind of
man work's like 
God's" example, which is a completely differerent issue and context 
altogether.

So, after repeated attempts to keep the conversation on track regarding the
implications of an 
infinite vs finite amount of time, and after repeated attempts by you to
take the conversation off 
on unrelated tangents, it seemed pretty clear that you weren't listening to
what was being said. 
That, coupled with comments comparing me to an 11-year old didn't paint a
real pretty picture. 

I don't know if it's just a bad case of getting signals crossed or what,
but I became 
understandably skeptical of your intentions. But since all we have in FIDO
is text, and none of 
the vocal tones, expressions, etc to convey the rest of the message, I
don't have ill intentions 
toward you at all. :-)

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