Subj : Re: Extent of the Torah
To   : JOHN WILSON
From : TODD HENSON
Date : Sun Nov 05 2000 07:24 pm

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> -=> TODD HENSON wrote to JOHN WILSON <=-
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>  TH> So, you were referring to the universe itself being alive. OK.
>  TH> But, wan't it you who disagreed
>  TH> when I said that you said that the continuum itself was alive?
> 
>  Nope. What do you mean exactly, by "continuum?" Space-time?


You don't know what the space-time continuum is?

Is there some part of the universe OTHER than space-time that you believe
is intelligent?


>  TH> That would make this recent
>  TH> answer contradictory to your previous one, so I'm a bit confused
>  TH> now.
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>  TH> Also, if you were referring to the univsere itself being alive,
>  TH> then another bit of confusion arises. I
>  TH> asked why  you thought the universe was alive. If you said
>  TH> because of the presence of
>  TH> intelligence in the universe, then what you basically said was "I
>  TH> believe the universe is alive
>  TH> because I believe it is alive".
> 
>      No. I enter no "because" in my opinion.
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>   So I don't know quite what to
>  TH> make of that.
> 
>      You are confused by thinking I said things I didn't,
>      and then drawing conclusions contradicting things I *did* say.


You are confusing because your statements are contradictory.


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>  >  TH> That's like saying a baby learned how to build a computer when it
>  >  TH> did.
>  >
>  >  A baby with an infinite about of time to play with her infinite
>  >  rescouces...
>  >
>  >  Did! The Baby was mankind of course, and we as a race are still very
>  >  young...
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>  TH> I thought the universe was the baby, learning as it goes along.
> 
>  Exactly. Baby universe. Baby mankind. We're ALL learnin' :-)


Well, that doesn't really do much to answer the questions that have arisen
around this topic.

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