Subj : Back again
To   : Richard M. Meic
From : Kevin Gibson
Date : Mon Jul 16 2001 11:35 am

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 Hello Richard!

 KG> ... to describe the dawning of consciousness and the struggle to
 KG> learn and comprehend.

 KG> Reflect on Plato's allegory of the cave and consider this:

 > "A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the Universe, a
 > part limited in time and space.  He experiences himself, his thoughts
 > and feelings as something separated from the rest - a kind of
 > optical delusion of his consciousness.  This delusion is a kind of
 > prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to
 > affection for a few persons nearest to us.  Our task must be to free
 > ourselves from this prison...

 > -- Albert Einstein

 RM> ... I wonder if he had heard it elsewhere and was simply restating
 RM> it or if he was the originator.

 Einstein's words prompted me to make a comparison to Plato's
 allegory of the cave.  You appear to have skipped over my suggestion.


 RM> What is "noogenesis" and "the noosphere"?
 RM> Just a quick explanation is fine.

 Go Hotbot.  :-)

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