Subj : lost topic
To   : KEVIN GIBSON
From : RICHARD M. MEIC
Date : Mon Jul 16 2001 05:31 pm

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->  Hello Richard!
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->  KG> ... to describe the dawning of consciousness and the struggle to
->  KG> learn and comprehend.
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->  KG> Reflect on Plato's allegory of the cave and consider this:
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->  > "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...
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->  > -- Albert Einstein
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->  RM> ... I wonder if he had heard it elsewhere and was simply restating
->  RM> it or if he was the originator.
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->  Einstein's words prompted me to make a comparison to Plato's
->  allegory of the cave.  You appear to have skipped over my suggestion.

I had to reference Plato's cave and get the idea of what that was about.  
I can understand the comparison to Einstein's words.  I didn't actually 
skip over it.  In hindsight, and after reading up on Plato's cave and 
again Einstein's words... I see no connection at all to my original quote. 
I stated "... I wonder if he had heard it elsewhere and was simply 
restating it or if he was the originator", no longer makes sense.  It did 
make sense at the time of writing those words.  You have effectively 
screwed up my entire perspective.  Kudo, if you intended to do so.

->  RM> What is "noogenesis" and "the noosphere"?
->  RM> Just a quick explanation is fine.
-> 
->  Go Hotbot.  :-)

Did it.  I seemed to have lost the reason for this particular topic... 
which no longer seems to be a topic anymore... thank you.  I will await 
your reply in hopes that you remember what this was about.

On the plus side I brought some activity here... that's got to account for 
something.  :o)
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