From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Mon Jul 23 2001 - 07:40:09 MDT
From: <Spudboy100@aol.com>
> Minds are as physical a phenomena as ketchup, or a galaxy swirling, or
> farting, or comming up with new cosmological theories, or fucking. Do I need
> to tell you of all people, that mind is the squirting of neurochemicals and
> the hopping of electrons? Mind is the fountainhead { (:OŞ) } of existence
and
> makes experiences worthwhile, other wise your value and the value of a
pebble
> at the bottom of the Marrianas Trench are the same. In other words Value
> Death (maybe thats plonkable?).
Have you read _Mind Is A Myth_, by U. G. Krishnamurti?
http://www.well.com/user/jct/cover.html
> The satisfied customer, who, without volition of their own, and tastes of
> their own, equals an atomaton, and never a very good one. There is a qhole
> slwq of customers of this one uploaded person to be
> satisfied-personal-business-political-etc. Some are proggies-some are meaty
> foggies such as I.
Yes, I see what you mean. As for myself, forbearing satisfaction keeps me
awake and dispels dreams. You've helped to change my opinion of uploading
(thank you), and it suddenly occurs to me that we can all function as empty
vessels for containing hyper-awareness, if we just let go of ego illusions.
©¿©¬
Stay hungry,
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, and ego.
Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
(Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)
We won't move into a better future until we debunk religiosity, the most
regressive force now operating in society.
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