From: DanHook80@aol.com
Date: Mon Dec 23 1996 - 21:42:57 MST
In a message dated 96-12-23 06:52:53 EST, Chirs Hind writes:
<< Hey, I just thought of something! Maybe the
life I'm currently living is just a uploaded environment I've created and
have switched on my Programmed Ignorance switch to enjoy and experience it.
Perhaps when we die, we're just exiting the program. >>
This sounds similar to a popular idea in mysticism. That is: we are really
immortal beings coming down to earth for the period of a life time to gain
understanding of the universe.
The answer to both propositions is the same: with no possibility of assurance
it matters not at all.
Dan Hook
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