From: Lyle Burkhead (LYBRHED@delphi.com)
Date: Mon Feb 03 1997 - 15:43:23 MST
Omega writes,
> there is no absolute reason to stop at human-scale when
> evaluating our place in the cosmos. Not only do the atoms in our
> bodies move with us when we move about, but so do the atoms
> in our bodies circle the sun at 18 miles/second as the Earth orbits,
> and this is just one step out of many going upward to larger and
> larger scale events.
Yes, and one can also consider other kinds of large-scale phenomena,
such as cultures, political movements, and religions. The real source
of causality in the human world is found in memes, ideas, emotions,
archetypes, gods, etc.
Lyle
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