From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Tue Aug 03 1999 - 10:37:08 MDT
Dennis Roberts wrote,
>What is the significance of the loss of
>1/1000000 of an individual's " consciousness"?
To understand the indivisibility of consciousness, consider that when water
freezes to make ice crystals, a millionth of a degree short of the
temperature necessary for crystallization results in no crystallization. The
phase transition from water to ice occurs only when the temperature goes all
the way to freezing. Another phase transition occurs when water changes to
steam. At sea level (with exact barometric pressure) this means the
temperature of the water must reach all the way to 100 Celsius. If it misses
by a millionth of a degree, the water does not boil.
Similarly, the phase transition from attentiveness to full consciousness
occurs when 100% of cerebration crystallizes as pure awareness. Just as we
use magnetic material to detect magnetism, so we need conscious intent to
detect consciousness. Unconscious entities cannot know of our existence. "It
takes one to know one."
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