From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Thu Apr 05 2001 - 16:57:23 MDT
From: "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>
> I tried:
>
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.neoisp.org/macroscope/vinge/vernor/tr
ue_names/truename.htm
>
>From that page come these final lines:
In a distant corner of what his mind had become, tiny insects buzzed with
homicidal fury, tiny insects who knew Mr. Slippery's True Name. They knew what
he and Erythrina had done, and right now they were more scared of the two
warlocks than they had ever been of the Mailman. As he and Ery continued their
search, he listened to the signals coming from the Langley command post,
followed the helicopter gunships that were dispatched toward a single rura
_______________________
Is that the end of the story, or is something missing from this version?
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing
Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once, but an
infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
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