From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@www.aeiveos.com)
Date: Tue Nov 02 1999 - 17:35:39 MST
On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 hal@finney.org wrote:
> I suggest that those involved with this project convince Dr. Tough to
> make up a new web page seeking contact with leprechauns and fairies.
> For too long we have had only limited and fragmented contact with the
> Little People. We have much to learn from them, particularly their
> almost-magical technologies. Contact with them would indeed be an
> aesthetic and spiritual experience.
Well, last time I checked L&F were supposed to be "magical" creatures
and that would probably violate some basic perspectives I would like
to stick with. Now if it turned out the were nanotechnology based
creatures, then your suggestion would certainly have some merit. :-)
>
> Or, even better, why not go straight to the top. Set up a web page
> seeking contact with God Almighty, the King of Kings, the Alpha and the
> Omega. Invite God to establish communication. Maybe that's all he's
> waiting for, just like ET.
Oh, but there are fundamental problems with this. If "God" tunneled
into this universe during the big bang, he may not have established
a coherent pattern capable of a reponse yet. If "God" is running
us as an experiment, a response would presumably violate the protocols
and void the results. If "God" is the supercomputer running our
reality, then he would simply be ROTFL. If s/he has a really sadistic
side, then s/he will probably broadcast the man page documentation for our
reality "debugger" over the internet but add an addemdum that we *all*
have to *believe* before the terminal appears on which debugger commands
can be entered.
So, Hal you have to "believe", then I can do:
DBG> Access Virtual Simulation Hal Finney
OK
Virtual Simulation Hal Finney Now Suspended
DBG> Append & Integrate Alien Abduction Experience #47
OK
DBG> Append & Integrate Headless St. John the Baptist Appearence & Lecture #3
OK
DBG> Resume Virtual Simulation Hal Finney
WARNING: He isn't going to be happy when resumed.
CONFIRM? *Confirm*
System reports Virtual Simulation Hal Finney to be experiencing
a greater than normal amount of cognitive dissonance.
>
> Be sure to include helpful mailto: links and phone numbers as was done
> for ET. Wouldn't want the Lord to have to have to hunt through the phone
> book.
The God(s) appreciate your kindness, I am sure.
Robert
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