(I'm assured a sackful of doorknobs can be used as a computer...) But yes, I think this is the root of the communication problem.
Interesting, I bet the publishers thought that was a rather catchy title! On 11 February 2014 06:41, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 4:15 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think the difference is that Bruno considers "God" to be whatever is >> at the end of the causal or logical chain from which our perceived reality >> arises. >> > > Even if that "whatever" turns out to have zero intelligence and has > nothing to do with morality and has no more consciousness than a sack full > of doorknobs? If so then maybe Leon Lederman's joke will turn out to be > true after all and the Higgs particle, or something very much like it, > really is God. Is anybody around here prepared to pray to the Higgs > particle? > > PS: Lederman couldn't think of a good title for his book so he just typed > "The God Particle" on the manuscript as a joke assuming his publisher would > change it, but to his surprise they never did. > > John K Clark > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
