On Friday, September 3, 2004, 11:43:51 AM, Darin wrote:

DC> Ahh....so are you proposing that leptons are made up of particles bound by
DC> an SU(4) x SU(2) "stronger" force that follows something like a CMYK model
DC> rather than the RGB model for the strong force?

Yes, exactly, but they must have a -1 spin or else you get plaid.

DC> It must really be the end of the world (and the known universe for that
DC> matter) if you're able to directly observe purple (Magenta).  In fact, you
DC> must be in the midst of the biggest fireball since a few seconds after the
DC> Big Bang... amazing that you were actually able to get this email off...

I think it's a lot like being caught in the event horizon of a super
massive black hole. I'm actually gone forever, but you observe me,
ever so slowly, sending these messages - which are merely random
streams of electrical impulses anyway. You only interpret them as a
real messages because they don't radically conflict with your
expectations of reality and so they can be integrated with your mental
frame.

DC> Been nice seeing you on the list, Pete....<grin>

:-)

Thanks... I really should get some real work done now, but... lack of
sleep dictates it is time to play... at least for one more minute...
Something in this exchange has reminded me of something amusing.

Anybody remember Dark Star? I'll paraphrase...

Commander: "Bomb. You need to stand down and come back into the ship.
The command to deploy was an error caused by a malfunction in the bomb
bay."

Bomb: "I distinctly remember getting the command to deploy."

... A discussion of existentialism ensues in an effort to convince the
bomb that the command should not be believed because there is no way
for the bomb to know that the command is "real".

The idea is that since bomb can only fulfill it's purpose once it
shouldn't do it by mistake. This works... sort of... but then things
go horribly wrong...

Commander: "So then you'll come back in side?"

Bomb: "No."

-- The commander is desperate and loses it...

Commander: "Bomb! I order you to stand down and come back inside!"

Bomb: "You are merely a stream of random electrical impulses,
therefore I will ignore you."

Bomb thinks for a minute...

"First there was nothing, and then there was me."

Commander: "Hey, bomb?"

Bomb: "Let there be light."

_M




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