9/22/07, David M wrote: Is there any difference between: it is all real [and] it is all illusion? I'd suggest not.
dmb says: What?! Of course there's a difference. Think for a while about all the many ways one would act if they believed its all real. Then think about what kind of life that same person would have if they believed the second one. Now preform that same exercise on the total population instead of one person. I'd suggest those are two very, very different worlds. In other words, the practical consequences of holding one beleif or the other is enormous. The way in which we can say there is no difference is if we're only talking about a guy sitting there and doing nothing except believing in one or the other. In that case no belief in the world makes any difference, but this hypothetical inert armchair guy is an unrealistic and trivial way to measure the value of an idea. Don't you think? _________________________________________________________________ Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailnews Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
