Alternatively DMB, Those of us suggesting that illusions are in fact part of reality too, are actually saying we believe it's ALL real, more so than the macho man that says he can trivialise the illusory and concern himself with only the "real" (whetever that is).
Some of us are getting out of our armchairs for all of it. Ian On 10/3/07, david buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/ > 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/
