On 5 Aug 2008, at 22:57, David Hobby wrote:
Hi. My name is David, and I read Peter F. Hamilton...
I'm not sure why, but I read all of the last series,
as well as Dreaming Void. I somehow remember that DV
was the start of a trilogy, in which case it's a long
wait. (On the plus side, it
On 05/08/2008, at 9:35 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
sounds like peter hamilton's new trilogy
http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.php?page=Void_Trilogy
what is de Sitter vs. anti-de Sitter universe?
Which I've not yet read, even though I quite like Hamilton. I own a
copy of Dreaming Void, but
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
who was it that postulated that reality is an illusion?
Someone before Descartes.
someone else suggested that we all exist in cyberspace? jon
In that time, it was not cyberspace but demonspace. Just
a matter of names.
Alberto Monteiro
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
who was it that postulated that reality is an illusion?
Someone before Descartes.
Are we talking Plato's cave here, or something later?
Julia
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On 05/08/2008, at 11:14 PM, Curtis Burisch wrote:
Reality is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.
Sorry: Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so. If you want to be
precise.
Charlie.
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My apologies -- an imperfect memory serves me imperfectly.
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Curtis Burisch wrote:
My apologies -- an imperfect memory serves me imperfectly.
It gives creativity more wiggle room, though. :)
Julia
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Reality is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.
-- Douglas Adams
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
who was it that postulated that reality is an
illusion?
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Someone before Descartes.
Are we talking Plato's cave here, or something
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
sounds like peter hamilton's new trilogy
http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.php?page=Void_Trilogy
Which I've not yet read, even though I quite like
Hamilton. I own a
copy of Dreaming Void, but it's on a ship somewhere
between the UK and
Oz right now.
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
From: Curtis Burisch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reality is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.
-- Douglas Adams
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
who was it that postulated that reality is an
illusion?
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
who was it that postulated that reality is an illusion?
Someone before Descartes.
Are we talking Plato's cave here, or something later?
Plato's cave was one, but probably the idea had come
to someone before Plato.
Alberto Monteiro
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
sounds like peter hamilton's new trilogy
http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.php?page=Void_Trilogy
Which I've not yet read, even though I quite like
Hamilton. I own a
copy of Dreaming Void, but it's on a ship somewhere
between the UK and
At 04:57 PM Tuesday 8/5/2008, David Hobby wrote:
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
sounds like peter hamilton's new trilogy
http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.php?page=Void_Trilogy
Which I've not yet read, even though I quite like
Hamilton. I own a
copy of Dreaming
I'd love to hear everyones thoughts on the original impossible event that
created everything.
Whether it be; mass being created in the Big Bang from nothing,
God appearing from nowhere,.
branes forming out over nowhere and later colliding to cause the big bang,
or the original multiverse 100
On 4 Aug 2008, at 21:59, Wayne Eddy wrote:
Seems to me that something impossible happened at least once in the
history
of everything.
If it happened it wasn't impossible.
Logic Maru
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I'd
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On 4 Aug 2008, at 21:59, Wayne Eddy wrote:
Seems to me that something impossible
Wayne Eddy wrote:
I'd love to hear everyones thoughts on the original impossible event that
created everything.
Whether it be; mass being created in the Big Bang from nothing,
God appearing from nowhere,.
branes forming out over nowhere and later colliding to cause the big bang,
or the
On 4 Aug 2008, at 22:43, Wayne Eddy wrote:
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On 4 Aug 2008, at 21:59, Wayne Eddy wrote:
Seems to me that something impossible happened at least once in the
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of everything.
If it happened it wasn't impossible.
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Wayne Eddy wrote:
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On 4 Aug 2008, at 21:59, Wayne Eddy wrote
On 05/08/2008, at 6:59 AM, Wayne Eddy wrote:
Seems to me that something impossible happened at least once in the
history
of everything.
It happened, so it's possible. As we only have one sample, we have
only speculation as to how improbable it was (and that goes for both
the formation
Seems to me that something impossible
happened at least once in the history
of everything.
Wayne--
Hi. My guess is that we're looking at it wrong,
and that the right explanation is expressed in
a totally different way.
To start, suppose we postulate that there are
different levels
There's a good chance we're living inside a black hole that was
originally in another universe before whatever it was exploded and
dropped out of spacetime.
Which makes it sort of a chicken/egg problem, but at least it makes a
case for de Sitter vs. anti-de Sitter universe .. :)
On Aug 4,
we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. -- J.B.S. Haldane
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, at 4:59 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Wayne Eddy wrote:
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On 4 Aug 2008
Bruce Bostwick wrote:
There's a good chance we're living inside a black
hole that was
originally in another universe before whatever it was
exploded and
dropped out of spacetime.
Which makes it sort of a chicken/egg problem, but at least
it makes a
case for de Sitter vs. anti-de
It happened, so it's possible. As we only have one
sample, we have
only speculation as to how improbable it was (and that goes
for both
the formation of the universe and abiogenesis).
What we don't have is any reason at all, in this day
and age, to give
up looking for answers, which
At 07:05 PM Monday 8/4/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
It happened, so it's possible. As we only have one
sample, we have
only speculation as to how improbable it was (and that goes
for both
the formation of the universe and abiogenesis).
What we don't have is any reason at all, in this
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