Re: 2C Mary - How minds perceive things and not things

2003-06-08 Thread Bretton Vine
Hi Been lurking a few weeks, feeling a little overwhelmed by how much more everyone seems educated on the topic than I've managed to absorb through my own casual readings. Internet geek, psychonaut from South Africa, no formal education. :-) (Apologies for length - so much I want to cover) R

Re: a prediction of the anthropic principle/MWT

2003-06-08 Thread Bretton Vine
John Collins wrote: For instance, our planet might have experienced an unusually high number of 'near misses' with other astronomical bodies. I'm always amused by the sense of deja-vu which occured on mailing lists. There I was looking at the moon, thinking how lucky we are it caught a number

Re: Response to R.Hlywka's brain/mind comments

2003-06-08 Thread Bretton Vine
Eric Hawthorne wrote: I don't remember claiming (maybe someone else claimed) you could copy a mind. It's a dream for many transhumanists :-) and I reckon it will be possible to the extent that external observers can no longer tell the difference, even if the copied mind itself new it wasn't the