[MD] cloud of probability

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Hi Steve,

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Steven Peterson
<peterson.steve at gmail.com> wrote:
>> [Mark]
>> In many ways physics is a form of mysticism.  Just because many of us
>> agree that it presents a reality does not make it any more real than
>> mysticism.  In fact, as a radical empiricist, I would think that you
>> would see mysticsm as more real than physics.
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> Reality isn't the sort of thing that comes in degrees.

[Mark]
How about levels?
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>> [Mark]
>> Yes, I agree.  Previously I have presented a method for determining if
>> something is "real" or "imaginary".  All imaginary things have an
>> opposite.  Real things do not.  An example would be a chair is real,
>> and fear is not.  This is useful in understanding Quality.  There is
>> no opposite to Quality, which makes it very real in my opinion.
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> The exact opposite of a chair is an Elizabethan sonnet written in 11
> point arial. The opposite of Quality is 42.

[Mark]
Heh, heh.  If you are sitting on a chair and start the sonnet, do you
fall to the ground?  42 is the answer, and Quality is not the
question.


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