[MD] Why are things called patterns?

[MarshaV]

Craig,

I am not saying patterns are mere ideas, but can anything at all be apprehended apart from one's complex of cognitive processes?  Not a universe, not billions-of-years, not humans, and not advanced civilizations.  


Marsha 


On Mar 22, 2012, at 1:26 AM, craigerb at comcast.net wrote:

> In regard to "ideas, which produce what we know as matter":
> it should be remembered how insignificant humans might be.
> Firstly, the universe existed billions of years before humans & if humans demise, might exist billions of years after.
> Secondly, there might be civilizations way more advanced than us, that make us look primitive. 
> Craig
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