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Re: past,present,future

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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> hanson wrote:
> >
> > Sternmacher "The Starmaker" <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >  >> > if the past doesn't exist..
> > >> > and the future does not exist
> > >> >
> > > Sam Wormley wrote:
> > >>   what makes you think the Present exist?
> > >>    Let's make it a bit more personal...
> > >>    you don't think your next breath
> > >>    is not in the future...
> > >>    or your previous breath is not in the past?
> > >
> > Sternmacher wrote:
> > > can you go back to the past and get a sample of your breath????
> > >
> > hanson wrote:
> > Sternmacher, not withstanding your belletristic notions below,
> > you can retrieve a that sample of breath from the past,
> > and not only in a closed space and of a few seconds ago,
> > but, as long as the sample is small enough you can do it
> > outside in the open air and go back thousands of years....
> > >
> > It used to be standard edu, when discussing the size of
> > Avogardo's Number. N_A = ~ 6.02*10^23, to calculate
> > that you inhale and exhale, with every breath you take,
> >  2 to 3 atoms of the SAME oxygen that Jesus was breathing
> > 2000 years ago... etc.  The calc is easy. High school stuff.
> > >
> > Sternmacher wrote:
> > > and how can i predict what will be in the future?
> > > what makes you think the Present exist? you mentioned the
> > > past and the future, but not the present...
> > > what makes you think the Present exist?
> > > Sam, let me show you how it works...you first have to THINK.
> 
> That is no indication that a past exist...
> 
> or a present or a future.
> 
> It doesn't even prove that you are living *in* time...

I mean...really, tell me where exactly is this ...'present'?

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past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-01 15:54 -0700
  Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-01 16:59 -0700
    Re: past,present,future "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-05-01 18:30 -0700
      Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-01 18:59 -0700
        Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-01 22:46 -0700
          Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-02 10:01 -0700
            Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-02 21:20 -0700
              Re: past,present,future "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-05-02 22:26 -0700
                Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-02 22:46 -0700
                Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-03 00:15 -0700
                Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-03 20:55 -0700
                Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-03 22:17 -0700
                Re: past,present,future Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-05-04 04:16 -0700
                Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-08 22:36 -0700
                Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-09 21:21 -0700
  Re: past,present,future David Staup <dstaup@charter.net> - 2016-05-02 20:29 -0600
    Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-02 19:11 -0700
    Re: past,present,future Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-05-03 02:15 -0700
      Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-03 20:50 -0700
      Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-03 22:44 -0700
  Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-04 23:08 -0700
    Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-05 09:40 -0700
      Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-05 23:24 -0700
      Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-06 11:13 -0700
    Re: past,present,future The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-06 11:11 -0700
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