Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 01:18:03 -0500 Message-ID: <5902DEC8.2497@ix.netcom.com> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:18:48 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: The Speed of Thought References: <58FBA2D2.5616@ix.netcom.com> <58FE2B13.6D93@ix.netcom.com> <58ffbd0a$0$60157$c3e8da3$66d3cc2f@news.astraweb.com> <58ffde50$0$28927$c3e8da3$88b277c5@news.astraweb.com> <081ea091-57a8-4857-9866-270ac3094b11@googlegroups.com> <59023D8A.4583@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 170427-2, 04/27/2017), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Lines: 28 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-9hQGBduJy875OSsDTvJp9gXMQocR/gIn6ODDoAboL8UKI32xWXdFds99ZBaStCsnaksEh4aTrtM8D2k!tath9y2lBTCjMBbFytULB3yTF89JAr2JDhQ+R8kjg/Y/QAbm6eVuJ7gI9AYww0i4Y9fKnJeH4YYk!dawdddKw5jU= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2392 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:631037 sci.physics.relativity:417527 rec.arts.sf.written:470007 Ned Latham wrote: > > The Starmaker wrote: > > ----snip---- > > > There is no such thing as 'persistence of consciouness'... > > In the sense proposed, correct. > > > you never heard of, "unconsciouness"??? > > > > When you sleep, ...you become unconsciouns to the point of no > > consciouness...then the brain contiunes to process thought/information. > > > > No mind or consciouness is necessary. > > Crap. There are two levels of mind: perception, which involves awareness, > and imprint, which does not. They correspond roughly to what the trick > cyclists call the "conscious" and "unconscious". What most call "thought" > occurs at both levels: at the level of perception it's fantasy; at the > level of imprint it's dream. consciouness is spirtual, thought is physics. don't you people know this stuff?..