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Re: An illusion of time

From	Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	sci.physics
Subject	Re: An illusion of time
Date	2016-04-21 09:19 -0500
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On 4/20/2016 10:20 PM, Peter Riedt wrote:
> On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 6:12:21 AM UTC+8, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>> On 4/20/2016 4:31 PM, Peter Riedt wrote:
>>> Elephants are not nature; they are products of nature. Nature stands above all
>>> lifeforms which in pursuit of survival have various degrees of memory. Nature does
>>> not need a memory; it survives without one.
>>
>> I'm curious what you would describe as nature, Peter.
>> You have some odd ways of trying to come up with some pithy philosophy
>> and then trying to get reality to conform to the philosophy, by hook or
>> by crook.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables
>
> Some of our 'reality' is a comfortable illusion.
>

This is another pithy philosophy, Peter. I'm not sure why you think this 
is valuable. This is the kind of things 11-year-olds think about.

-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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An illusion of time Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-04-16 17:18 -0700
  Re: An illusion of time Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-04-16 22:02 -0500
    Re: An illusion of time Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-04-16 20:18 -0700
      Re: An illusion of time "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-04-17 17:34 -0700
        Re: An illusion of time Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-04-17 19:53 -0700
        Re: An illusion of time Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-04-18 16:34 -0700
          Re: An illusion of time Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-04-19 02:32 -0700
  Re: An illusion of time omnilobe@gmail.com - 2016-04-17 08:48 -0700
    Re: An illusion of time benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-04-17 13:22 -0400
    Re: An illusion of time Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-04-17 16:22 -0700
      Re: An illusion of time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-04-19 11:46 -0500
        Re: An illusion of time benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-04-19 13:55 -0400
      Re: An illusion of time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-04-19 11:47 -0500
        Re: An illusion of time benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-04-19 13:56 -0400
          Re: An illusion of time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-04-19 14:06 -0500
            Re: An illusion of time Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-04-19 18:30 -0700
              Re: An illusion of time Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-04-19 20:59 -0500
                Re: An illusion of time Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-04-20 02:05 -0700
                Re: An illusion of time HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 04:08 -0700
                Re: An illusion of time benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-04-20 13:19 -0400
                Re: An illusion of time HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 16:21 -0700
                Re: An illusion of time benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-04-20 22:22 -0400
                Re: An illusion of time HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-04-21 02:16 -0700
                Re: An illusion of time benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-04-21 11:39 -0400
              Re: An illusion of time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 07:58 -0500
              Re: An illusion of time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 08:01 -0500
                Re: An illusion of time Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-04-20 14:31 -0700
                Re: An illusion of time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 17:12 -0500
                Re: An illusion of time Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-04-20 20:20 -0700
                Re: An illusion of time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-04-21 09:19 -0500
                Re: An illusion of time Mike Duffy <mqduffy001@bell.net> - 2016-04-21 10:49 -0400
                Re: An illusion of time platopes <mitchperkins7@gmail.com> - 2016-04-21 08:37 -0700
                Re: An illusion of time Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-04-21 11:38 -0700
                Re: An illusion of time Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-04-21 15:57 -0500
                Re: An illusion of time platopes <mitchperkins7@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 19:33 -0700
                Re: An illusion of time platopes <mitchperkins7@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 19:38 -0700
  Re: An illusion of time Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-04-19 11:44 -0500
  Re: An illusion of time platopes <mitchperkins7@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 19:31 -0700
  Re: An illusion of time platopes <mitchperkins7@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 19:36 -0700
    Re: An illusion of time Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-04-20 20:16 -0700
      Re: An illusion of time platopes <mitchperkins7@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 20:54 -0700
        Re: An illusion of time Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-04-20 22:30 -0700
          Re: An illusion of time platopes <mitchperkins7@gmail.com> - 2016-04-21 07:54 -0700
            Re: An illusion of time Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-04-21 11:38 -0700

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