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Pastimes : THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING
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To: E who wrote (838)3/2/2002 9:44:28 PM
From: jcky  Read Replies (1) of 21057
 
< I was talking about JC and me, and we aren't amoebas, of course, and 'delusion' is a human concept, just as 'belief' is, and although an ant could enter an ant trap in search of eats, the ant's consequent death is probably not because he or she was 'delusional.' >

Now we're getting somewhere. You mentioned that you were an atheist, and yet, I don't see any arguments to suggest that a God can or cannot exist independently of what you or I think (or communicate in anthropic terms) or what an ant eats.

Are you an existentialist?

< I think human intelligence is a necessary ingredient in "hypothesizing" anything at all. >

Clever Lady. :^)

< Maybe some day we'll find out that whales and pigs hypothesize. >

That'll be a trip. I can't wait. Maybe I'll be able to talk with my dog. But would the translation be lost in the language (human thought or doggie thought)?
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