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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (6047)	3/31/2002 2:54:36 PM
From: Poet	Respond to of 21057

Looks like we agree, Marsh.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (6047)	3/31/2002 3:11:16 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

I would almost agree, but I think acting "as if" something is true does make it more real. The very fact that people build edifices to worship God(s) makes the Gods more real. I talk a lot of mumbo-jumbo to my friend about "surfing the wave" and "going with the flow" and "karmic payback". He isn't convinced that there is anything more going on than just normal cause and effect. My counter is that by acting as though it my 'theory' is true, namely that "what you pay out, you receive" or "what you sow, you reap", these principles come to be first order approximations of generally correct behavior. In SGBR, I talked about the objective reality of Santa Claus. How would a "real Santa" versus "parental Santa simulation" produce different effects? The fact that Santa is a simulated person really isn't that important. The real message is that even when you don't know anyone is watching, Santa knows. It is a good mnemonic or memory aid for the basic principle: "You never know all the causes of a situation or the consequences." So, in a practical way, the objective versus absolute existence of Santa (in the hands of the user, a five year old), is not easily distinguishable.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (6047)	3/31/2002 4:47:33 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 21057

*There is mystery and "awe" in science as much as in religion, btw Good point, Mars. Some of what is now understood at the smallest scales and the largest and in between is simply mind bogling. The intricacy and complexity of life and the fact that such a system actually WORKS is breathtaking. The deeper one gets into it, the more amazing it is.