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To: KLP who wrote (161615)	3/23/2006 2:41:53 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 793990

When physicists try to establish the objective reality, it turns out to be a slippery beast and eerily related to perception aka consciousness: <"Reality, the external world, exists independent of man's consciousness, independent of any observer's knowledge, beliefs, feelings, desires or fears. This means that A is A, that facts are facts, that things are what they are—and that the task of man's consciousness is to perceive reality, not to create or invent it." Thus Objectivism rejects any belief in the supernatural—and any claim that individuals or groups create their own reality.> She had it better with the paradox: <"Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed." > Both are simultaneously true. Also, I disagree with the assertion that people can't create their own reality. That is exactly what we are doing. It almost defines what humans are up to. We take the laws of nature, which must be obeyed, then command nature, which must obey our commands. A kind of fun-house hall of mirrors. Mqurice