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To: Reginald B. Arturo who wrote (8882)	3/24/1998 11:47:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Respond to of 71178

Reginald, Ah, we meet again. Have you by any chance read Richard Saul Wurman's "Information Anxiety?" Holly

To: Reginald B. Arturo who wrote (8882)	3/25/1998 1:39:00 AM
From: Michael Sphar	Respond to of 71178

Keep it up Reg you give us all a challenge. That was Texas you were talking about, right?

To: Reginald B. Arturo who wrote (8882)	3/25/1998 8:59:00 AM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 71178

Reg, Remind me not to read your posts before I have at least two cups of coffee! I think what you are saying is that people can get very confused trying to sort through the different realities within themselves and the overwhelming external onslaught of information we are subjected to daily. And because we need to create meaning and order from the chaos, it sometimes results in a schizophrenic construction that wanders far from what others perceive as reality. Of course, people have done this forever. Many times this has resulted in religions and myths, incredible artwork and musical compositions, and other times we end up with witchburnings and Inquisitions and Jonestowns. Because of the enormous amount of information available to us, are more of us failing to synthesize it in productive, rational, "grounded" ways? I don't know. A healthy relationship between the diiferent parts of the psyche probably allows for a lot of healthy filtering and denial, regardless of extreme input. Sometimes it doesn't work, or the results are seen as normal by the majority. In this specific case, I thought it interesting that Chen responded to the question of group suicide by saying that there was little chance of that because his group was a group of hope. When Channel 18 last night continued its regular programming with no interruptions from a deity, he told reporters that all of his interpretations should be treated as foolishness but that his failings should not confuse people as to the ultimate existence of God, which I thought incredibly dignified and actually pretty "rational".