Re: virus: Strange attractors and meta-religions (was God and Level-3)

Tony Hindle (t.hindle@joney.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 4 Apr 1997 10:34:40 +0100


In message <3.0.1.32.19970403161912.007a5670@mail.cyberstation.net>,
Mark Hornberger <markhornberger@nietzsche.net> writes
>>On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Tony Hindle wrote:
>".
>>> I would like to be certain of this. David in fact ANYONE. if you
>>> could swallow a tablet right now that would have the effect of making
>>> you believe the world got better and better (imagine anything you like)
>>> would you? (you forget you've taken it instantly etc)

>I wouldn't see the point of taking such a pill
It would make you happy for the rest of your life.
> - is deliberate
>self-deception really a good thing?
I think it can be under certain circumstances.
> If so, then why do we pity
>schizophrenics or autistics, who are in their own little world, and
>apparently don't want any part of ours?
Because in their own little worlds are often full of demons out
to get them. They have never deliberately chosen their own world.

Tony Hindle.
I see objective reality as the omnipresent radio station,
to which all creatures of the cosmos can Tune into, so we have
something in common that we can talk to one another about when we meet.
...The Reverend C. Darwin.