You are confused when you say "don't exist." Patterns are labels,
distinction-memes, and they exist in minds. The substance that we
approximate by calling it a water molecule certainly exists, but the map is
not the territory.
Richard Brodie RBrodie@brodietech.com http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie
Author, VIRUS OF THE MIND: The New Science of the Meme
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