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Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: Nov 8, 2007 22:13
My take on the situation is that life, intelligence, etc. is pervasive
throughout the universe. Thus H. sapiens is in no way special,
except for our own hubris. There are "billions and billions" of similar
"life" situations. "Life" is probable a tertiary side effect. Kind
of like dust on the stage floor. The main act is far beyond us.
We only have our local fragile garden to care take and imbue with
meaning, through just so stories.
"As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods,
They kill us for their sport."
-- Shakespeare - King Lear, Act 4, scene 1
" Ah Love, could thou and I, with Fate conspire
To grasp this sorry scheme of things entire
Would we not shatter it to bits and then
Re-mould it closer to the heart's desire ?"
-- Khayyam/Fitzgerald - the Rubaiyat
"Do not trouble yourself with the gods. Their
concerns are not ours. Tend to your fields, and
love your children, for these are the affairs of Man."
-- from The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Author: brian fletcherbrian fletcher Date: Nov 9, 2007 03:32
"Sir Frederick" fuzzysys.com> wrote in message
news:03u7j3lkoeh95k6mrln7bqneu9gsug8cvm@4ax.com...> My take on the situation is that life, intelligence, etc. is pervasive
> throughout the universe. Thus H. sapiens is in no way special,
> except for our own hubris. There are "billions and billions" of similar
> "life" situations. "Life" is probable a tertiary side effect. Kind
> of like dust on the stage floor. The main act is far beyond us.
> We only have our local fragile garden to care take and imbue with
> meaning, through just so stories.
>
> "As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods,
> They kill us for their sport."
> -- Shakespeare - King Lear, Act 4, scene 1
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Author: Don StockbauerDon Stockbauer Date: Nov 9, 2007 05:00
On Other Solar Systems
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You are? Which one? Beta Lyrae? Don't you find the time-of-light-
travel to be a serious detriment to communications?
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Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: Nov 9, 2007 09:19
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:00:57 -0800, Don Stockbauer hotmail.com> wrote:
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>You are? Which one? Beta Lyrae? Don't you find the time-of-light-
>travel to be a serious detriment to communications?
Hubris will out.
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Author: James BathJames Bath Date: Nov 9, 2007 12:22
Yes. I see "Human Beingness" and all that that implies -- our solar system,
our galaxy, our 3-D universe -- as just one of infinitely many non-special,
ephemeral soap bubbles, if you will, now and forever to come, each soap
bubble representing the all of existence to the consciousnesses therein.
And all of the soap bubbles together representing all infinite possibilites,
probabilities, and real is-nesses. But I think the consciousnesses therein
spans the infinity as one unity that "thinks" it is a multiplicity, just
more or less to avoid boredom. And we have infinite time, or eternity, to
play with this, play as much as we want, or not play. The not-playing in
the multiplicity is the Finality I suppose -- that part of us that actually
knows whatever there is to know in whatever...
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Author: toolytooly Date: Nov 9, 2007 14:48
"Sir Frederick" fuzzysys.com> wrote in message
news:03u7j3lkoeh95k6mrln7bqneu9gsug8cvm@4ax.com...> My take on the situation is that life, intelligence, etc. is pervasive
> throughout the universe. Thus H. sapiens is in no way special,
> except for our own hubris. There are "billions and billions" of similar
> "life" situations. "Life" is probable a tertiary side effect. Kind
> of like dust on the stage floor. The main act is far beyond us.
> We only have our local fragile garden to care take and imbue with
> meaning, through just so stories.
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So you cater to the Star Trek/ Star Wars view I assume. All we need is warp
drive and we'll be accepted into a universal community of thinking nodules.
Do alien 'intelligent' creatures wear makeshift FX suits that outline the
human body as well I wonder?
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Author: brian fletcherbrian fletcher Date: Nov 9, 2007 14:57
> Yes. I see "Human Beingness" and all that that implies -- our solar
> system, our galaxy, our 3-D universe -- as just one of infinitely many
> non-special, ephemeral soap bubbles, if you will, now and forever to come,
> each soap bubble representing the all of existence to the consciousnesses
> therein. And all of the soap bubbles together representing all infinite
> possibilites, probabilities, and real is-nesses. But I think the
> consciousnesses therein spans the infinity as one unity that "thinks" it
> is a multiplicity, just more or less to avoid boredom. And we have
> infinite time, or eternity, to play with this, play as much as we want, or
> not play. The not-playing in...
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Nov 9, 2007 22:17
On Nov 9, 1:13 am, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:> My take on the situation is that life, intelligence, etc. is pervasive
> throughout the universe. Thus H. sapiens is in no way special,
> except for our own hubris. There are "billions and billions" of similar
> "life" situations. "Life" is probable a tertiary side effect. Kind
> of like dust on the stage floor. The main act is far beyond us.
> We only have our local fragile garden to care take and imbue with
> meaning, through just so stories.
>
> "As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods,
> They kill us for their sport."
> -- Shakespeare - King Lear, Act 4, scene 1
>
> " Ah Love, could thou and I, with Fate conspire
> To grasp this sorry scheme of things entire
> Would we not shatter it to bits and then
> Re-mould it closer to the heart's desire ?"
> -- Khayyam/Fitzgerald - the Rubaiyat
>
> "Do not trouble yourself with the gods. Their ...
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Nov 9, 2007 22:21
On Nov 10, 1:17 am, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:> On Nov 9, 1:13 am, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:
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>>> My take on the situation is that life, intelligence, etc. is pervasive
>> throughout the universe. Thus H. sapiens is in no way special,
>> except for our own hubris. There are "billions and billions" of similar
>> "life" situations. "Life" is probable a tertiary side effect. Kind
>> of like dust on the stage floor. The main act is far beyond us.
>> We only have our local fragile garden to care take and imbue with
>> meaning, through just so stories.
>
>> "As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods,
>> They kill us for their sport."
>> -- Shakespeare - King Lear, Act 4, scene 1
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>> " Ah Love, could thou and I, with Fate conspire ...
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