Re: Linux Kernel 2.6.1 released

From: Ivan Marsh (annoyed_at_you.now)
Date: 01/13/04

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    On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:26:25 +0000, m wrote:

    > Ivan Marsh wrote:
    >
    >> There is only perception... all truth is interpreted. The universe
    >> exists because we believe it exists.
    >
    > This statement is not
    > verifiable if true, because it
    > excludes any method of verification
    > that would lead to saying it
    > is true or false in any objective
    > way.

    That's the point. There is no real objectivity. The only truth anyone
    knows is the truth in their own head. Nothing exists outside of your
    perception, nothing can be proved beyond what you personally believe to be
    true.

    ...and when you say verifiable you should remember that ALL measurement is
    a mathmatical approximation.

    > If not intended to be true or false,
    > it can at best be poetic or simply
    > emotive.

    You are thinking of the universe and existence far too literally. Energy
    and mass are inventions of perception. You could be a brain in a jar for
    all you know.

    > You may also find it amusing to
    > compare it to the well known paradox
    > "This sentence is false."
    > Think about it carefully.
    > It is false if true,
    > and true if false.

    That's a well know but practically useless paradox. You shold look into
    another little paradox called Zeno's paradox that describes our "real"
    world.

    Literary parlor games and the question of the nature of reality can't be
    compared that easily. 

    -- 
i.m.
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