Re: Questions to ask a god or a time traveller/ET (was: RE: If Magick Exists)

From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Tue Apr 01 2003 - 20:37:30 MST

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    On Wed, 02 Apr 2003 12:42:53 +1000, Damien Broderick
    <damienb@unimelb.edu.au> wrote:

    > Some that occur to a cerebral list like this one might be, `Give me a
    > one-paragraph proof of the 4 color theorem', or `what is the Final Theory
    > physics equation, if any (with footnotes explaining the terms)?' or
    > `Kindly
    > jot down the algorithm for a self-organizing benevolent SI'.

    I have a suspicion that even with footnotes, any capsule answers to these
    three might have *terms* (n both senses) that would effectively be
    encrypted to an expert of today. Maybe not. 

    -- 
I am not here to have an argument. I am here as part of a civilization. 
Sometimes I forget.

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