On Mon, 30 Dec 1996 Chris Hind <chind@juno.com> Wrote:
>[atoms] do have individuality. The differing variable is
>location. You may not be able to find the exact location of
>an atom but that doesn't mean there isn't one.
As I tried to explain in my Nov. 7 post when you said the same thing, the only
way we can understand The Pauli Exclusion Principle, the reason 2 atoms can't
be at the same place at the same time, is if atoms do NOT have individuality.
It's even broader than Pauli, it's the basses of the entire idea of Exchange
Forces, one of the cornerstones of modern Physics. If atoms are individuals
then you can throw almost all physics done from 1900 to today into the trash
can.
And it's not just because of Science that trying to develop a theory of
consciousness based on position is a bad idea, there are Philosophical
problems too. Where does consciousness exist? If it's inside my head why
don't I understand what it's like to float in a liquid encased in a dome made
of bone? I assure you I don't know what that's like, and that sure doesn't
seem to me to be where "I" am. Where does "old" exist? Where does "fast"
exist? Where does the number "11" exist? Where does consciousness exist?
These questions have no answer because they make no sense.
On another matter I just want to say that, I don't know when the Singularity
will happen but one thing I do know, we're one year closer to it.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
John K Clark johnkc@well.com
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