X-Message-Number: 10278
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 07:59:45 -0700
From: Peter Merel <>
Subject: Existin'

Timur Rozenfeld writes,

>All I was trying to say, is that what we classify as dance, the 
>concept, is a human construction which identifies individual motions, 
>people, etc. which *do* exist with similar properties and lops them 
>together under the category dance.

I'm afraid I think we're still coming at this from different angles; it
seems to me you're saying reality is composed of distinct parts with
concrete properties and that only our perception of their relationship
is a human construction. I'm suggesting, instead, that reality is a 
nonsense-word for a vastly grand, subtle, intimately continuous process 
that's differentiated and perceived only by human construction, and that
existence is only the exigency with which we focus our attention.

--

For those that think this kind of noodling has no place on cryonet:

Cryonics naturally attracts souls who'll argue about two flies 
walking up a wall. From its outset cryonet has tolerated this.

Whether that's for the best is a fair question. I'd suggest someone
who feels concerned attempt to provide a moderated version of cryonet 
that shares its best and most technical articles. I seem to recall that 
at one time there was such a list - perhaps there still is? 

For myself, though I often feel cryonet has wandered far from its focus,
I'm content that it returns to center when relevant signal becomes 
available. I often just skim the thing - many of our best here have yet
to learn the soul of wit :-)

Peter Merel.

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