RE: virus: Together or Not

Robin Faichney (r.j.faichney@stir.ac.uk)
Sat, 22 Nov 1997 09:06:25 -0000

> From: Wade T.Smith[SMTP:wade_smith@harvard.edu]
>
> The whole idea that we are in any way even _necessary_ to the universe
> is
> a bungling ego trip from the start, much less of any importance.
>
We are necessary in the sense that without us,
this would not be the same universe. So if we
want to understand reality -- instead of some
imaginary place in which we don't exist -- we
have to take ourselves into account.

> Now, there are newage physicists (or those who pass for them) who
> contend
> that consciousness itself is somehow a necessary component of quantum
> level reality.
>
> Are they too drawing mantras in the sand?
>
Some people feel consciousness must be explained
at the quantum level. I'm not one of them, but to call
them "newage physicists" merely betrays your
ignorance -- some of them are highly respected and
respectable -- Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking's
erstwhile collaborator, to name but one.

So how would you set about explaining
consciousness, Wade?

Robin