[om-list] Pragmatism

[Tom and other Packers]

Mark

    My boss would disagree with you (as he disagreed with me, when I talked
about a similar idea).  And I'm tending to agree with him, to an extent.

    What do you say about the ideas in the Holographic Universe, dealing
with quantum mechanics and other ways in which observation and belief do
affect external reality?

tomp

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Butler" <butlerm at middle.net>
To: "One Model List" <om-list at onemodel.org>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [om-list] Pragmatism


Tom,

 Independently existing means that the existence of a real object is not
contigent on the quality of perception or thought of an external
observer.  Such abstractions as language, laws, manners, and social
conventions are real.  No change in the thought process of an isolated
observer has any effect on the actual properties, predominance, or
operation of such ideas in the minds of the population at large.

- Mark


Tom and other Packers wrote:
>
> Mark
>
>     Very interesting.
>
>     My comments and questions:
>
>     What does "independently existing" mean?
>
>     My axioms are worded and ordered a bit differently, but I agree with
> what you say.
>
> tomp

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