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Deborah
post Jul 25 2008, 09:44 PM
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I have returned and am now available as usual for weddings, bar mitzvahs, virtual affairs, risque PMing etc. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Hooray! I look forward to a resumption of our virtual affair and many, many risque PMs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Oh, hang on, I thought you were §§§§§§§§§§ <name removed to protect the innocent> for a moment (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

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post Jul 25 2008, 09:46 PM
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QUOTE(carol*piano @ Jul 25 2008, 06:57 PM) *

I have returned and am now available as usual for weddings, bar mitzvahs, virtual affairs, risque PMing etc. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Hooray! I look forward to a resumption of our virtual affair and many, many risque PMs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Oh, hang on, I thought you were §§§§§§§§§§ <name removed to protect the innocent> for a moment (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Welcome back (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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post Jul 25 2008, 09:55 PM
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I did - for a whole week!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

but only off the Forums (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jul 26 2008, 07:00 AM
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QUOTE(carol*piano @ Jul 25 2008, 10:30 PM) *

I did - for a whole week!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

but only off the Forums (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Now there's a question...
If I wasn't on the forums, did I actually exist? Hmm... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
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post Jul 26 2008, 07:08 AM
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post Jul 26 2008, 07:10 AM
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You did if you think that you did! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)



Very Good Petrat ...I like that very philosophical train of thought...
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post Jul 26 2008, 07:21 AM
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post Jul 26 2008, 07:32 AM
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post Jul 26 2008, 08:19 AM
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HURRAH HURRAH KINGS HUSSAR...Madam de Piano hath returned...Joy to the world etc...

Good to see you CP...you have been missed...It's been so quiet here without you...I heard you had been snatched by some Middle Eastern Potentate and sold into a life of untold luxury and glitteratti...Louis Vuitton at your fingertips, a wardrobe by Balenciaga and glamorous young men to carry you where ever you desired..

Never mind kid, back to reality and "The GAP" with a bump...better look out your old deputy dog pyjamas... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

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post Jul 26 2008, 08:21 AM
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post Jul 26 2008, 08:21 AM
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QUOTE(carol*piano @ Jul 26 2008, 08:00 AM) *

QUOTE(SaxFan @ Jul 25 2008, 10:55 PM) *

QUOTE(carol*piano @ Jul 25 2008, 10:30 PM) *

I did - for a whole week!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

but only off the Forums (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Now there's a question...
If I wasn't on the forums, did I actually exist? Hmm... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)



Yes - if a tree falls in a forest, and there's noone there to hear it, does it make a sound...... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) (Jasper Carrott)
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post Jul 26 2008, 08:26 AM
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QUOTE(carol*piano @ Jul 26 2008, 08:00 AM) *

If I wasn't on the forums, did I actually exist? Hmm... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Well, since you were not being observed, you may have existed or you may not. At the point of being observed you are then forced into the state of existence. This is a fundamental tenet of quantum theory. See Schrödingers Cat for another example of quantum superposition.
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post Jul 26 2008, 08:29 AM
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QUOTE(petrat @ Jul 26 2008, 08:08 AM) *

You did if you think that you did! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)



Very Good Petrat ...I like that very philosophical train of thought...


Hmmm ... when Descartes said 'I think, therefore I am' what he meant was that if there was thinking going on, then there must a thinker. So he could doubt the existence of everything EXCEPT himself (since by doubting, he would prove his own existence). From that, he persuaded himself (rather unconvincingly) that the entire world existed.

So to say 'you exist if you think you do' is perfectly Cartesian, provided we interpret it as meaning 'IF you are thinking you exist, then you must exist (thinking is proof of existence)'. What it cannot mean, of course, is that you can think yourself into existence ....

If anyone cares ....

And surely, nothing is forced into *existence*; it is more that the observed particle must assume a determinate position/state if it is observed, whereas its position/state remains indeterminate if not observed (sorry, bit rusty on quantum mechanics).

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post Jul 26 2008, 08:47 AM
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Glad to see you back Carol!
Thank you! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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Hello Carol - nice to see you posting again! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wave.gif)
oh you are too kind... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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A bump?
not that sort of bump! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

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Welcome back from your forum sabbatical! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
you are also too too kind matthew (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

QUOTE(nickjones8 @ Jul 26 2008, 09:29 AM) *

Hmmm ... when Descartes said 'I think, therefore I am' what he meant was that if there was thinking going on, then there must a thinker. So he could doubt the existence of everything EXCEPT himself (since by doubting, he would prove his own existence). From that, he persuaded himself (rather unconvincingly) that the entire world existed.
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post Jul 26 2008, 09:43 AM
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