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- From: rowe@pender.ee.upenn.edu (Mickey Rowe)
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- Subject: Kalki definitions
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- Date: 21 Nov 92 00:00:20 GMT
- References: <1992Nov14.002129.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu> <VZTHuB4w165w@kalki33>
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- In article <VZTHuB4w165w@kalki33> kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
- writes:
-
- >Although there have been some "scientists" (at least, they pretend to
- >be) who have raised objections to some of our statements, these have
- >nearly all been objections that in some way rest on our definition of
- >life,
-
- You have NOT defined life. You have attempted to equate life and
- consciousness, but without defining either one of them irrespective of
- the other you can't claim that you've given either of them a
- definition. I have absolutely no idea what you think either "life" or
- "consciousness" are, and I've read every one of your posts.
-
- >and not on our use of simple concepts like "information" and
-
- Maybe it was one of the other Kalki's that was involved in the
- "information" threads, but I've seen quite a few people object to this
- "simple" concept.
-
- >"abiogenesis".
-
- This one too.
-
- >"Abiogenesis" means the proposition that living organisms were formed
- >out of nonliving matter over a period of time solely by the action of
- >the laws of physics on the initial distribution of that matter.
-
- Without a good definition of "living", the "information" content of
- this paragraph is zero. You should have a long talk with Jim Meritt
- about this topic.
-
- >Kalki "athato brahma jijnasa" Dasa
-
- Mickey Rowe (rowe@pender.ee.upenn.edu)
-