>Richard would answer that question by saying that patterns exist only in
>the mind of the beholder. This is easily demonstrated by showing people
>drawings that can be interpreted several ways (see Goedel Escher Bach).
As a couple of people have already pointed out, the demonstration does
nothing to refute the hypothesis. If you are wrong about this (and it
appears that you are), then that would be a serious blow to so-called
Level-3, and your philosophy in general.
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/