Re: virus: Saints
Paul Prestopnik (pjp66259@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu)
Mon, 8 Dec 1997 08:51:49 -0500
> > If you agree with all that; we are both presuming that if any one part
> > of a
> > system is sentient the entire system is
> > sentient. Therefore mother nature is sentient.
> >
> > -paul prestopnik
>
> I consider myself to probably be sentient, and when I think of
> "myself" in this manner, I mean the program running on the hardware of
> my brain - nothing more. The body is simply a brain support and
> locomotive tool. Therefor, no, only a part of my body is sentient, the
> rest is a tool. There are parts of mother nature, probably our brains,
> and some others in the universe that also think they are sentient. But I
> don't see the single entity of Mother Nature as sentient because I see
> know evidence of that. I would like it to be otherwise, but right now -
> no evidence.
>
> Sodom
Actually if I had to make a decision, I would probably agree with you. My
beliefs are somewhere in the middle, and I was just trying to bring another
perspective into view.
-paul