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On 05/02/01 12:54, Robin Faichney said this-
>> Information about something is hardly relevant _until_ it _can_ be used,
>> and for all purposes and intent, has no existence until it _is_ used.
>
>So you agree with Joe that unapprehended things cannot be said to exist?
>This is more like philosophical idealism than scientific rationalism.
I agree that until the information is _derived_ from whatever system that
process is resident within, it is without value and irrelevant.
That is far from saying it is not there.
- Wade
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