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On Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 02:44 , <AaronLynch@aol.com> wrote:
> Hi Joe.
>
> If I answer this question, then I will certainly have to
> discuss the decay of
> radioisotopes. That, of course, will bring on a disquisition into the
> ineffable Quantum of being. And from there, the bang-second
> could only be a
> few trillion electron volts away. Which would bring us back to
> the subject of
> spaces, wherein my physics memes were already showing --
> according to If
> Price. By then, the universe and the mind would become one
> grand unified,
> self-referential force. But 10^^-32 seconds before that, the
> filters being
> devised by Scott Chase would become prevalent software
> contagions, and the
> idea of using them thought contagions, which might really give
> us something
> to talk about!
>
> --Aaron Lynch
Hey, ya know, it's okay. I've had another offer for something
else on Thursday night....
- Wade
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