" I'm arguing that the term "you" is as unspecific as the terms "lake" or "atmosphere" or "orange" in that there is no cosmic boundary that states where the lake ends and the river begins or where the atmosphere ends and space begins or where orange ends and red begins, just as there is no cosmic boundary that states where I end and you begin. "

That is because you insist on seeing "you" as being similar to "lake", "atmosphere", or "orange". If you see a person as a set of coordinates, then the boundaries become clear.

I'm not offering you any truths, just a different way to look at the same things which yield slightly different interpretations.

" All these terms are just ways we compartmentalize the universe, when it is actually more homogenous than our intuition tells us. "

Who told you the universe "is actually more homogenous than our intuition tells us"? Did you find that by yourself? How?

" Why does applying coordinates to a person invalidate this? Your coordinates are just as arbitrary and human as anything else. "

OK, so let's talk about things that are not "just as arbitrary and human as anything else". You go first.

" And by the way, what happens after tn? "

I'll tell you when I get to t(n+1) :-)

Cheers,

Aurino

• I prefer a floodlamp - stormcrow - May 23, 2003 - 15:29 UTC
  • How about the whole sun? - villa-lobos - May 23, 2003 - 16:37 UTC
    • Oh me, oh my - stormcrow - May 23, 2003 - 17:17 UTC
      • Sorry you came back? ;-) - villa-lobos - May 23, 2003 - 17:50 UTC
        • Eh, when I have all day off I need to occupy myself *somehow* :) - stormcrow - May 23, 2003 - 18:08 UTC
          • It's nice to have you here - villa-lobos - May 23, 2003 - 18:33 UTC
            • Arguing with you is always a unique experience - stormcrow - May 23, 2003 - 19:07 UTC
              • Urgh.... grammar error. - stormcrow - May 23, 2003 - 19:08 UTC
              • So is going to the dentist - villa-lobos - May 23, 2003 - 19:53 UTC
                • Uniqueness is a double-edged sword - stormcrow - May 23, 2003 - 22:51 UTC
        • Pencil A and Pencil B! - doctordick - May 24, 2003 - 00:36 UTC
          • let me hazzard a guess - sagefr0g - May 24, 2003 - 01:26 UTC
          • Who's Pauli? Some pencil-maker? - villa-lobos - May 26, 2003 - 13:10 UTC
        • Communication is impossible! - doctordick - May 24, 2003 - 00:39 UTC
          • I'm sorry I have no idea what you are talking about - harvey1 - May 24, 2003 - 03:40 UTC
          • Decipher me or I will devour you - villa-lobos - May 26, 2003 - 13:23 UTC