Clerk wrote:
What do you mean That only a part of our universe exists. What about the rest of it?

There are several possible meanings.
1) Present tense existence does not include all the necessary information about what exists.
What exist(ed) is part of the universe too.
What "will or may later exist" is part of the universe Historical information only "exists" in the abstract or symbolic record. Example: A supernova's peak show in our sky has come and gone; information about that peak is still key to describing the universe as it exists, yet that moment does not exist any more in the supernova itself.
2) Our perception of the universe includes various errors and delusions and lies -- and
the perceptions are fleeting, unlike the more
stable timetables which revolving galaxies seem to keep.
3) etc. Pleze depost 50900.

Are you from Whittier, CA. I've been there-- lectured at Whittier College on John Greenleaf Whittier. Are you connected to him--a descendant?

It's my middle name; certainly no descendant. Maybe there's a family connection. The family has a faintly remembered story of him fishing out back of their place in New Hampshire. That's pretty bad as bragging rights, I guess; as you know, he was extremely famous in his time so folks were impressed. There is some reason to suspect a distant cousin-hood too but not all the family are chatty like I am.

• So.... You're a Poet Bard and things and stuff? - kantolfir2 - December 4, 2003 - 04:10 UTC
  • I do not get it - secretary - December 4, 2003 - 12:47 UTC
    • So you're a Quaker? That is interesting. - kantolfir2 - December 4, 2003 - 18:05 UTC
      • You avoided the question again - secretary - December 4, 2003 - 19:57 UTC
        • I do realize Whittier is not the home town of JG Whittier - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2003 - 18:59 UTC
          • It also happens to be my middle name - kantolfir2 - December 5, 2003 - 19:08 UTC
            • Here is what you said - secretary - December 5, 2003 - 19:49 UTC
              • You have no training in science? - quiet - December 6, 2003 - 10:43 UTC
                • You again avoided the question - secretary - December 6, 2003 - 16:28 UTC
                  • Quit posing as a Quaker, you liar. - quiet - December 7, 2003 - 07:17 UTC
                    • God knows who I am and what I am - secretary - December 7, 2003 - 14:22 UTC
                      • Same here - quiet - December 7, 2003 - 16:25 UTC
                      • Although I do not actually speak for God in that - quiet - December 7, 2003 - 16:25 UTC
                • Can't you keep track of who you are?? - secretary - December 6, 2003 - 16:35 UTC
                  • You cannot and and you do not understand science - quiet - December 7, 2003 - 07:19 UTC
                    • Quakers are ignorant, disrespectful liars - secretary - December 7, 2003 - 14:28 UTC
                      • No they are not, although Rawson said so - quiet - December 7, 2003 - 16:58 UTC
                        • Here is where you said it - secretary - December 7, 2003 - 20:54 UTC
                          • You have the same distortion pattern as Yutuist - whomi - December 8, 2003 - 06:54 UTC
                            • Who is yutuist - secretary - December 8, 2003 - 12:52 UTC