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   From: KC@none.invalid   
      
   Ann wrote:   
      
      
   > "expectations", or have you indeed undergone brain dissection. {Do not   
   > get me wrong here, I certainly "appreciate" Kaycee's vivisecting   
   > experience :), but a "living rat" ain't the same as a living human.}   
      
   No, but it is very close. Rats do dream as well, much like us it   
   appears, just about mazes and stuff .) I'm told the two animals closest   
   to humans are pig and rat, when it comes to physiology.   
      
   Btw technically it wasn't a vivisection (very unethical, those things),   
   the rat was dead, but the brain was removed and artificially kept alive   
   for a limited amount of time.   
      
   For clarity's sake, I cut out the huge amount of text. Just as a general   
   reply to you Ann:   
      
   Perceiving reality is all about choices. You may choose not to believe   
   any information others are giving you, and you may choose not to believe   
   any informaton your senses are giving you. You may also choose to   
   believe there is no objective truth out there, or you could even lapse   
   into solipsism and believe that everything and everybody is just your   
   subjective illusion. However, what you choose doesn't matter: when you   
   cease to exist, chances are the world will go on regardless of how you   
   chose to interpret your subjective reality .)   
      
   I believe the scientific method is the best tool mankind has invented so   
   far. It has proven practical. It is supposed to bring us closer to the   
   objective truth, but even if it fails, I don't see anything better   
   around. I'd rather use what we have.   
      
      
   Cheers, KC   
      
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