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   From: brianf88@bigpond.net.au   
      
   "Immortalist"  wrote in message   
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   > "Brian Fletcher"  wrote in message   
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   >> "Immortalist"  wrote in message   
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   >>> "Joseph H"  wrote in message   
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   >>>> What is this thing called self?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Is it.......   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> the activities of particular nerve cells, but not the nerve cells   
   >>> themselves?   
   >>>   
   >>> like the sheen and smooth qualities of water when we see through   
   >>> magnification that it is just grainy atoms   
   >>>   
   >>> like the melody of many instruments playing together, that something   
   >>> that vanishes when they play seperately.   
   >>>   
   >>> a biological process that happens when nerve cells are active   
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   >> That takes care of the eye and ear.   
   >>   
   >> What of the owner?   
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   > The owner is either the activities of the nerve cells or not? Can you   
   > explain both outcomes and maybe a third way?   
      
   A third way? Ever tried to explain to an adolescent that they will grow out   
   of it?   
      
   Until they do, one can only reassure, and inspire.   
      
   > What if my experience of life (IS) the activities of particular nerve   
   > cells?   
      
   This is absolutely not the case, and is "knowable"   
      
    BOfL   
      
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