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   brian fletcher to All   
   Re: What is Gravity? Why/How does it wor   
   12 Sep 07 14:12:43   
   
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   From: brianf88@bigpond.net.au   
      
   "Immortalist"  wrote in message   
   news:1189572188.735808.299300@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Sep 11, 1:48 am, "brian fletcher"  wrote:   
   >> Real gravity is a "life force", which creates an attraction of one life   
   >> form   
   >> to another, culminating (evolving) into the human interaction.  Looking   
   >> for   
   >> oneself in another...(romantic love).   
   >>   
   >   
   > Sounds more like the description of a cascade than a force that pulls   
   > something towards it. More like a centripital force that works without   
   > gravity, that is a trajectory of processes based upon networks of   
   > relationships.   
      
   Gravity is a convenient lable. Is-ness is-neccising doesnt appeal to the   
   mental requirements :-)   
   >   
   > Complex processes, with self-reinforcing feedback do seem to have   
   > gravity or predictable outcomes.   
      
   Im saying that is the principle purpose. "Stuff" gets caught up in the o/a   
   process.   
      
   > http://www.sgtnd.narod.ru/science/complex/eng/main.htm   
   > http://images.google.com/images?q=cascade   
      
      
   >   
   >> Befor you write this off as b.s., you must first compare yourself with a   
   >> lump of rock. (or an apple if you wish to be traditional ;-), and ask   
   >> yourself "how much do I learn compared tothe rock, do I  'gravitate'   
   >> towards   
   >> a world of my  own creation .   
   >>   
   >   
   > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorism ?   
      
   A reasonable attempt at intellectual description.   
      
   BOfL   
   >   
   >> ll such laws of physics are subordinate (a sub set) to the "laws of   
   >> life".   
   >>   
   >> Try looking from this pov. It is amazing what appears.   
   >>   
   >> BOfL   
   >   
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