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|    Timothy Sutter to All    |
|    we don't live in a vacuum...    |
|    26 May 09 10:04:15    |
      XPost: alt.agnosticism, alt.god.timothy.sutter, talk.religion.misc       From: a202010@lycos.com-              see, there's a /detector/ present in the vacuum,              and that /detector/ itself, is accountable for the              trace energies that must be 'tared'              from any subsequent measurement,              and so, the energy of the /detector/              is the "zero" for the evacuated system.                     very much as if you went to a little balance       to weigh out a sample of salt, and you brought       a little plastic dish with you and you weighed       the dish all by itself first,              and then weighed out the dish and the salt,       and subtracted the weight of the dish,       or the 'tare' weight.              the weight of the dish all by itself       becomes your "zero" weight.              of course now, there are the little balances       that have a button on it called the "tare" button,              and you place your little plastic dish on the        balance and press "tare" and the reading shows a 'zero'                     that's sort of how the /detector/ is behaving              in the evacuated system.              like the dish on the balance...                            and so, if you really do wanna measure some aspect       of the energetics os a system in an evacuated environment,              you have to take into account, any energies generated       by the /detector/ itself, and subtract that off,              and that energy, of the /detector/ is your "zero"                     it doesn't mean that there is some              mystical energy content to evacuated space...                            whether there is or not,              is not substantiated by -that-                     but then, "energy" is a nebulous term              in certain respects...                     cuz basically, the only big E energy you       know of is married to little m matter,              and so, if there is "something else"       which is not 'matter' then you may not       be able to describe any accompanying       phenomenon as "energy"              and 'it' may be truly "something else"              which is neither matter nor energy but may       be the precursor formulation -for- that       set of phenomenons                     and that's where our "conscious initiator" springs to -action-                     no accident at all...                            so, it's not at all odd that,              in this sort of situation,              the /detector/ detects itself.                            but that when you're down there, practically,              "in the noise" of =minute= energy systems              the enrgies you are attempting to study do not              overwhelm the background energies of the /detector/              and so, you have to account for -that- and 'tare' it off,              and that's your zero point.                            like, when you're running your great big spectrophotometer       and looking at gross macromolecular samples, the energies       attributable to the detecting system are negligible into       a small decimal place,              but when you're looking at the dynamics of individual atoms,       practically speaking, maybe a system of 10 or twelve atoms,              the energies of the /detector/ are no longer       "in the noise" and must be accounted for properly.                     so, we still got a universe with a very definite 'beginning'              and that 'beginning' from no =physical= precursor              and so, no physical 'accident' system can be properly described              and so, the =valid= conclusion of =conscious= initiation still holds.              'we' just don't -live- in a vacuum              'we' can't pull of "true vacuum" simply              because we aren't -in- a "true vacuum"              even if it were to be possible to describe              such a thing -as- a "true vacumm"              inasmuch as quite potentially,              'we' cannot -have- any of this              material junk -without- "space"              or more to the point, cannot -have- "empty space"              that, not only are matter and Energy married,              but matter/energy and -space- are married.                     and so, when 'we' speak of any 'pre-genesis formulation'              we'd have to be very careful...                     to say the least.                            all that some of 'us' would be suggesting to whomsoever,              is that, the very real prospect of "consciousness" being mediated              on and in and around this 'pre-genesis formulation'              is a =valid= conclusion.              and so, you get "consciousness" -without- physical =matter=              and this "conscious initiator" of genesis 'lives' and is 'aware'              and some form of -communication- is potentially              available between that "conscious initiator"              and beings composed -of- this material stuff,              and that is what some of 'us', if not able       to entirely describe in words, -point- at       with any method at 'our' disposal.                     communication with the initiator of genesis,                     and this 'communication' does, in fact, compose              a =phenomenology= which can be studied and understood.              maybe =not= a 'physical' phenomenology,              but a phenomenology nonetheless...                     and so, in a sense              human beings do constitute what amounts to              an elaborate detection device for and of              this conscious initiator of genesis              'who' has or maybe, =had=,              no =physical= properties.                     'we' -are- that device...                     as it appears that the unification              of that initiator and the material phenomenon              is already underway...                     but -that's- another story...                     or part of the story,              another -part- of the story...                     so, 'we' really -are- sort of 'strange'                     because we're not just devices                                          there's more...                                   and that's where i'd probably start yammering              about contributions of -these- 'detectors' [us]              to overall signal, and noise reduction in              -these- devices because 'we're' sort of              detector and interpreter and being etc.               all in one                     if 'our' "zero point" is basically pure noise,              then no real detection is had and it's sort of a dead signal...                     but, inasmuch as the "conscious initiator" -is- 'alive'                     any communication in and of itself will =enliven=              'our' detection capabilities and other things of that nature...                     and the detections themselves 'feed' the new life...                     round and round and round we go...              operational amplifiers and feedback              and signal magnifications.                             "my soul doth =magnify= YHWH"                                   so, you want to establish signal,              reduce noise and magnify the expression              of the conscious initiator here and now...                     and we point at Jesus Christ -as-              the extreme -focal point- or nexus              of the various planes of existance.                     THE Cross                     initiating the 'hybridization'              bringing -you- me us in full circle.              to square one                                   there's more...                     commence                     et cetera              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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