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   From: cuddly@mindless.com   
      
   On 9/16/2016 3:29 PM, Wilson wrote:   
   > On 9/16/2016 1:05 AM, liaM wrote:   
   >> On 9/16/2016 6:31 AM, Nobody in Particular wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> One of my all-time favorite quotes is by the quantum physicist Bernard   
   >>> d'Espagnat, the teacher of Alain Aspect (of the famous Aspect   
   >>> Experiment):   
   >>> "The doctrine that the world is made up of objects whose existence is   
   >>> independent of human consciousness turns out to be in conflict with   
   >>> quantum mechanics and with facts established by experiment."   
   >>> -- Bernard d'Espagnat   
   >>>   
   >>> You appear to take the opposing view.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> What facts ?  What experiments ?   
   >   
   > The facts and the experiments that were conducted by human consciousness   
   > of course.   
   >   
   > So apparently we have human consciousness "proving" that nothing exists   
   > outside of the experience of human consciousness.   
   >   
   > Damn that snake.   
   >   
   >   
      
   :)   
      
   I'm sure it's a passing phase.  Humanity's self-conscious adolescence.   
      
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