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   Message 109,786 of 111,200   
   noname to Wilson   
   Re: Existential Questions (was Re: Kudos   
   16 Sep 16 14:25:05   
   
   XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   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.   
   >   
      
   In other words the experiments prove that they never existed?  Go figure.   
      
      
   > Damn that snake.   
   >   
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