Hmmm. I thought he did collapse it in the first experiment. Maybe it was only the other guys that did it. That changes everything. So he is one of the "soulless" ones that knew the outcome before it was even run. I think I need to go back and read this one a second time. Maybe the experiment will be different if I am more conscious of the outcome?
Alicia On Sep 6, 2008, at 2:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The way I read it, those that cannot collapse the wave -- and the > narrator discovers he's one of them -- are not fully consciously > human. They lack souls, for lack of a better word. They are not as > woven into the consciousness of the universe as others. They are > extraneous, on a cosmic scale. > Nan > > > > > In a message dated 9/6/2008 1:52:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > writes: > > Yeah, I voted to nominate it for the Nebula ballot. I thought it very > well done, with some clever ideas. I did have one very, very big > reservation, though. Why should I be suicidal about the twin slit, or > because some people collapse the wave differently? I don't see it, > really. Seems bizarrely arbitrary -- like some Victorian being > suicidal because someone discovers space is curved. That'll likely > keep me from voting for it on the final ballot. > > cd > > > On Sep 6, 12:07 pm, Alicia Henn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just read a story that Nan Kress had recommended to me last week. > > I had been Greg Egan's biggest fan. > > Now I wanna grow up to be Ted Kosmatka. > > His story, "Divining Light" in the August Asimov's rocks electrons. > > Definitely worth buying a copy on the newstand if they're still > around. > > > > Alicia > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
