Hi Terry, my old friend.
Yes, I did follow through to both web sites, the current one and the other still under construction. It might be interesting to see what they eventually post at the new cite. I assume they will post lots of far-off stuff, some of it controversial. Maybe Jesus-flipping-the-bird will feel compelled to add some more succulent critiques. ;-) Regarding your thoughts on PD versus FOC: Freedom of Choice versus PreDestination has been hotly debated for centuries. I find it interesting that not only did science try to explain the universe as nothing more than a big lumbering predictable machine, certain religious philosophies have gotten into the act as well. There exists a particular not well known contemporary religious-like philosophy that I personally find appealing. The philosophy states that when you are confronted with a major life-altering choice you really DO split into two different parallel virtual realities. Both virtual realities will then go on to experience what the consequences of the major choice you had made from then on. What's different about this particular brand of philosophy is that they claim not only do splits occur, merges happen equally as often. I suspect certain kinds of psychic merges are experienced as a distinct moment of disorientation as your psyche tries to sort out a collection of confusing past memories. A dominant timeline needs to be reconstructed out of the merging of two or more separate realities. Perhaps a more benign "merge" is experienced as that weird feeling of deja vue. In other words this particular philosophy perceives our individual experiences of Virtual Reality as a form of an intricate braded rope where multiple splits and merges are constantly intertwining with each other. When we finally die, (when our psyches begin the recycling process) all of the probable realities eventually merge back into one major core psyche for one great big uber-massive life-review. So, you really do get to find out if marrying Maggie versus Bernadette turned out to have been the better choice... or not. ;-) Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson svjart.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/newvortex/
