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toxxin - ¡umop apisdn w,I 'aw dlaH Posted Nov 29, 2002
Hey, yep sorry, I must have dozed off. 'To be is to be perceived' as the good bish said. Heap of humbug, of course. He ended up saying that everything is percieved by God in a somewhat circular argument to prove the existence of God - and things. Since things exist, God must be perceiving them, ergo (oops, Latin again) God exists.
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toxxin - ¡umop apisdn w,I 'aw dlaH Posted Nov 29, 2002
Please excuse the cut and paste, but I love these limericks:
Some like Bishop George Berkeley (1685-1753) denied the existence of matter, maintaining that physical objects exist only through being perceived. So, for example, a tree would cease to exist if no one were looking at it.
Ronald Knox wrote a pair of limericks on the subject:
There was a young man who said, "God
Must think it exceedingly odd
If he finds that this tree
Continues to be
When there's no one about in the Quad."
In reply:
Dear Sir:
Your astonishment's odd:
I am always about in the Quad.
And that's why the tree
Will continue to be,
Since observed by
Yours faithfully,
God.
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Dr Anthea - ah who needs to learn things... just google it! Posted Nov 29, 2002
ok hi how are you
-Anthea
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toxxin - ¡umop apisdn w,I 'aw dlaH Posted Nov 29, 2002
Hi Anthea. I'm fine. How is your good self eh?
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Quille the cynic...TC Posted Nov 30, 2002
Those limericks are quite humorous actually 
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The Anonymous Researcher Posted Dec 11, 2002
Name: The Anonymous Researcher
Philosophical Phrase: Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.
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The Anonymous Researcher Posted Dec 11, 2002
That means I would like to join, by the way!
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Dr Anthea - ah who needs to learn things... just google it! Posted Dec 11, 2002
ok we got that.
-Anthea
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Dr Anthea - ah who needs to learn things... just google it! Posted Dec 12, 2002
your welcome
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Mystrunner Posted Dec 12, 2002
Mystrunner
When the heart is corrupted, body and mind follows.
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Otto Fisch ("Stop analysing Strava.... and cut your hedge") Posted Dec 19, 2002
Can I join??? I didn't know about the guild until today?
My phrase is this:
Golberg's First Principle of Theoretical Semantic Obfuscationism states than anyone with a really simple theory will give it a complicated name in a misguided attempt to sound clever.
Any chance of a link to A793343 ?
TTFN
Otto
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Darth Zaphod Posted Dec 27, 2002
Katie (Darth Zaphod) Sue:
Life is not measured by the number of chickens you have, but by the quality of your scrambled eggs. (It doesn't matter what you own, it's how well you use it that matters.) deep, huh
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Tubaman Posted Dec 27, 2002
do u want to b called Katie (Darth Zaphod) Sue, or just Darth Zaphod???
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Chauncey Posted Jan 7, 2003
My name is Chauncey (U201932) A posteriori-knowledge which is the result of and is based upon experience of some kind.
Chauncey
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Z Phantom Posted Jan 14, 2003
Z Phantom - to steal from one person is plagerism to steal from many is research.
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- 41: toxxin - ¡umop apisdn w,I 'aw dlaH (Nov 29, 2002)
- 42: toxxin - ¡umop apisdn w,I 'aw dlaH (Nov 29, 2002)
- 43: Dr Anthea - ah who needs to learn things... just google it! (Nov 29, 2002)
- 44: toxxin - ¡umop apisdn w,I 'aw dlaH (Nov 29, 2002)
- 45: Quille the cynic...TC (Nov 30, 2002)
- 46: The Anonymous Researcher (Dec 11, 2002)
- 47: The Anonymous Researcher (Dec 11, 2002)
- 48: Dr Anthea - ah who needs to learn things... just google it! (Dec 11, 2002)
- 49: The Anonymous Researcher (Dec 11, 2002)
- 50: Dr Anthea - ah who needs to learn things... just google it! (Dec 12, 2002)
- 51: Mystrunner (Dec 12, 2002)
- 52: Otto Fisch ("Stop analysing Strava.... and cut your hedge") (Dec 19, 2002)
- 53: Tubaman (Dec 19, 2002)
- 54: Darth Zaphod (Dec 27, 2002)
- 55: Tubaman (Dec 27, 2002)
- 56: Darth Zaphod (Dec 27, 2002)
- 57: Quille the cynic...TC (Dec 28, 2002)
- 58: Tubaman (Dec 30, 2002)
- 59: Chauncey (Jan 7, 2003)
- 60: Z Phantom (Jan 14, 2003)
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