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- From: jpc@tauon.ph.unimelb.edu.au (John Costella)
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: Re: PHIL: MUDs and Reality (Long Theory)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.194451.17723@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 19 Dec 92 22:29:42 GMT
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- > From: portal!cup.portal.com!Tagi@uunet.UU.NET
- > Subject: PHIL: MUDs and Reality (Long Theory)
- >
- > It has come to my attention that some people hold rather
- > tightly to the notion of a 'real world' or 'real life' (RL),
- > and that this is often distinguished from places known as MUDs
- > or things known as 'virtual worlds'.
- >
- > through socratic dialogue with a few MUD philosophers, came to develop
- > a theory which uses the model of the MUD for modern psychology/mysticism.
- > Below is the present form of this theory, and I'd appreciate any feedback
- > that might be offered. Review, comments and disputation are
- > enthusiastically requested.
- >
- > ------------------------------------
- > The MUD as a Basis for Western Mysticism
- > by Thyagi NagaSiva
-
- Great. A manifesto. We're well on the way to a new pseudo-science.
-
- A new prophet ... L. Ron NagaSiva. You saw it first here, folks.
-
- > Books proving inspirational to this essay included:
- >
- > Modern Scientific Views of Mysticism
- > _The Tao of Physics_, by Fritjof Capra, Bantam, 1980
- >
- > _The Dancing Wu Li Masters_, by Gary Zukav, Bantam, 1980.
-
- Ah, so here's the source of this pseudo-scientific clap-trap.
- Hey, L. Ron, I thought you said you'd given up reading this
- sort of gee-whiz-golly-gosh crap. You couldn't be pulling
- our cranks here, could you? Noo ...
-
- John
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