oaknet wrote:
] Is this a joke?
]
] If not, the answer is: Get a life, help others, live in the
] day.
]
] ... and stop reading bollock brained books like this... what a
] sad reflection of western society that we choose either the
] medievalism of religion or total mindnumbing pseudo-science
] bollocks like this.

This has the flavor of a Vile post..

I quote from the book's forward, which you clearly didn't read:

] I’m not sure if I subscribe to universal automatism or not. One
] reason I’m writing this book is to see where universal
] automatism leads.

I guess taking in a philosophical treatise might be a little over your head. After all, this is a work from a world renowned computer scientist and science fiction writer, not Noam Chomsky. Not all authors share their thoughts in a manor where they are trying to tell you what to think.

RE: The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul