Davdi Silverrock wrote: >On 11/8/05, Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> wrote: > > > >>After all, a Hawk would never post on this mailing list >> >> > >I nearly think that you are profoundly and entirely incorrect in this. > > > >>(he'd be too busy observing to participate) >> >> > >I think you have misunderstood Hawks. You appear to be generalizing, >not from one example, but from a misapprehension that observers can >never do anything besides observe; an oddly restrictive thesis. > >Hmph. > > Well, it's possible, I admit. From a quantum physics point of view, in fact, the observer is a participant merely by observing. Given Daymar as an example, in fact, I would be forced to reconsider my position. He seems emminently preparred to butt in from time to time. (to time, to time, to time, to time...) Jon (No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it! --Professor Hubert Farnsworth)