On 4/8/06, Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > Sethra, from _Issola_, pg 37 (hardcover): > > "[...] I cannot, in my own mind, imagine the cataclysm of the moment > when [the Great Sea] came into being, that instant when for the first > time the Unknowable took form." > > > As an aside, either Sethra is lapsing into Paarfi-style with "I cannot, > in my own mind, imagine", or she does imagining in others' minds. Perhaps this is another hint at the notion of "Dzur Mountain is a supercomputer". Thus, she is implying that when her mind has interfaced with Dzur Mountain, she is capable of running simulations of far greater complexity than when she is not so connected. Or maybe not.