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["Frances and David" <fdnokes@hotmail.com>]

http://www.anonymousartofrevolution.com/2012/11/4-of-swedens-trash-goes-to-landfill.html

in the book of making sense of things, this article deserves a page...

frances
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On 2/2/2013 9:20 AM, Eisenhauer wrote in response to John D'hondt:
> John,
>
> I will share my current opinion while asking you to be mindful of the fact 
> that I am not a physicist or a medical doctor.

Neither is John.  He's a biologist.

> I would define consciousness as awareness.

That would be fine except that this is a physical universe and we are
biological organisms, which suggests that consciousness requires a
neurological infrastructure (at least for living organisms - it may not
be true for no longer living ones however, and I'm not quite sure about
those still unborn, or organisms without brains).

Douglas