Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!uflorida!gatech!linus!mbunix!bwk From: bwk@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Barry W. Kort) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: "GODel, Escher, Bach ..." by Douglas R. Hofstadter, figure 18 Summary: Testing, One, Two, Three, Infinity. Keywords: Dreams Message-ID: <41422@linus.UUCP> Date: 31 Oct 88 15:54:10 GMT References: <455@soleil.UUCP> Sender: news@linus.UUCP Reply-To: bwk@mbunix (Kort) Organization: International Malefactor & Fulminator, Roaring Rapids, ME Lines: 9 In article <455@soleil.UUCP> peru@soleil.UUCP (Dave Peru) writes: > Do you think when you die, someone walks in and says "simulation over, > your quarter is up"? Like some kind of super video game? "This life is a test. It's only a test. If this had been an actual life, you would be given further instructions." "We now return to our regular fantasy world." --Barry Kort