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class=137494716-27102006>AB wrote:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>I agree completely with what George Dvorsky wrote. I would also add that
it is only through consciousness that pleasure is possible (which most beings
would choose to maximize), and alternatively, it is only through
consciousness that suffering is possible (which most beings would choose
to minimize). That alone makes consciousness pretty darned important, in my
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