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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>Me:<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>>> If you or your
biological children have any wish </STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>>> to survive they
must shed the silly superstitions </STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>>> regarding
identity and consciousness that is </STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>>> epidemic in
society and even infects most </STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>>> members of this
list.<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><STRONG><FONT
size=5> </FONT></STRONG></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG><FONT size=5>"Lee Corbin"
<</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:lcorbin@rawbw.com"><STRONG><FONT
size=5>lcorbin@rawbw.com</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT size=5>><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><STRONG><FONT
size=5> </FONT></STRONG></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>>You mean, like
retaining one's memories? <o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><STRONG> </STRONG></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>No, I’m talking about the
superstition virtually everyone you’d likely meet on the street believes in and
even most members of this list have about atoms. <o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>If you believe in ESP or
cold fusion you are wrong but your belief is unlikely to seriously harm you, but
if you are unable to overcome the atoms superstition, if you do not understand
that you are an adjective not a noun then you will die; that particular
superstition is lethal, it will kill you dead dead dead. I’m afraid it’s as
simple as that.<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><STRONG> </STRONG></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>> I thought that you
agreed with the statement</STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>> "Anything that
remembers being me is me” <o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><STRONG> </STRONG></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>I do indeed agree with
that statement, as a matter of fact unless I’m much mistaken I’m the one who
coined it.<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><STRONG> </STRONG></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>As for biological humans
facing an Extinction Level Event, I’ve said before that I think the possibility
a creature we would recognize as human existing in 50 years is low, and the
possibility such a being could be found in 100 years is zero. I stand by that
remark. But that’s OK, 99% of all species that ever existed are extinct, but
unlike most of them we will have descendants, and pretty damn interesting ones
too!<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><STRONG> </STRONG></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG>You’d probably want to
join the party, me too. If you can get over the atoms superstition you have a
chance; not a good chance but a chance. If you can’t overcome the superstition
the outcome is certain, you’re worm food. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><STRONG> </STRONG></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>John K Clark<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>