Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 16, No. 510.
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[1] From: ubiquity <ubiquity@HQ.ACM.ORG> (16)
Subject: Ubiquity 4.1
[2] From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi (23)
<tripathi@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: The Philosophy of the Matrix ed. Christopher Grau
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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:29:13 +0000
From: ubiquity <ubiquity@HQ.ACM.ORG>
Subject: Ubiquity 4.1
Ubiquity: A Web-based publication of the ACM
Volume 4, Number 1, Week of February 24, 2003
In this issue:
Review --
Bell Labs: Life in the Crown Jewel
Competition in the telecommunications industry has come at a
tremendous cost.
Reviewed by Robert M. Siegmann
http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/book_reviews/r_siegmann_1.html
View --
Hacking Primes
Visualization of prime numbers may further the understanding and
safeguarding of encryption techniques.
By Patrick Amato
http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/p_amato_1.pdf
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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:29:56 +0000
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi
<tripathi@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: The Philosophy of the Matrix ed. Christopher Grau
The Philosophy of the Matrix by Christopher Grau with a quote "the
skeptical worry that one's experience may be illusory, and the moral
question of whether it matters."
Following essays can be found at
<http://www.onwardoverland.com/matrix/philosophy.html>
Introduction
A. Dream Skepticism
B. Brain-in-a-Vat Skepticism
C. The Experience Machine
Christopher Grau
The Matrix of Dreams by Colin McGinn
The Brave New World of the Matrix by Hubert Dreyfus & Stephen Dreyfus
Reflections on the first Matrix by Richard Hanley
Reality, what matters, and the Matrix by Iakdvos Vasilou
The Matrix - Our Future? by Kevin Warwick
Wake up! - Gnosticism & Buddhism and the Matrix Francis Flannery-Dailey &
Rachel Wagner
If any readers and scholars want to know more about the articles
(mentioned above) and their concepts, then please free to mail Arun
Tripathi at <tripathi@mail.waoe.org>
Thanks in advance.
Your sincerely,
Arun Tripathi
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