Do we create the world just by looking at it?


	Do we create the world just by looking at it?

einbar

8-20-2008 2:59 AM

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einbar says:

very intersting article...

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8-21-2008 10:02 AM

skwirlinator

When I die will you all cease to exist?

8-21-2008 2:18 PM

bellagrrl

The universe with you in it and alive might cease to exist, luckily there are billions of other dimensional universes where we all can still live.

8-22-2008 1:33 PM

tanyamm

That's like people saying, maybe I just dreamed you and the rest of the world. It doesn't make sense. But we can change things by looking at them and doing things differently.

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